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It was believed by some scholars that Christianity was first introduced to Thailand by European missionaries.By 2021, there were nearly 1 million Christians in Thailand and represented 1.4% of the predominantly Buddhist national population. [1]
The recorded arrival of Christianity to the Akha people in Thailand is in the 19th century. The Akha Villages traditionally practice Akhazah, which is a religious as well as cultural belief system. Ahkazah is an animistic belief system with various rituals, festivals and spirits that permeate everyday life.
Muslims are the second largest religious group in Thailand at 4% to 5% of the population. Thailand's southernmost provinces - Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Satun, Trang, and part of Songkhla - have large Muslim populations, consisting of both ethnic Thai and Malay. Christians, mainly Catholics, represent about 4% of the population as of 2023.
The first full collection of Bible texts in Thai came out in 1883. [9] In 2005, Thailand Bible Society distributed 43,740 copies of the Bible and 9,629 copies of New Testament in the Thai language. Gideons International's "Scripture Blitz" was held in Thailand in November 2005, where 227,295 Bibles were placed by a team of 30 men from around ...
The Catholic Church in Thailand is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to Catholic Social Communications of Thailand, as of 2019 [update] there are 388,468 Catholics in Thailand, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] a figure that represents about 0.58% of the Thai population of 69 million.
According to the 2018 census, [1] Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, practiced by over 94% of the population; Islam makes up 5% of the population. The Thai government officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Christianity. [2]
The Church of Christ in Thailand (C.C.T.) (Thai: สภาคริสตจักรในประเทศไทย) is a Protestant Christian association. It is the largest Protestant denomination in Thailand and is considered to be the largest by group of Protestant members in Thailand .
Christianity was brought to Siam, now known as Thailand, as early as the sixteenth century.The Protestant faith came with British traders and American missionaries who reached Bangkok in the early years of the 19th century, but made little progress until the country opened to the West during the enlightened reign of King Mongkut Rama IV (1851-1868).