Thailand Partner Churches and Organizations

The Church of Christ in Thailand

Tracing its history back to the arrival of the first Protestant missionaries in 1828, the Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT) unites congregations started by Presbyterian, Baptist, and Disciples of Christ missionaries. Membership in the church is more than 40,000 in a country that is 95 percent Buddhist.

The Thailand Baptist Mis sionary Fellowship (TBMF), one of the constituent groups within the CCT, has an outreach among hill tribe people, many of whom find themselves discriminated against in Thai society. PC(USA) mission workers, invited to serve in Thailand by the CCT, provide educational opportunities, medical assistance, and other social services.

The TBMF shares the gospel with Thai nationals by working to increase their awareness of how their own culture relates to the gospel. This approach is supplemented by the work of the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture at Payuap University in Chiang Mai and the Christian Communication Institute (CCI), which adapts traditional Thai cultural forms such as dance and drama as media for effective evangelical witness. The CCI also produces programs for radio and television. —2004 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study.