No.5 1.10

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Chaengwattana Chapel

By
Chonthanet Pornnimitthum

Content

Preface page
Introduction 3
History 4
Map or geography Some religious activities 5
Reference 6
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Preface

My house is located in Bang Laksi district,
Chaengwattana Road. There are many Buddhist
temples in this district. However, there are some other
religious communities here too. For this E-book I will
show some Christian churches which are located in this
area.

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Introduction

Each person may have a different religion and
each religion will have different communities. In
Chistian they will have chapel and I’m going to choose
is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Chaengwattana Chapel that near my house.

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History

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS
Church) in Thailand was officially established in 1966 when it was
dedicated for missionary work by Gordon B. Hinckley. A previous
attempt at missionary work was made in 1854 when Brigham Young
sent four missionaries to Thailand (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 Thitapoora
on September 11, 1966. The Book of Mormon
was translated twice. The first translation,
which took about six years, was completed in
1976 by Srilaksana Suntarahut. A new
translation was completed in 2010.

Missionary work was challenging in the 1970s and 1980s
because of restrictions from Thai immigration that prohibited more
than 100 missionaries in Thailand at a time and required that
missionaries leave the country every 90 days to renew their visas.
Baptisms grew after 1992, when the law was repealed and
missionaries were required to renew their visas only one time during
their two-year service. The Thailand Bangkok mission was
established on July 19, 1973 with Paul D. Morris and the first stake
in Thailand was organized on June 19, 1995 by Neal.

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Map or geography
Some activities

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Activities
Christmas activity

Fruit Carving

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Reference

https://mapsus.net/TH/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-d
ay-saints-chaengwattana-chapel-170689

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