
reflections and observations on life and ministry in Thailand, from a Reformed perspective
| 2009 Thai Church Statistics |
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| Monday, 03 May 2010 07:30 | |||
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In the Powerpoint presentation linked above, you'll see a page for the "My Hope Thailand" project, where there is a statistic for number of "salvations" (or number of people who prayed the sinner's prayer as the result of the My Hope evangelism project). Regular readers of this blog will know the serious objections that I have to the theology and methodology of the sinner's prayer. However, the "salvations" reported as a result of the My Hope project are NOT included in the 2009 Thai Church statistics. The church growth numbers reported above are based upon church membership, not upon saying the sinner's prayer.
How many of the people who made a "decision" for Christ during My Hope and actually go on to become church members (and hopefully truly converted Christians) remains to be seen. But speaking charitably, My Hope represents widespread sowing of the Gospel in Thailand and the fact that many Thai people have been exposed to some form of the truths of Christianity.
In any case, since the church growth numbers above are based on church membership and not the sinner's prayer, they are thus a somewhat accurate way to gauge actual growth of the visible church in Thailand. And the church in Thailand IS growing! Praise God! Christ is building His church (Matt 16:18).
May the Lord continue to growth His church not only in numbers but also in depth and maturity, purifying a people for Himself from among the Thai.
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