Thailand, known historically as Siam, a Southeast Asian country in the 10/40 Window Region. Christianity arrived in the 16th century through Portuguese missionaries, later followed by Protestant missionaries such as Dan Beach Bradley and Karl Gützlaff in the 19th century. Bradley’s medical and printing ministry laid the foundation for the spread of Christian education and literacy in Thailand.

Today, however, Christianity remains a small minority — less than 1% of the population — in a nation where Buddhism shapes nearly every aspect of life. Christian teenagers in Thailand face social rejection, pressure to conform to Buddhist rituals, and economic hardships linked to poverty, unemployment, and corruption. Many Christian youths are drawn into the same traps that afflict their peers — drug use, trafficking networks, and the sex industry, which thrive amid government corruption and weak law enforcement. The Thai Church struggles with external opposition, internal complacency, disunity, and materialism.

For Thailand’s Christians to withstand these storms, there must be a biblical return to holiness, discipleship, and family faithfulness. Parents must raise children in the Word of God, not cultural compromise. Churches must resist the comfort of religion without repentance, and believers must become light in a morally dark society. The call is clear: “Be holy in all your conduct” (1 Peter 1:15), and “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12:2). Only then can the next generation stand firm and keep the flame of faith alive in Thailand.