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Following World War II, many evangelical missionary groups began missionary work in Thailand. [1] These varied evangelical groups worked independently from both the CCT and each other, but in the mid-1950s a number of them decided that inter-denominational and inter-organizational co-operation and fellowship was needed. This desire on the part ...
It is an international church, a member of the Evangelical Free Church of America, a denomination of Protestant churches, and is affiliated to the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand. The Evangelical Church of Bangkok was established in 1966 by the Christian and Missionary Alliance as a base for preaching by missionaries and grew into a multi ...
The denomination consists of Thai, Chinese, Karen, Lahu, and English-speaking congregations. It is a member of the World Council of Churches and has about 130,000 members. The Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand (EFT) is an evangelical umbrella organization that includes many smaller denominations, churches, missionary organizations, and ...
It consists of Thai, Chinese, Korean, and English-speaking congregations. It is a member of the World Council of Churches and has about 60,000 members. [16] One of the largest Protestant associations is the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand.
Kankok Bannasan was founded in 1952 by missionaries from OMF International in order to provide Christian literature to support their evangelism and church planting work in Thailand. Originally under missionary control, Kanok is now independent under Thai leadership. Their first Thai general manager was appointed in 2003. [1]
It was founded in 1934 as the Church in Siam with the intent of forming a single ecumenical denomination to include all Protestant churches in Thailand. Other than a small number of American Baptist and British Churches of Christ congregations, most of the original member churches were originally Presbyterian congregations, many of which were started by missionaries from the American ...
Worship in Thai began during the years 1934–1940 using a prayer book translated by C. W. Norwood with the help of Thai nationals, but it was more than fifty years before the church was able to find a Thai-speaking clergyman. In 1991, Gerry Khoo was appointed as assistant priest.
Thailand's Department of Religion, currently under the Ministry of Culture, has formally recognised five major Christian churches/denominations: the Catholic Church, the Southern Baptists, the Seventh-day Adventists, the Church of Christ in Thailand, and the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand.