“To be Thai is to be Buddhist,” is a phrase often heard in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand which is home to more than fifteen million people. In this prominent and growing city less than 3% of the population identify themselves as evangelical Christian. The majority of Thais in Bangkok spend their days in devotion to idols and spirit worship.
Your gift to the Reaching Bangkok project will enable the work of these important outreach efforts:
(1) University outreach engagement amongst the more than one million university students in Bangkok with a focus on evangelism, discipleship and church planting through English teaching.
(2) A job corps program focused on evangelism, discipleship and church planting in the red-light districts which are predominant throughout Bangkok.
(3) A media initiative centered on creating gospel-focused content and outreach for new and existing churches to build the kingdom, disciple seekers and plant churches.
(4) Mobilization of existing local churches to share the gospel, make disciples and plant churches in each of the 50 districts of Bangkok.
(5) Outreach and evangelism among the sizeable migrant communities throughout Bangkok which include Chinese, Myanmar, Lao, Cambodian and others.
Give today to spread God’s kingdom throughout Bangkok and, from there, to the rest of Thailand and the world!
*This project was formerly called “Bangkok City Church Planting.”
Your generosity provided four optometry lens sets for missionaries and national partners to use as an outreach tool. A local church began using them to check people’s vision. The nearby Muslim community appreciated that the church was helping them, and many are now open to gospel conversations. Previously, numerous efforts to build relationships and establish trust were attempted in that district, and national believers were frustrated at the lack of response. Nothing they tried led to interest from even a single person, but the lens set arrived and opened doors for the gospel.
“These [lens] sets opened doors like never before,” said the local pastor. “Many spiritual conversations resulted from using gospel tracts to measure their eyesight.” Most of those who attended the clinic had never heard the gospel. Because of your gifts, the gospel is moving into areas previously closed to hearing the good news.
Please join us in prayer:
Reaching Bangkok’s Students. Over the past few months, our team has been working to revive the ministry of the Baptist Student Center with a singular focus on church planting. Four weeks ago, we began gathering students interested in Jesus into a Bible study group that we pray will become a church. Over the last four weeks, we have been teaching through the gospel during our Bible study time.
A Life Transformed. On a recent Sunday afternoon, a Thai believer talked with a girl named Flo*, one of the students attending the group every week. Flo recognized her need for Jesus and turned to Him in repentance and faith. Flo gave her life to Jesus! , and our group now has its first new believer! The beginnings of what we pray will change many lives through the church plant! Praise the Lord!
Because of your generosity, we are seeing ministry at the Baptist Student Center revitalized as it hosts a Bible study in one of the rooms. Because of your support, Flo heard the good news for the first time and turned to Christ!
Please Join Us in Prayer:
From the skyscrapers of Hong Kong and vast plains of Mongolia to smoky rainforests hiding winding rivers edged by golden sands, the natural beauty and long history of these Asia-Pacific Rim countries testify to God’s creative hand. This vast region houses four of the most populous global cities, as well as the country with the world's largest nominal population of Muslims.
Spirituality swirls through cities and countryside like the smoke from temple incense sticks. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, animists, Daoists and ancestor worshipers live here, comprising 851 unreached people groups who have never heard that freedom is found in Christ. Pray for divine appointments for Christian workers to share that Jesus is the way to peace with God and eternal life. Ask God to glorify His name among the peoples of the Asian Pacific Rim Peoples affinity.