|  | Title: Allowing Jesus to be Reborn at Funerals
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture: funeral ceremonies.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 9 Filesize:
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| | Title: Bangkok Conference and revivalism
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about a revival meeting in Bangkok and a short reflection on this meeting and revivalism in general in a Thai context.
Subject: Evangelism; Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Barriers to Christian Faith in Thailand
Author: Hughes, Philip
Description: Few short aticles on a small research project about the various barriers to becoming, or remaining, a Christian in Thailand.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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| | Title: Bears, Karen, & Noi Wong
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short story about conversion of Noi Wong in north Thailand
Subject: Evangelism; Tribal
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Becoming a Christian in Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: Short summary of factors that influences and don't influence Thai people to become Christians (drawn from Marten Visser's dissertation "Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand")
Subject: Evangelism ; Statistics & Maps
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
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| | Title: Book Review - "From Buddha to Jesus: An Insider’s View of Buddhism & Christianity", by Steve Cioccolanti
Author: Dinkins, Larry
Subject: Buddhism; Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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| | Title: Chiang Saen Church
Author: Swanson, Herb
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Evangelism; Tribal
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: A Chick Tract Contextualized for Thailand?
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: In the Chick tract, “The Tycoon,” (read here), a wealthy Thai Buddhist businessman is commended for his large donations to the temple. Periodically through his life, Christians try to tell him the Gospel but don’t get very far because they are quickly ejected from his presence, or he himself ridicules them. He dies in a car wreck and is condemned before God’s judgment throne. Is this tract contextualized well for Thai Buddhists?
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2012
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| | Title: The Christus Victor Atonement Motif Applied to Evangelism among Folk Buddhists in Mainland Southeast Asia
Author: Newhouse, Thomas
Description: The thesis of this paper is that the ancient Christus Victor atonement motif is more relevant to the worldview of folk Buddhists in mainland South East Asia than the penal substitution view of the atonement. Many modern evangelistic presentations are based almost entirely on a penal substitution view of the atonement. Often these gospel presentations are also used in a mainland South East Asian folk Buddhist context. Folk Buddhists in mainland South East Asia incorporate many animistic beliefs in their worldview. The Christus Victor atonement motif emphasizes that Christ’s death on the cross and subsequent resurrection resulted in victory over Satan and the demonic powers. Evangelistic presentations which have a more holistic view of the atonement that include the Christus Victor motif would be more relevant to the worldview of folk Buddhist in mainland South East Asia.
Subject: Evangelism; Contextualization
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 33 Filesize:
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| | Title: Communication Strategies for Christian Witness Among The Lowland Lao
Author: Bailey, Stephen
Description: This research was undertaken with the purpose of understanding Lao worldview in order to suggest more effective strategies of communication for Christian witness in Laos.
Subject: Evangelism; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 474 Filesize:
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| | Title: Conversion: Discovering the conversion of Thai Buddhists towards Christianity
Author: De Bruijne, Jurjen
Description: This study is about the religious conversion of Buddhists from Thailand who converted to Christianity in the last eight years (2002-2010)
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2010
Pages: 43 Filesize:
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| | Title: Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: This thesis is a must read for every missionary who wants to understand the Body of Christ in Thailand. It is the most comprehensive overview of the Thai church written since Alex Smith published "Siamese Gold: the Church in Thailand" in 1982. This study is a statistical analysis of hypotheses about conversion and church growth, and therefore takes the study of church growth one step further than is usually done in missiological studies.
Subject: Statistics & Maps; Evangelism; Church Planting
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 311 Filesize:
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| | Title: Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: Thesis investigating what factors are conducive for church growth through conversion in Protestant churches in Thailand.
