Pray for Thailand - Operation World 11/18

Pray for Thailand - Operation World 11/18

Thailand

Kingdom of Thailand

Asia

Geography

Area: 513,115 sq km

A fertile and well-watered land bordering on Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.

Population: 68,139,238 Annual Growth: 0.66%

Capital: Bangkok

Urbanites: 34%

HDI Rank: 87 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)
Peoples

Peoples: 114 (67% unreached)

Official language: Thai Languages: 85

Religion

Largest Religion: Buddhist

Religion \t

Christians \t749,532 \t
Evangelicals \t307,305 \t
Buddhist \t58,136,398 \t

Answer to Prayer

Emerging indigenous leadership is making up for years of shortfall in this area; they now have ambitious goals for reaching the whole country. The Thailand Evangelism and Church Growth Committee has bold plans to reach every one of Thailand’s 80,000 villages and neighbourhoods with the gospel through intercession, outreach and the wise use of sound research.

Thailand means “Land of the Free” because it successfully retained its freedom when surrounding countries were colonized by Western powers. Yet the land is held captive in a complex web of Buddhism, traditional culture, spirit appeasement and even occult practices, with a social cohesiveness out of which few have dared to come. The Buddha is the object of people’s adoration, but the spirit world is deeply ensconced in Thailand. Phra Sayam Devadhiraj, the venerated guardian spirit that protects the land, has a golden idol in the capital’s Grand Palace. For many Thai, their nationality and religious identity are inextricably linked. Pray for spiritual breakthrough so that, in the Lord Jesus, the Thai may be free indeed.

Prayercast Thailand: http://youtu.be/BXSDnI-rUxw