Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is a popular tourist destination known for its crystal clear waters and ornate Buddhist temples and monuments. Eighty-eight percent of the country’s 70 million people are Buddhist, and Buddhism is tightly interwoven with national pride.

The Thai people are kind, friendly, and peace-loving, yet difficult to connect with spiritually. They see religion as a method to develop right behavior while simultaneously fearing and vindicating spirits. God has been opening doors to connect with the Thai as we have changed our focus to the spiritual warfare happening in the country.

  • Where Needed Most

    Your donation will go to where the need is greatest at the time, as well as enabling Jesus for Asia to continue to provide support for all its projects. By giving to "Where Needed Most," you make sure no project gets left behind.

  • Assisted Wellness for Thailand

    Specializing in total health lifestyle education, this is for projects in Thailand that Mike and Marilee Kier are assisting in.

  • Audio Bibles

    We all know what a blessing the Bible is for those who can read God’s Word. But what about all those who never learned to read or are blind? How can they be built up in the faith? The answer lies in today’s technology. Cheap MP3 players with audio Bible recordings in local languages do more to build up the church in poor places than almost anything!

  • Bible Workers: Thailand

    Thailand is a majority Buddhist country. Most Thai people actually associate being Thai with being Buddhist. Our Bible Workers in Thailand work with our other missionaries to minister to the towns, villages, and cities where they serve. Because they deeply understand local languages and customs, these Bible Workers enhance the effectiveness of the missionaries’ efforts. Their witness helps to show that following Jesus is not just for Westerners.

  • Bible Worker Training

    Many of our Bible Workers have a strong heart for Jesus and a desire to serve Him but need Bible training. With so few pastors in the work force compared to the number of people that need nurturing these simple but wonderful workers are often…

  • Bibles and Literature for Asia

    Asia is where the least reached peoples of the world are living. Many do not have access to the Gospel. There is no Christian bookstore on the corner, and there are no Bibles in the local stores. This fund allows Bible workers in various countries to give Bibles to baptismal candidates so they can read the Word in their own language.

  • Bicycles for Bible Workers

    Many of our Bible Workers, especially in the North, find transportation extremely difficult due to the high cost and irregular public transportation in the rural districts. Each bicycle costs approximately $100.

  • Border Light

    Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people live on the Thailand-Myanmar border. These people have many needs. The “Border Light” project, with Harvey and Brenda Steck, is working to...

  • Church Buildings

    Churches are a powerful evangelistic tool. If new believers in Asia have no church in their area, they sometimes give up and scatter. Building churches can help establish the work our Bible Workers have

  • Emerald Hill School

    The Emerald Hill School offers elementary, middle, and high school classes. They provide traditional courses such as reading, writing, and math with a strong spiritual emphasis. They teach the value of the Scriptures in their morning and evening worships, where they read the Bible together. They also teach the health message and other lessons from the Spirit of Prophecy.

  • Gayle's Jungle Mission

    Gayle Haberkam is a missionary nurse in the jungles of Thailand. Although she originally planned to stay in Thailand for three months, she fell in love with the Karen people and has served them there ever since. As Gayle cares for the people’s physical needs, she teaches them about the One who can fulfill their spiritual needs.

  • Health & Life

    This project is working to bring a knowledge of health and healthy living to a people group who have very little access to this kind of life giving information.

  • Humanitarian

    Jesus exemplified reaching out to those in need. Through this fund, Jesus for Asia seeks to follow His example. Gifts will be used for disaster relief, blanket distribution, food distribution, and other humanitarian projects.

  • iEAT

    The Institute of East Asia Training, with Eugene and Heidi Prewitt, serves budding missionaries from the countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, and Malaysia. These young people are trained in the arts of winning hearts, selling books, teaching doctrines, planting congregations, and reaching unreached groups. Extensions of the iEAT program that serve in Indonesia are listed as a separate project.

  • iEAT.ex

    The Institute of East Asia Training Extension equips and develops self-supporting missionaries for South East Asian countries. Here, they are trained to reach people through teaching, preaching, and holistic healing.

  • Invest in Jesus for Asia

    When you “Invest in Jesus for Asia,” you support the many projects listed here, and also allow us to move into new strategic projects as the opportunities present themselves. Giving here lets us continue to honor our promise that 100% of funds donated to our missionaries, Bible Workers, or other projects goes directly there. Thank you for your investment!

  • JFA Foreign Correspondents

    Since Asia seems distant to most people in Christian countries, Jonathan and Hannah Hill have been sharing the needs and experiences of missions there through videos so more people can be informed about what is happening and learn how they can help meet the needs.

  • Jungle Village Outreaech

    Jason and Shoshana are a young couple who met and currently live in the mountain jungles of northwestern Thailand. Together, they have built housing in the jungle and provided Bible studies and medical training to locals through JEMMS, short for Jason’s Education Medical Missionary School.

  • Kantharalak Project

    Ric and Jane, with their 4 children, recently launched to Thailand with the vision of entering a city and province where there is currently no Adventist presence. No believer, no missionary, no church.

