442:. Srilanksana was adopted by the Queen and spent her childhood living in the palace where she received an exceptional education. After Srilaksana met the missionaries, she was baptized on July 4, 1968, with two of her daughters. The church originally intended to use a professional translator, but felt that it would be better if the translator was knowledgeable about the Book of Mormon and the Church. Regardless, a paid translator was chosen and along with help from a committee of Thai church members including Srilaksana. The Book of Mormon began to be translated in 1970. Srilaksana struggled with severe health problems during the translation process. After Prayun, the professional translator's contract was finished, Srilaksana became the principal translator of the Book of Mormon at the beginning of 1971. She did not receive payment for her work until the Thailand Bangkok mission was formed in 1973. She would review and correct the previous translation and the translation committee, largely consisting of missionaries, would make sure the doctrinal concepts were correct. Specific challenges in translation included issues surrounding "word for word" translation requirements and the difficulty in choosing translations for Western Christian words that did not exist in Thai such as "priesthood". After reviewing and revising, the Book of Mormon translation into Thai was complete in August 1975 and the first copies were printed in October 1976. A re-translation was completed in 2010.
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July 12, 1972, and were found guilty of desecrating a
Buddhist image and insulting the Buddhist religion. They were sentenced to a maximum six months in jail, for which they served the full-time. After their release, they were deported from Thailand. This event was widely publicized. Due to this event, Nakhon Sawan was closed as a missionary area and baptisms dropped throughout Thailand. Following this incident, relations with the immigration office in Thailand became challenging. Foreign missionaries were only allowed to obtain 30-day non-immigrant visas. Through a process of extensions and requests for permanent visas (which were always denied), foreign missionaries could legally stay in Thailand for about 90 days, but then had to leave the country and re-enter on a new 30-day non-immigrant visa. From 1972 until mid-1975, missionaries traveled from Bangkok to Cambodia on Cambodian visas, then immediately returned to Thailand on new 30-day non-immigrant visas, which could again be extended to about 90 days. Once the Cambodian border closed in mid-1975, foreign missionaries in Thailand traveled to Laos for visa renewal. When the Laotian border was later closed, foreign missionaries were forced to make expensive and long journeys to Malaysia for visa renewal. After
502:, Thai people are exceptionally tolerant of religion, to the point where it is difficult to perform successful missionary work, because it is challenging to impose just one set of beliefs upon the people. Furthermore, religion and country are intricately and closely related in a way that becoming anti-Buddhist means becoming anti-Thai in many cases. Thus, few are willing to give up their country, family and traditions to convert other religions including Christianity. Despite the usual language and cultural barriers that pose challenges to Christian missionary work in Asian countries, there is a specific lack of success in Thailand as compared to other Asian countries even ones in where they are predominantly Buddhist. According to Erik Cohen, there are three reasons why Christian converts are difficult to find in Thailand. Firstly, there are fundamental differences in the views of Christianity and of Buddhism. Second, Buddhism permeates almost every aspect of life in Thailand and the individual identity of a Thai person. Finally, the attitudes of Catholic and Protestant missionaries in the earlier history of Thailand were often judgmental and inflexible.
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393:. By the end of 1968, there were eight missionaries working in Thailand. In 1969, the numbers had grown to twenty-five missionaries. For a short period of time beginning in 1969, Thailand become a part of the Southeast Asian Mission with G. Carlos Smith Jr. as president, allowing more time to be focused on Thailand as a mission country, allowing missionary work to move faster. Construction began on the Asoke Chapel, on the property that was purchased in 1967, in 1970, mostly funded by LDS servicemen stationed in Thailand. After a slow construction process, in August 1974, the first Latter-day Saint chapel was dedicated in Bangkok. In 1970, missionaries were sent to Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen with twelve other cities opening up for missionary work in the six years that followed. Smith created a missionary basketball program in 1969 to increase visibility of the Church in the surrounding areas. The team played in tournaments and received much publicity. In August,
366:. The mission became a part of the Southern Far East Mission, presided over by Keith B. Garner. Hinckely found property for $ 77,000 for a chapel, which was purchased in 1967. Due to struggles receiving Thai government approval, it wasn't until February 2, 1968, that missionaries were allowed to enter the country. Six missionaries from Taiwan and Hong Kong were transferred to Bangkok. They were Peter Basker, Craig Christensen, Alan Hess, Carl Hanson, Larry White, and Robert Winegar. Soon thereafter, the missionaries began an intensive three week language program at the American University Alumni School and had the missionary lessons translated into Thai by a translator. Full-time proselyting began on March 6, 1968, and the first missionary lesson was held in the Thai language on March 17 with the help of Anan Eldredge. Boonepluke and Rabiab Klaophin, baptized on May 15, 1968, were the first converts by missionaries in Thailand.
