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The New Buddhists
How Buddhists Can Follow Christ
Tags: buddhism, buddhists, new buddhists, thai, thailand
The Word Christian: Biblical background
It is inevitable. As soon as a person has converted and believes in Jesus Christ, he or she will be labeled a Christian. This person has suddenly embraced...
Longing for the Golden City
How 42,500 Buddhist-Background Believers are Proclaiming the Gospel
Tags: budddhist background-believers, buddha, buddhism, church, gospel, multiplication
The author of this article would like to clarify that this work is C4, and all believers call themselves "Christians" or "Children of God."
There have been tremendous evangelistic breakthroughs...
New Wineskins?
A Case Study on How Assumptions About the Way We Do Church Become Movement Blockers
Tags: baptism, buddhism, buddhist, funeral, movements, worship
Finally released after four years in prison, Ann was thin and tired, but her face radiated joy. Not only the joy of seeing her husband and now seven-year old son again, but the joy of a life...
What You Need to Know:
Ministering to Buddhists of the Theravada Tradition
Tags: asian, buddhism, buddhist, gospel, theravada
1. Befriending is key. Friendship in the Asian context always requires a willingness to go the extra mile or two without counting the cost. Such a relationship not only requires much time, effort,...
The Fingerprints of God in Buddhism
Could a New Approach to the Way We Look at Buddhism be a Key to Breakthrough?
Tags: breakthrough, buddhism, buddhists, kamma, nibbana
Typically Christians attempt to understand Buddhism1 by trying to compare it with biblical doctrine. We quickly come to the conclusion that Buddhism is quite different from Christian beliefs. We...
Deconstruct and Recalibrate
From the Guest Editor
Tags: buddhism, buddist, movement, shan, thai, worldview
When I first began my missionary journey in Asia, I was taught Thai Christian vocabulary and was told it would enable me to do ministry in Thailand. I went to church every Sunday as part of my...
That Man Who Came to Us
Tags: buddhism, buddhist, illustrations, thai, thailand, william carey library
This is a sample from a book illustrating the gospel in a Thai context. Through illustrations, the book answers these questions: What would it have looked like if Jesus was born in Thailand? And...
God of the Thai
How One Movement Overcomes the Perception of a Foreign God
Tags: buddhism, buddhist, disciples, thai, thailand
As a Thai Christian, it troubles me that after centuries of mission effort in Thailand, so few Thai people believe in Jesus Christ. In my search to understand why, I discovered some events which...
Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist Followers of Jesus: How Should We Respond?
Tags: buddhism, hindu, jesus movements, muslim
Can you have genuine members of the Body of Christ who do not consider themselves “Christian” but do consider themselves Bible-believing followers of Jesus? Is it possible to have people who...
Utilizing the Book of Ecclesiastes as a Bridge to Buddhists
Tags: buddhism, contextualization
The following is excerpted from Sharing Jesus Holistically in the Buddhist World, edited by David Lim and Steve Spaulding (William Carey Library, 2005). To order copies of this book, see pages...