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First Church Of Chiang Mai
The First Church of Chiang Mai is a Redundant church, redundant Protestantism, Presbyterian church in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Situated in the city centre on the east bank of the Ping River, and completed in 1891, it was the first church to be built in Northern Thailand, Northern Siam. History The church traces its history back to 1867 when Daniel McGilvary, an American Bible Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian missionary, arrived in Chiang Mai and founded the Laos Mission, the first Protestant mission to be established in Northern Siam. The following year, a piece of land was given to McGilvary by Kawilorot Suriyawong, the ruler of Chiang Mai, on the east bank of the Ping River where McGilvary built a temporary mission dwelling with a thatched roof which he used for Sunday worship. Later, this was replaced by larger house which held 200 worshippers, but as the congregation grew he was forced to hold services at the adjacent, unfinished girls' mission school, which later became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, second largest city in Thailand. It is north of Bangkok in a mountainous region called the Thai highlands and has a population of approximately 127,000 within the city municipality, as of 2023. However, the greater urban area, which includes surrounding districts such as Hang Dong, San Sai, and Saraphi, forms a metropolitan region with an estimated population exceeding 1 million. At the provincial level, Chiang Mai had a projected population of 1.8 million in 2023, according to Thailand's National Statistical Office. Chiang Mai (meaning "new city" in Thai) was founded in 1296 as the new capital of Lan Na, succeeding the former capital, Chiang Rai. The city's location on the Ping River (a major tributary of the Chao Phraya River) and its proximity to major trading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawilorot Suriyawong
Kawilorot Suriyawong (; ) was the sixth Ruler of Chiang Mai. He was the son of Kawila, the first Ruler of Chiang Mai. He was born on c.1799, reigned from 1854, and died in 1870. Due to his decisive nature, he was highly respected and feared among his officials and subjects. When he passed judgment on a case, if he uttered the word “Ao” (อ้าว), it signified a sentence of execution by beheading. As a result, the people gave him the epithet “Chao Chiwit Ao”บุญเสริม ศาสตราภัย และสังคีต จันทนะโพธิ. (2520) อดีตลานนา กรุงเทพฯ : กรุงสยามการพิมพ์ (, ). He was succeeded by his son-in-law, Inthawichayanon. Children Kawilorot Suriyawong has 2 daughters with Princess Usa. # Thip Keson - wife of Inthawichayanon and mother of Dara Rasmi. # Ubonwanna - mother of Princess Kannika Legacy Kawilorot Suriyawong ruled the city of Chiang Mai an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Establishments In Siam
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Buildings And Structures In Chiang Mai
A building or edifice is an enclosed Structure#Load-bearing, structure with a roof, walls and window, windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, monument, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the :Human habitats, human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much architecture, artistic expression. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Presbyterian Churches
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Churches Completed In 1891
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Borneo Company Limited
Borneo Company Limited, formed in 1856, was one of the oldest companies based in East Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah). History Brooke era In 1840s, James Brooke ( White Rajah of Sarawak) formed a relationship with Henry Wise, a merchant from London who sought to exploit the natural resources of Sarawak. In 1850, the British government established a trading company called the Eastern Archipelago Company (EAC) with Henry Wise as its principal shareholder. The company was given Royal Charter in 1851. EAC was given a trade monopoly between Sarawak and Britain. Plans were drawn to export antimony from Sarawak to Britain. Merchant houses in Britain, such as R&J Henderson agreed to finance the operations of EAC. However, the Hendersens pulled out from EAC before its incorporation. The commercial hub of the company was in Singapore, and it expanded its businesses to Thailand, and then Indonesia, and Hong Kong. In 1855, Mr. George Acland established a jute mill for spinning jute yarn a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dara Academy
Dara Academy (), is a private coeducational Christian school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It currently serves 6,000 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. History Dara Academy was founded in 1878 by Presbyterian missionaries Rev. Dr. Daniel McGilvary and Sophie McGilvery. Originally established as an all-girls school, it was intended to equal the education available to boys from monks at Buddhist temples. The school was originally called “Phra Racha Chaya Girls School” after Phra Racha Chaya Chao Dara Rasmi, and was simplified to Dara Academy in 1923. The school is led by the Church of Christ in Thailand. Royal visits * 1925: His Majesty King Prajadhipok (Rama VII, ''Phra Pokklao Chaoyuhua'') and Queen Ramphaiphanni * 1949: Queen Ramphaiphanni (''Somdej Phra Nangchao Ramphaiphanni Phra Boromarajininat'' - สมเด็จพระนางเจ้ารำไพพรรณี พระบรมราชินี) * 1958: His Majesty the King, Bhumibol Adulyadej Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laos Mission
The Laos Mission (also, North Laos Mission, North Siam Mission) was founded in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand by the Rev. Daniel McGilvary and Mrs. Sophia McGilvary in April 1867. It was established as a mission of the Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the United States. Mission The original vision for the mission came from Dr. Dan Beach Bradley, who himself once proposed starting a mission in the North. The Laos Mission included, at one time or another, six stations in Northern Siam: Chiang Mai (founded 1867); Lampang (founded in 1885 and originally known as the Lakawn Station); Lamphun (founded 1891 and made a sub-station of Chiang Mai in 1897); Phrae (1893): Nan (1895); and Chiang Rai (1896). In addition, the mission founded a station in 1903 to work with the Tai peoples of eastern Burma in Kengtung, which was closed in 1907; and it founded another station, the Chiang Rung Station, in Yunnan Province, southern China in 1917. The mission founded its first c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spans . Thailand Template:Borders of Thailand, is bordered to the northwest by Myanmar, to the northeast and east by Laos, to the southeast by Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the state capital and List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, largest city. Tai peoples, Thai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 6th to 11th centuries. Greater India, Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon kingdoms, Mon, Khmer Empire, and Monarchies of Malaysia, Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bible Presbyterian Church
The Bible Presbyterian Church is an Protestantism in the United States, American Protestant denomination in the Reformed tradition. It was founded by members of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church over differences on Christian eschatology, eschatology and Christian views on alcohol, abstinence, after having left the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America over the rise of Liberal Christianity, modernism. The denomination comprises 28 churches, 27 in the United States and 1 church in Alberta, Canada divided between the Great Western Presbytery, the Eastern Presbytery, the Great Lakes Presbytery, and the Florida Presbytery. The highest governing body is the Synod. History Origin The Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC) was formed in 1937, predominantly through the efforts of such Religious conservatism, conservative Presbyterian clergymen as Carl McIntire, J. Oliver Buswell and Allan MacRae. Francis Schaeffer was the first minister to be ordained in the new denomination (1938) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
