Outreach
International Church seeks to reach out to the most vulnerable people throughout Thailand. Our motive is to “advance the work of Jesus” as it relates to his own description of his mission in Luke 4:18-19.
John Amollo with two children at Kwai River Christian Hospital
We do so by partnering with Christian ministries throughout the country. Currently we have fourteen partners. Each month we focus on a different one. We pray for them. Often pay them a visit to learn about their ministry and encourage them. And we support them financially.
10% of our yearly total income goes directly to the outreach partners. Members and friends are also encouraged to give directly to our partners through our “purple box” which is always available. In 2009, for example, ICB gave just under 20% of our income directly to our partners.
Below are our ministry partners from 2009 and into 2010 with a short description of each. Click the weblinks for more information. Or you can look through old copies of the International Church Newsletter for more detailed descriptions. (NOTE: Not all the weblinks are to the ministry site. The Prachakittisuk Link is to a site a third party church has done to raise money for them. But the information is good!) Where there is no weblink the webaddress is unknown to us.
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January 2009, Rahab Ministries – Bangkok. Rahab works with prostitutes and their families in Bangkok primarily in the Patpong District.
February 2009, Prachakittisuk Church – Chiang Rai. Prachakittisuk runs an orphanage and is committed to helping children, particularly girls, avoid being sold into prostitution.
March 2009, Bangkok Institute of Theology – Bangkok. BIT trains pastors from all over Thailand as well as some neighboring countries.
April 2009, Concordia Ministries – Bangkok. Concordia runs a slum daycare in the Bangna Slum. The focus is on pre-school and younger schoolage children and their families.
May 2009, Chaiyapruk Children’s Home – Bangkok. Chaiyapruk focuses on children just outside of the Minburi suburb of Bangkok who have been abandoned by their families.
June 2009, Candlelight Ministries – Sangkhlaburi. Candlelight works with people with disabilities and their families who live along the Thai Burma border near Sangkhlaburi town.
July 2009, Mercy House – Pranburi. Mercy House serves children who have been orphaned. Many are immigrants and/or refugees from Burma. Pranburi is located about 10 minutes drive south of the famous beach resort town of Hua Hin.
August 2009, Klong Toey Community Center – Bangkok. Klong Toey Community Center provides a whole range of services in Bangkok’s largest slum. There is a pre-school, youth club, soccer club, cooking school, handicrafts shop, second hand shop and a new church plant.
September 2009, Thai Thai Church – Bangkok. Innovative ministry in Bangkok slums from Lat Prao to Rama IX road integrating traditional thai cultural forms into Christian worship.
October 2009, Kwai River Christian Hospital – Sangkhlaburi. Private hospital near the border with Burma serving a large number of Burmese refugees.
November 2009, Pahk 16 AIDS Ministry – Sangkhlaburi. AIDS Ministry in both Thailand and Burma. Works closely with both Candlelight and Kwai River Christian Hospital.
December 2009, Elisha Children’s Home – Nongbualampu Province. Home for abandoned children and orphans in northeastern Thailand.
January 2010, Had Yai Cornerstone Church – Hat Yai. This church in Had Yai was started just a few years ago by Elizabeth and Simon Lee. Elizabeth grew up and Intl Church. We are so proud of her.
February 2010, Christian Prison Ministry in Thailand – Bangkok. The prison ministry is in a variety of prisons throughout Thailand working with both Thai and foreign inmates. Some estimates are now that close to 20% of the prison population in Thailand is Christian. Considering the national percentage is well below 1%, this is astounding! This ministry innovatively uses music and art therapy to share the goodnews about Jesus with prisoners.
