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is a major

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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 bo ...

. 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

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. The church operates two hospitals in Thailand called

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(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

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. Chinese businessman, Tan Thian Tsua, moved to Bangkok and started the first Seventh-day Adventist Church in the country. The early work grew among

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in Bangkok. The Thailand Adventist Mission was founded in 1919 by

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, E. L. Longway and Forrest A. Pratt.Into Thailand
Adventist World Retrieved 10 May 2019

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External links

* http://www.adventist.or.th {{DEFAULTSORT:Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Thailand Protestantism in Thailand History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Seventh-day Adventist Church in Asia

Social work

History

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