  • Life-changing Stories

    One of the greatest needs in sharing the gospel is training our workers to have a deeper understanding of present truth and to develop an Adventist healthy lifestyle. Armani* and Ariana* are gifted trainers with a well-developed, systematic curriculum for a 4-month program. They hope to utilize this project in many different places throughout Asia.

  • Light Asia Publishing

    The Rogers Family is working, with God’s help, to establish a publishing House for South East Asia. The purpose is to provide Christ-centered literature, Bible study guides, and books in native languages to share through the printed page a knowledge of the love, joy, and peace that God gives.

  • Light for Asia Project

    Jason Raney has been doing evangelistic outreach, seminars and training programs for pastors and Bible workers in various countries as well as other projects as the Lord leads.

  • Love for Asia Foundation

    The Love for Asia Foundation is Jesus for Asia’s organizational presence in Thailand, providing the legal means for our missionaries to stay and work there. The Love for Asia team is also involved in community outreach. God raised up this foundation at just the time that it was needed. Otherwise, many missionaries and their families would have had to return home.

  • Nakhon Sawan

    Until recently, the city of Nakhon Sawan,Thailand, had no Adventist presence: no church, no missionaries, and no believers. Jonathan and Hannah Hill now live in this city as a foothold for the Lord...

  • Phrao Thawikhun Home

    This is a home where poor kids from the mountains can stay and go to school. There are currently 25 children in total, 17 male and 8 female, and 4 adult caretakers. Some children are of the Lahu tribe, and some are of the Akha tribe. These children come from poor, divided, and drug-filled homes, homes that could not meet their basic needs and

  • Projectors for Evangelism

    Projectors are a huge advantage in sharing the Gospel. Especially in places with no television (yes, there are still places like that). We get many requests for this tool for holding evangelistic series and winning people to Christ.

  • Sharon Family Projects

    Leroy and Lisa Sharon are missionaries to Thailand. Lisa is currently raising two young girls for the Lord. This focus has turned out to be the best witness to the local village, which had never seen a Christian before. Leroy travels to various towns and schools and connects people with the Savior through language teaching using Bible stories.

  • Something Better for the Central Thai

    Matthew and Rachel Leffler and their three children moved to Thailand in 2023. The live in Nakhon Sawan to work alongside Jonathan and Hannah Hill to expand the foothold they have gained for the Lord in this city.

  • Sowing in Thailand

    Jim and Irene Hill moved to Bangkok in Feb 2019. Now, they are serving at a school in western Thailand, where Jim has started an agriculture program and a work program for the students.

  • SUD Mission Projects

    We have a dream to have several small “Lifestyle Community Centers” in every large city in India. These centers will be places where people can come to mingle, learn, and be inspired and discipled for Jesus. Another mission project is to train “Lifestyle Coaches” to lead the ministry in these Community Lifestyle Centers.

  • Sukhothai Children's Home Property

    The Norton family is running a children’s home for at-risk kids in Sukhothai, Thailand; they need to build several new buildings on their Children’s home’s property to continue to meet the needs of the children they serve.

  • Sukhothai Project

    Hundreds of cities and towns in Asia have no Adventist congregation, not even a believing member. For many years, Sukhothai, Thailand, was one of these cities. The Norton Family landed on Thai soil in August 2019 and moved to Sukhothai shortly after. Within the first 12 months, God had sent them six children in need of a safe and loving home.

  • Thai Media Outreach

    Thailand is a least-reached country, with very few spiritual resources available to the believer. There are very few Adventist TV ministries in Thailand. Our two JFA Media Teams in Thailand recording sermons, testimonies, and other programs in four languages: Thai, Hmong, Karen, and Burmese.

  • Thai Media Outreach: Translation and Literature

    Thailand is a least-reached country, with very few spiritual resources available to believers. There are very few Ellen White books in Thai. In fact, in 2011, no Thai EGW books were available in the country. Our translation department has been translating Spirit of Prophecy books into Thai, Hmong, and Karen for the upbuilding of the Church and the proclamation of the Gospel.

  • Thailand TV Studio

    God provided a studio and office for our Love for Asia team in Thailand in 2021. God has expanded their work so much that they are already outgrowing their new space. Funds for this project will go toward building a second building next to the current office to hold an audio recording room, more offices, and additional storage.

  • Unreached People Seed Fund

    So many groups of people in Asia have not even heard the name of Jesus. Gifts to this fund will allow Jesus for Asia to start new projects in areas where there are no believers.

  • Volunteer Ministry International

    Mike and Marilee Kier have been church-planting amongst the Thai for over a decade. They have seen God, in His amazing grace, transform the lives of people who were steeped in Buddhism and devil worship. They are earnestly praying for more lives to be changed for God.

  • Worthy Student Fund

    One of the most effective long-term mission strategies is to invest in the Adventist education of our young people, many of whom are the first generation in the church and have no Adventist background. An Adventist education will give them that daily experience with other Christians.

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