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Thailand who offered to adopt him so he could attend college in the United States. Anan was a great help to the missionaries working in Thailand after his baptism, helping them with the language and translation of church materials. Anan Eldredge became the first Thai to serve a full-time mission. Eldredge attended college in California and met and married a Latter-day Saint woman from England. Eldredge helped work on the revised translation of the Book of Mormon into Thai, and helped with the translations and publishing of the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price into Thai. In 1988, Anan Eldredge became the first Thai president of the Thailand Bangkok Mission, influencing a steady increase in church membership during his service.
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Teachers College, hospitals, and a drug rehabilitation program. They received an invitation to perform for the King's charity event, meeting the King and Queen afterwards. During its more than four year long existence, the group appeared on TV 70 times, recorded five albums, performed for royalty three times, and did 500 live performances for over one million people in all of Thailand's major cities. After the visa problems improved and the Church was viewed more positively, the group was disbanded by Brown in July 1979, having fulfilled its intended purpose.
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relations, working to adapt teaching materials and pictures to the Thai culture. Morris initiated translation work of books and church manuals, strengthened local leadership, increased media attention of missionaries and members through the radio, and encouraged local members of the church to publish articles about the Church in local newspapers. During his presidency, women missionaries were sent to
Thailand, in part to help with welfare services. During President Morris' tenure, a missionary singing group called
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470:. After the repeal of the restrictive visa laws, missionary work increased throughout Thailand as more mission areas were opened. In 1993, more than four hundred baptisms were performed, resulting in four districts and twenty-five branches in Thailand. There were eleven chapels and more being constructed as church membership rose to six thousand. After Troy L. Corriveau became mission president, the Thailand Stake was organized on June 18, 1995, by
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Thailand. Despite the fact that Roman Catholics have proselyted in Thailand for 400 years and Protestants have proselyted for 160 years, Christianity makes up less than one percent of the practiced religions in Thailand. Although the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not recognized by the Thai government as an official religion, practice is allowed freely. According to historian
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numbers to the group during the war. In 1973 and 1974, Gordon B. Hinckley traveled to
Thailand to inquire as to whether the country was prepared for proselyting. A Mutual Improvement Association was organized in September 1964, meeting in a private restaurant after having outgrown the living room of a home. The first non-Thai person baptized in Thailand since 1854 was a serviceman named Jim McElvee. He was baptized on January 21, 1966.
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Thailand (known as Siam at the time). The only missionary to arrive was Elam Luddington, whose only baptisms during his four-month service in Thailand were a non-Thai ship captain and his wife on April 9, 1854. The first known baptism of a native in Thailand was for Nangnoi
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of Thailand in 1991 and 1992 initiated violent demonstrations in Thai cities. Missionaries were told to stay away from demonstration areas. Larry R. White, the mission president at the time, warned missionaries to stay in their apartments; he also canceled a scheduled district meeting in Khon Kaen.
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on July 9, 1972. Other newspapers included the image, causing it to spread. The Thai people felt that the elders disrespected Buddhism and Thailand. Thai Christians separated themselves from the Latter-day Saint Church, some writing articles against the LDS Church. The missionaries were arrested on
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in 1961. Some small congregations of United States servicemen were established on some United States Air Force bases during the Vietnam War. In 1962, president of the South Far East Mission Robert S. Taylor organized the first official congregation of church members. LDS military servicemen added
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The first Thai convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was Nangnoi Thitapoora who was baptized on September 11, 1966. The first Thai male convert was Anan Eldredge, who was baptized on December 24, 1967. The surname Eldredge comes from the surname of a Latter-day Saint family
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Harvey D. Brown became the second president of the Thailand Bangkok Mission in August 1976. His presidency focused on building and re-building the image of the church in Thailand. The "Sidtichon Yuk Sud Tai" group continued to perform, raising money for charities and programs such as the Thai
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On March 27, 1966, Keith E. Garner organized the Thailand District of the Southern Far East Mission with Stirling Merrill as president. The congregation in Bangkok had over 200 members by July 1966, so the Bangkok Branch (the first in the country) was organized with Gordon M. Flammer as Branch
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from Salt Lake City was aired over Thai radio in Korat and an open house program was initiated in Chiang Mai. The general missionary approach at the time was to introduce non-members to the LDS church in a casual and non-threatening manner.
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