The
Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major
Christian denomination with a small presence in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Thailand (มูลนิธิคริสตจักรวันเสาร์แห่งประเทศไทย) began in 1919. The Thailand Adventist Mission had a reported 14,997 members as of 30 June 2020.
Social work
The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates a school of higher education in Thailand called
Asia-Pacific International University
Asia-Pacific International University is a private Christian university located in Saraburi, Thailand. Its main campus is in the rural town of Muak Lek, Saraburi Province and the nursing school is located on the grounds of Bangkok Adventist Hos ...
. The church operates two hospitals in Thailand called
Bangkok Adventist Hospital (locally called Mission Hospital) and Mission Hospital Phuket.
History
R. A. Caldwell, came to Thailand in 1906 to hand out Seventh-day Adventist literature. 10 years later Seventh-day Adventist
colporteurs came to Thailand and found believers meeting in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
. Chinese businessman, Tan Thian Tsua, moved to Bangkok and started the first Seventh-day Adventist Church in the country. The early work grew among
Chinese
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* Something related to China
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in Bangkok. The Thailand Adventist Mission was founded in 1919 by
missionaries, E. L. Longway and Forrest A. Pratt.
Into Thailand
Adventist World Retrieved 10 May 2019
See also
* Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in the People's Republic of China
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colombia
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cuba
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in India
* Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana
*New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Zealand is formally organised as the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (often abbreviated as NZPUC), a sub-entity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. The me ...
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria
* Adventism in Norway
*Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists ( ro, Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România) is Romania's seventh-largest religious body, part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. At the 20 ...
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga
* Seventh-day Adventists in Turks and Caicos Islands
References
External links
* http://www.adventist.or.th
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Protestantism in Thailand
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Asia