Dear Norm
Please listen to the above one-minute video from the pastor’s wife of our latest mother church, Phichit Free Church that was opened on January 12, 2022.
The Association of Free Churches in Thailand’s (AFT) vision is to:
Form a house church in every village
Establish a mother church in every district
In all 77 provinces in Thailand
Phichit province is the first province where we have shared the gospel in every village and have followers of Jesus Christ in each of them. We are in the process of forming house churches in these villages and establishing a mother church in every district.
Phichit province has twelve districts in total. The AFT has mother churches in five of these districts. This latest church, Phichit Free Church, is in the capital district, which is called Mueang Phichit.
We are trusting the Lord to help us establish seven more mother churches in the remaining districts. When we establish a new mother church it is full. We have hundreds of new believers in Jesus wanting a mother church in their district, but we don’t have funds to establish them.
Our goal for 2022 is to form 1,200 house churches in every village in Phetchabun province. This province also has twelve districts.
The AFT has formed or forming house churches in every village in the districts of Chon Daen, Wang Pong and Mueang Phetchabun. The AFT movement started in Phetchabun 30 years ago, so we already have eight mother churches in these three districts.
Next month we plan to to open another mother church, Wang Chumpu Free Church located in the Mueang Phetchabun district. Since this is the most populated district in Phetchabun province we hope to have several mother churches in this one district.
Mother churches can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000.
- If we can rent a building it costs about $10,000 to get it prepared (chairs, A/C, painting, etc.) plus monthly rent.
- If we can rent the land or the land is donated it costs around $50,000 to build a structure.
- If we must buy the land and build a structure it can cost $100,000 or more based upon location.
Each one of these mother churches are missional and have church planting teams that have a passion to telli their friends, family, and neighbors about Jesus.
If you are interested in helping establish a mother church, please contact me at this dmartin@estar.ws for details on how to do this. We have hundreds of people waiting to have a church in their district. |