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 an association of Baptist Christian churches 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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