Thailand Karen Baptist Convention | |
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Classification | Evangelical Christianity |
Theology | Baptist |
Associations | Baptist World Alliance |
Headquarters | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Origin | 1955 |
Congregations | 225 |
Members | 41,566 |
Seminaries | Siloam Bible Institute |
Official website | karen-tkbc |
The Thailand Karen Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in Thailand. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Chiang Mai.
The Thailand Karen Baptist Convention has its origins in a mission of the American Baptist International Ministries in 1833. [1] It is officially founded in 1955. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 225 churches and 41,566 members. [3]
It has 1 affiliated theological institute, the Siloam Bible Institute in Chiang Mai founded in 1953 [4]
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