Christopher and Shannon Sorensen launched to Thailand to begin their church-planting efforts among the Northern Khmer people in January 2003. They spent 15 months learning the Central Thai language in Chiangmai. After studying N. Khmer language and culture with Brian and Melissa Mitchell, Margie Jones, and Kelli (Biggs) Doss in Surin, Christopher and his team, along with local Thai pastor Wanlop Intachai, began working on a Bible curriculum to reach the Northern Khmer people and plant an SDA church in Surin province. With the help of a great bunch of student missionaries and local Thai laymen, they also started New Life Radio, Surin. Later Robbie and Kelli Doss joined the team for the Bible study field testing and evangelism phase of the project. In 2014 AFM’s Northern Khmer team merged with AFM’s Central Thai team to jointly develop and publish music and Bible study materials for use throughout the Thailand Adventist Mission. Other major objectives have been 1) the establishment of Peace Music Academy as a joint “Center of Influence” with the General Conference of SDAs and AFM, and 2) the planting of an SDA church in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Today, we sense God’s leading to join our colleagues Brian and Duang Wilson in reaching the Souther Thai Buddhists for Christ in the province of Surat Thani. We praise God for each person brought to Jesus through these projects, and for every one of our faithful friends and supporters who have given so generously over the years to make it all possible!
Christopher & Shannon Sorensen
Career Missionaries since 2003, serving the Southern Thai people of Thailand.
Frontier Stories
Our Strange Job and the FBI
As we visited, he asked if he could see our passports. I didn’t think anything of it. People are often intrigued with this little book that gives a person license to travel to faraway places. But then he proceeded to copy my full name, my passport number, its place and date of issue, expiration, etc. into a notebook. This made me nervous.
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April 02 2003, 12:37 am | Comments 0
Peace For My Fear
One of my biggest fears was confronting me. What if my husband were to die in Thailand? He’s not sick. But Adoniram Judson lost two wives and three kids, J.N. Andrews lost a daughter, Hudson Taylor lost a wife and daughter, and then AFM missionary Brad Jolly recently died.
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Christopher & Shannon Sorensen
December 02 2002, 12:31 am | Comments 1
On the Move
“Where’s home for you?” the man asked. “Good question!” I replied. We have parents in Pennsylvania and Utah, our church membership is in Tennessee, our mail goes to AFM in Michigan, and we have stayed with six families in the past four weeks.
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November 02 2002, 12:27 am | Comments 0
Frustrated But Hopeful
My heart is burning right now! I’m excited! I’m frustrated! I feel inadequate! And at the same time, I’m hopeful!
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Christopher & Shannon Sorensen
October 01 2002, 11:23 pm | Comments 0
Our Training
Shannon and I were recently training at Summer Institute of Frontier Missions, learning how to plant a church among the Northern Khmer of Thailand. Perhaps you’ve wondered what sort of things future AFM missionaries study.
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September 01 2002, 11:21 pm | Comments 0