Subject: Church Planting; Evangelism
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 311 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Difference Between Religion and The Gospel
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Isaan; Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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| | Title: Effective Communication of the Gospel to Thai Buddhists by Understanding Thai Buddhists World View
Author: Kim, Ju Man
Description: An examination of the main points of the Thai Buddhist world view and a proposal for effective gospel communication to Thai Buddhists
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1999
Pages: 25 Filesize:
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| | Title: Empowering Every Day Local Believers
Author: Lambert, John
Description: Insights from a study on conversion are applied to the role of missionaries in empowering lay Christians in doing evangelism
Subject: Evangelism; Discipleship
Type: Article
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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| | Title: Evangelism in a Bangkok Context
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about the reflections of Dr. Wirachai Kowae, pastor of the Rom Yen Church in Bangkok, and the leading figure in the founding of the Thailand Assemblies of God, on evangelism in Bangkok.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Exploring Social Barriers To Conversion Among The Thai
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: This article is about barriers to conversion for Thai people that are not religious, doctrinal, or philosophical, but rather are social in the sense that they have to do with the dynamics that grow out of our interrelationships with other people.
Subject: Culture; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 21 Filesize:
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| | Title: Finding the Real Reason Thai People Become “Christians”
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: When new believers disappear from church and seemingly give up the Christian faith, it is often a disillusioning and discouraging time for those who introduced them to the Gospel, and perhaps even led them in saying the sinnerʼs prayer together. Great expectations and high hopes are dashed. Why do people seem to come in and come out of the faith so easily? The author reflects on some observations on conversion from Thai pastor Wan Petchsongkram
Subject: Evangelism; Syncretism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Finishing the Task Among the Thai: A Proposal for Fulfilling the Great Commission in Thailand
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: One of the least evangelized people groups of our world continues to be the Thai. In this paper the author develops a possible proposal for how God’s people can make a serious attempt at finishing the Great Commission task among the Thai peoples of Thailand.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1998
Pages: 20 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Finnish Free Foreign Mission and the Origins of Pentecostalism in Thailand, 1946-1960
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about the Finnish Free Foreign Mission (FFFM) in and the Origins of Pentecostalism in Thailand in the period 1946-1960. Article also speaks about FFFM working together with Ajarn Boonmark Kittisarn.
Subject: Mission Organizations; Church History | 1900-1950; Church History | 1950s ; Church History | 1960s; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 9 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Gospel Facing Buddhist Cultures
Author: Smith, Alex
Description: The test of this booklet was originally presented as a paper at the Asian Theological Association Annual Meeting. Part of the "Asian Perspectives" series.
Subject: Buddhism; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1978
Pages: 16 Filesize:
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| | Title: The history and growth of the CCT in Thailand: An evangelistic perspective
Author: Koydul, Virat
Description: Part of thesis about the growth and development in the Church of Christ in Thailand between 1978-1989
Subject: Evangelism; Church History | 1970s; Church History | 1980s; Church Planting
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 1990
Pages: 108 Filesize:
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| | Title: How to Reach an Educated Buddhist With the Gospel
Author: Petchsongkram, Wan
Description: Lecture given by a Thai pastor on his thoughts on how to effectively communicate the Gospel to Thai Buddhists
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1972
Pages: 21 Filesize:
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| | Title: Illustrating the Gospel from Thai History
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: Because the concept of substitution is largely absent from Buddhist thinking, there are a couple of illustrations from Thai history that I will often use to explain to people how Jesus could die on the cross, not for his own sin (which he didnʼt have) but in order to save others. I take no credit discovering or coming up with either example, but I have found them useful and hope that anyone else doing evangelism among Buddhists, particularly Thai Buddhists, might find them useful.
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Importance of Printed Media
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: 60% of the converts said that printed media played a role in their conversion. 17% mentioned an evangelistic tract. For every positive mention I ever heard about the evangelistic value of tracts, I am sure I heard at least ten negative ones in my life. Yet in Thailand evangelistic tracts were influential in the conversion of almost twice as many people as radio and television combined!
