Expat In Bkk

[vivi33592]

i'm new in bkk from usa,fl.i met a cnadian who mentioned a church for expat get together in ekamai area .but i dun hv any idea where it is?wht's the name of the church? help me!!!!!

[udon]

I think you need a new keyboard first.

Dunno about churches where expats hang out, I do know a few good bars in Soi 33 though

[Dickie]

He's come to BKK to go to church?!?

Errr......

Anyway, just for a laugh I found a christian church in BKK.

Phone: (662) 720 6745

Fax: (662) 300 6265

E-mail: [email protected]

Mailing address and location: 1/2-3 (3rd floor) Soi 4, Seri 2, Huamark, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10250, Thailand

(Just a hundred meters from Hotel InterPlace)

Click this to go to their website

[Rinrada]

Spoilt for Choice .......but as Udon says I also do know a few good bars in Soi 33

Great hangouts if you wanna meet young,rich Chinese "gels"....the churches I mean

Anyway bit of interesting background history on Christian Churches in Thailand.

Religious Rights and Liberty Guaranteed and Protected in Thailand

His Majesty the King of Thailand, according to the constitution and tradition, is a Buddhist and the upholder of religions professed by local communities. He, therefore, is the centre of unity and concord of all Thai people

Every person enjoys full liberty to profess any religion, any religious denomination or religious tenet, and to exercise a form of worship in accordance with his belief, provided that it is not contrary to his civic duties or public order or good morals.”

“In exercising the liberty referred to in the first paragraph, every person shall be protected from any act by the State....more....

http://www.mahidol.ac.th/thailand/religions/relogions.html

Christianity was introduced to Thailand by European missionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries. These early Catholic missionaries were later joined by Protestants of the Presbyterian, Baptist,and Seventh-Day Adventist sects. Their converts mainly came from ethnic minorities such as the immigrant Chinese. Despite the small number of Thai converts, Christians have made several major contributions in the fields of health and education.

Thailand's first printing press was introduced by Christians, and King Mongkut (RamaIV) learned English and Latin from Christian missionaries. Though King Mongkut reportedly told one of his missionary friends "What you teach us to do is admirable, but what you teach us to believe is foolish," during his monkhood before ascending the throne, he nonetheless allowed Christian missionaries to give lectures, even in his own made the first smallpox vaccinations, trained the first doctors in Western medicine, and wrote the first Thai-English dictionaries.

....and more.....

Christian Churches

Assumption Cathedral

23 Oriental Lane

Tel 234-8556

Long estanblished Catholic church, Sunday English sermon at 10:00

Bangkok Chinese Church

1325 Rama IV Road

Tel 215-4529

Seventh Day Adventist, Saturday worship 9:00-11:30

Bangkok Ekamai Church

57 Soi Charoenchai, Ekamai Road

Tel 391-3593

Seventh Day Adventist, Saturday English Sabbath school at 9:30, worship at 10:45, Wednesday prayer meeting at 19:30, Friday vesper at 19:30

Christ Church

11 Convent Road, Tel 234-3634

Anglican and Episcopalian; Sunday English service at 8:00, 10:00 and 18:00; church activists visit prisons, hospitals, orphanages and other places where they find people in need of help. The vicar is chaplain to the British Embassy and responsible for Anglican affairs not only in Thailand but also in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Calvary Baptist Church

88 Sukhumvit Soi 2, Tel 251-8278

Though Baptist by name, the church claims to be interdenominational; Sunday school at 9:00, Sunday English service at 10:15 and 19:00

Evangelical Church

Soi 10, Sukhumvit Road, Tel 251-9539

sermons from pastor Fred Henry

Fellowship Baptist Church

2172/146 Soi 26, Phahonyothin Road

Tel 579-8764, 526-2482

In spite of the fact that the Philippines is a primarily Catholic country, this church is sponsored by the Philippine Association of Baptists for World Evangelism and Baptist Missions

Foreign Mission of Paris

254 Silom Rd, between Soi 18 and Soi 20

Tel 234-1714

Catholic; weekday French masses at 7:30 and 11:00, Sunday French masses at 7:30 and 10:30

German Speaking Protestant Church

Tel 286-2002 (pastor’s residence).

Services Sunday 10:30 at the chapel of the St. Louis Hospital (215 Sathorn Tai Road).

Holy Redeemer Church

123/19 Soi Ruam Rudee

(off Wireless Rd, behind US Embassy)

Tel 253-0305

Catholic; weekday English masses at 7:00, 8:00 and 17:30; Sunday English sermon at 8:30, 9:45, 11:00 and 17:30

church of Redemptorist fathers, mostly Irish; the church is mainly frequented by Europeans and Americans, as well as a few Filipinos

International Church

67 Soi 19, Sukhumvit Road

Office: 73 Soi 19, Sukhumvit Road

Tel 253-3353

Pastor’s residence Tel 253-2205.

Interdenominational congregation of the Church of Christ; Sunday English mass at 8:00

Saint John

Hayaek Ladprao, Vibhavadi Rangsit Rd

Tel 513-4286

Catholic; Sunday English mass at 10:00

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Soi 17, Sukhumvit Road, Tel 3913593

Ext 56 (church), Ext 54 (pastor)

Also responsible for the Bangkok Adventist Hospital (430 Phitsanulok Road, Tel 282-1100).

Other Religions

Harmon Mosque

New Road, near General Post Office

Friday Kootbah hours 12:15-13:15

Jam at 13:00

Drool Aman Mosque

Petchburi Road, near Rajtevi Intersect.

Friday Kootbah hours 12:15-13:15

Jam at 13:00

Jewish Association of Thailand

121/3 Soi 22, Sukhumvit Road

Tel 2582195

services Friday 18:30, Hebrew school Friday 15:30

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Saint Rinrada lives

[Phil Conners]

Religion is opium for the people.

[Explorer]

Saint Rinrada lives 

Amen!

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Saint Rinrada lives  

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Amen!

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Let's do something religious right now.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

We'll take up a collection

[ProfessorFart]

Theres that place (rather fittingly) next to the Atlanta hotel on Soi 2 which seems to attract your missionary types. Given the holier than thou attitude of the Atlanta's average patron I wouldn't be surprised to find a few of them there.

[Rinrada]

Saint Rinrada lives  

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Let's do something religious right now.

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Praise the Chang.

Go forth and multiply but make shure you are not "de-frocked" in the process

Re Lots of Missionarys in soi 2 ...

the Atlannta is I have it on the best authority (from above) a place of

quiet,peace,solid-tude and contemplation where they by all accounts actively

encourage all positions.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Saint Rinrada lives  

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Amen!

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Let's do something religious right now.

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Praise the Chang.

Go forth and multiply but make shure you are not "de-frocked" in the process

Re Lots of Missionarys in soi 2 ...

the Atlannta is I have it on the best authority (from above) a place of

quiet,peace,solid-tude and contemplation where they by all accounts actively

encourage all positions.

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Even those bizarre in nature ( so to speak )