Thai Buddhists & Christ with Manuel Becker

Thai Buddhists & Christ with Manuel Becker

From The Missions Drop by Frontier Ventures

October 9, 2025 · 57 min · Season 4 · Episode 9

About this episode

Manuel Becker shares his experiences and challenges in contextualizing the gospel for Buddhists in Thailand.

In this episode, Manuel Becker discusses his experience in Thailand and challenges with contextualizing the gospel to Buddhists as well as the story behind a movement of Jesus followers in Northern Thailand. Resources Related to the Episode: Manuel's book: http://amzn.to/2KQI1x9 Manuel's thesis: https://edu.awm-korntal.eu/files/ciu-korntal-res6502_becker.pdf?v=MTc0NzY1ODQ2Mg== Thai Movement that Manuel Mentions: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00918296231176771 Manuel's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kikimanuel87/ Contact us: Our Podcast E-mail: thedroppodcast@frontierventures.org Andy's Email: andy.b@frontierventures.org Andy's Instagram: andybettencourt823 Dave's Email: dave.datema@frontierventures.org Emily's Instagram: no_the_other_emily Listen to Us: https://themissionsdrop.libsyn.com/site Visit Us: www.frontierventures.org www.missionfrontiers.org https://www.ijfm.org/ Follow Us: www.facebook.com/frontiervntrs www.instagram.com/frontierventures https://twitter.com/FrontierVntrs Music by Isaac Huerta: 626-421-2242; @_isaac._h_

People in this episode

Guest: Manuel Becker

Topics covered

  • Buddhism
  • Gospel Contextualization
  • Jesus Movement
  • Thailand
  • Christianity

Keywords

  • Buddhism
  • gospel
  • Thailand
  • Jesus followers
  • contextualization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Frontier Ventures

Books & works: Manuel's book, Manuel's thesis, Thai Movement

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