Subject: Evangelism; Statistics & Maps
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Indigenous Missionary Medicine
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short articles about medicine and evangelism in north Thailand in the Laos Mission
Subject: Culture; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Jesus Must Be Reborn
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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| | Title: Karen Beginnings
Author: Leming, Mike
Description: Article about Karen Baptist Churches in Thailand, daughter churches of Burmese Baptist Churches
Subject: Tribal; Church History; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Karen Evangelists
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: An account of the beginnings of the WEC mission work in the Central/North parts of Thailand, and the stories of those missionaries who took part.
Subject: Tribal; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Medicine & Mission
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Few short articles about the relationship between religion and medicine and how missionaries from the North Laos Mission saw Christian medical care.
Subject: Buddhism; Church History | 1800-1900; Culture; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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| | Title: Meekness: A new approach to Christian Witness to the Thai People
Author: Mejudhon, Nantachai
Description: This study investigates the cultural and religious behavior pattern of "meekness" and suggests utilization of this pattern as the new approach to Christian witness for missionaries and Thai Christians.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 456 Filesize:
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| | Title: "My Hope Thailand" Evangelistic Project
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: A critical assessment of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's "My Hope" evangelistic campaign in Thailand
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2010
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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| | Title: A New Hope for Understanding: Adapting the Buddhist Paradigm of Merit Transference to Explain the Substitutionary Sacrifice of Christ
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: This paper aims to examine the implications, benefits, and challenges of using the Buddhist concept of merit transference to explain the redemptive work of Christ to those with a karmic worldview, with particular attention to the Theravada Buddhist context. The first part of the paper will examine the nature of karma, merit, and merit transference as they exist in the minds of Buddhists, particularly Theravada Buddhists. The second part of the paper will deal with adapting the merit transference paradigm to explain the cross of Christ, followed by an analysis of the potentially positive and negative consequences of presenting the Gospel in this way.
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 22 Filesize:
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| | Title: Perspectives on Evangelism
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about factors for successful evangelistic work among northern Thais.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Power of the Oikos
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: Sharing the Gospel through Relational Networks. If Oikos based evangelism is both a Scriptural methodology and effective then we need to develop an intentional plan and strategy for using these principles and methods in our church life.
Subject: Evangelism; Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 1998
Pages: 13 Filesize:
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| | Title: Problems and opportunities for church growth in Bangkok
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: This thesis is an analysis of obstacles and opportunities for church growth in Bangkok, Thailand.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 1992
Pages: 162 Filesize:
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| | Title: Protestant Christians in Thailand 2009
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: This booklet gives a overview of the state of the Protestant Church in Thailand in the year 2009. This booklet is based upon research done by Marten Visser's for his Ph.D Thesis "Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches".
Subject: Statistics & Maps; Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 14 Filesize:
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| | Title: Reaching Out to Thai Expats in Australia
Author: Linder, Johan
Description: A veteran missionary to Thailand discovers new opportunities for ministry to Thai people when he moves home to Australia
Subject: Evangelism
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Remaking the Sapha: Demographic Change and the Church of Christ in Thailand 1982-2001
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Paper about the numercial growth of membership in Christ Church Thailand between 1982 and 2001 and about the denominational shifts within CCT.
Subject: Evangelism; Statistics & Maps
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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| | Title: Report on the 2011 Thai Congress 7.5
Author: Nicholson, Gregg
Description: A report describing the Thai Vision 2015 - "I will be one of a 100,000 to lead a million to Christ by 2015"
Subject: Church History ; Church Planting; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Researching & Mapping to Reach a Nation - Thailand
Author: Nicholson, Gregg
Description: An article presented at Lausanne 2010 describing the work of the Thailand Evangelism Committe and what they are doing to reach the nation for Christ
Subject: Church History; Church Planting; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2010
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Search for Sincere & Pure Conversions
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about approach to assure the purity of conversion in presbyterian churches in the North.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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|  | Title: Sharing your faith with a Buddhist
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: A presentation on contextualization. Primarily in regards to Buddhist beliefs
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Powerpoint
Year Published: 2007
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| | Title: The Significance of Phra See Ahn for Northeastern Thai Buddhists
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: Article about the Buddhist prophecy of Phra See Ahn and the coming of Jesus
Subject: Buddhism; Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
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| | Title: The Sinners Prayer in Thai Churches
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: Every year there are hundreds, if not thousands, of Thai people who pray to receive Christ but never become involved in a church. Is it possible that the sinnerʼs prayer, which is supposed to signal conversion to the Christian faith, actually fails to challenge the animistic worldview of Thai people? What if instead of helping them find new life in Christ, it confirms them in their basically animistic worldview, but merely adds a temporary Christian veneer on the top of their existing beliefs?
