Bible Society work in Thailand
 Thailand
Bible SocietyPO Box 4-198 Bangkok 10400 Thailand Tel: +(66)-(0)2-279-8341-4 Fax: +(66)-(0)2-616-0517 E-mail: tbsthai@ksc.th.com or wwwtbs@thaibible.or.th |
Bible Society website |
Country Data:
| Area: | 513,115 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 60,606,947 (2000) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$2,010 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 94.2% (1998) | |
| Religions in % of Population (1998): | Buddhist |
93.3%
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| Muslim |
4.8%
|
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| Christian |
1.7%
|
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| Other |
0.2%
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| Official Language: | Thai | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1828 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1966 | |
| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1984 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
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Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
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43,740
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9,629
|
114,372
|
51,015
|
196,493
|
9,851
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Church grows among Thailand’s ‘sea gypsies’ (April/May 2006)
Bible Societies offer long-term support to tsunami victims (July 2005)
Latest News #308 (April 2005)
HIV/AIDS Focus:
Helping people towards a positive view
(March 2005)
AIDS agency Director favours Bible Society
booklet (March 2005)
Latest News #296 (Asia
Tsunami) (January 2005)
Prisoner’s
testimony demonstrates God’s love to others (Oct./Nov. 2004)
‘God’s book’ speaks to AIDS
patient (Aug./Sep. 2004)
Opening God’s Word through the performing arts (June 2003)
‘Go and sin no more’: the nurse’s
story (April/May 2003)
Siriwon’s change of heart (April/May
2003)
To see ourselves as others see us: conducting
research in rural Thailand (Sep.
2002)
‘The Bible helped my heart’
(March 2002)
‘Like ducks talking to chickens’ (March
2002)
A chance encounter with the Bible (March
2002)
Traffic
officer brought to true understanding of faith (Jan/Feb 2002)
Schoolbooks plant Christian seeds for Thai
flood victims (Jan/Feb 2002)
Thailand focus: (Dec. 2001)
Making the Bible available in Thailand
Crossing Thailand with God’s Word
A Bible-centred school
Christian communities welcome new Bible Society
distribution centres
‘The Bible is beneficial in many ways’
(October 2001)
‘God opened a way for me – a Bible
student’s testimony (October 2001)
Shedding the weight of spirit worship
(October 2001)
Reaching out and touching visually-impaired
people (July/August 2001)
Thailand focus: (July/August 2001)
The hill road to Mae
Sariang
Woven together for a common
purpose
A people of prayer and achievement
A people ‘once closed’
are now ‘committed to the Gospel’
Not enough pastors to go
round
Thailand focus: (June 2001)
Aid and outreach from the
MV Doulos community (June 2001)
Sharing a passion for Christ
(June 2001)
The Akha Old Testament –
a foundation now in place (June 2001)
The search for God (June
2001)
Thailand’s
‘Queen of Rock’ Helps TV Celebrity Find Christ (Sept. 2000)
A Gift from the Heart (July/August
2000)
Rising to the Challenge: Tales of
Bible Translators (July/August 2000)
Chiang Mai’s ‘Bible Factory’
(July/August 2000)
Living a New Life (July/August
2000)
Night of Fear Ended in Dream of Christ
(July/August 2000)
‘A Miracle Happened to Me’
(July/August 2000)
First Pwo Karen Scripture to be Launched
Soon (July/August 2000)
Insomniac Businessman Healed by
BibleBible People in the News
(July/August 2000)
Finding Jesus in a Foreign Land
(December 1999)
Bringing God’s Treasure to Thailand
(July/August 1999)
Translation Work Brings Scholar
‘Back Home’ to Asia (July/August 1999)
Bible Brings Drug Addict to Christ
(July/August 1999)
Around the Asia-Pacific Region
(February 1999)
Scriptures for Thai ‘Sea People’
(July/August 1998)
Thai Christians Treasure their Bibles
(July/August 1998)
New Testament for Tourists (May 1997)