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
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| | Title: STRINGS: MEDIA FOR GOSPEL COMMUNICATION IN NORTHEAST THAILAND
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: This article reflects upon the contextualization potential and use of the string-tying sukhwan ceremonies of the Isaan culture as a media for use in conveying the gospel within this culture.
Subject: Isaan; Evangelism; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 14 Filesize:
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| | Title: A Study of Christian Mission in Thailand
Author: Chaiwan, Saad
Description: Investigates the trends of theology of mission and their contributions to the church and society. The importance of mission work in the field of education which might have rendered some Christian ideals and values to Thai culture.
Subject: Church History; Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1984
Pages: 13 Filesize:
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| | Title: A Study of the Belief Systems and Decision Making of the Isan People of Northeast Thailand with a View Towards Making Use of These Insights in Christian Evangelism
Author: Saiyasak, Chansamone
Description: The study presents eight characteristics of the Isan society which have proved to be obstacles, hindrances, or barriers for the penetration of the the gospel to the Isan. Finally, twelve missiological implications of the study are presented as suggested approaches for those working with the Isan people of the Northeast and other groups with a similar culture and way of life.
Subject: Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2007
Pages: 374 Filesize:
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| | Title: Syncretistic Use of the Sinner’s Prayer in Thailand
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: Leftover baggage from an animistic worldview and a superficial reading of Romans 10:13 contribute to a magical view of the effectiveness of getting someone to say the sinner's prayer in Thailand
Subject: Evangelism; Syncretism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2010
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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| | Title: Talking About the Resurrection with a Thai Chinese Buddhist
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: A conversation with a Thai Chinese man highlights the centrality of Christ's resurrection in Christian faith and proclamation
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2010
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: A Typology of Thai Conversions to Evangelical Christianity
Author: Zehner, Edwin
Description: This article focuses on typologies of Thai conversions to evangelicalism and is part of Chapter Three of Ed Zehner's doctoral dissertation, which contributes to understanding why people convert to such an apparently alien religion for Thais as evangelical Christianity.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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| | Title: What Does Seoul Have to do with Bangkok? Church Growth in Korea & Thailand
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: This articles anaylses difference in church growth between Korea and Thailand using external factors, like differences in geo-political, religious, and missiological conditions, but also internal factors like the relationship between Christians and culture.
Subject: Evangelism; Syncretism; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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| | Title: Why We Dont Preach in Our Churches: Conversational Bible Teaching
Author: Wechkama, Banpote
Description: Write-up by Paul DeNeui of seminar given by Ajarn Banpote Wechkama on preaching versus conversational Bible teaching in a Thai context.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 5 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Wiang Pa Pao Consultation on Evangelism in the Northern Thai Context
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: This paper reports on a consultation held on Friday and Saturday, 21-22 February 2003, with a group of northern Thai evangelists, which consultation focused on the question of evangelism in the northern Thai Buddhist context.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 13 Filesize:
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| | Title: Wrapping the Good News for the Thai
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: Suggestions for a contextualized presentation of the Gospel in Thai society
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Pages: 30 Filesize:
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| | Title: “You Can Be a Christian, but You Can’t Get Baptized”
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: The signficance of ceremony in Thailand is applied to the speed and requirements for baptism in Thai churches
Subject: Evangelism; Discipleship; Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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