Report on 7 churches

1. Chiang Mai Creator?s Church (120 members)

The Chiang Mai Creator?s Church is the first church that we have set up in order to teach and train the children from Peace Home to worship the Lord and take active parts in serving God in their own local church. Most of them are now responsible for major activities in the church. The total membership used to grow up to 150 or more. Now 70 of the Lahu tribal members had gone to set up their own church to worship in their own language. The membership now is about 120 members. Pastor Kumpee Ronghanam is pasturing this church.

2. Mae Dorg Dang Creator?s Church (200 members)

We bought 5 acre piece of land to build Lahu Christian Village with 25 families living together surrounding the church building. They have 32 children within this village attend our school. Some Lahu people who live nearby also join membership of this church. They have more than 200 members attend Sunday service including 50 over children. Pastor Subin and his wife are taking care of this church.

3. Weang Papao Creator?s Church (75 members)

To lead children to Christ and train them up in local church is the motivation of pastor Supot and his wife to set up this church in Peace Home building at Weang Papoa. We brought the building that used to be a nursery to convert into Dormitory for boys and girls. Now we have more than 50 members apart from 25 children at this Peace Home. The pastor and his wife also train them to reach out to their own people in 3 of their villages. The church is growing and get stronger with the help of Rev. Doug Higgings, the missionary from Australia who help in teaching and preaching the Bible among all of our churches.

4. Sankampang Creator?s Church (100 mebers)

After the first Creator?s Church in Chiang Mai growing to 150 members, the worship place became narrow and some Lahu tribal members do not understand the Thai language very well, so they decided to open up the new church where they live (at Sankampang District) to worship in their own language. The membership is growing from 70 people to more than 100 members and they want to have their own church building and also move some 30 families to live together in order to look after one another. Most of their families moved down from the mountain where the government closed down the forest and not allow them to cut down tree to do farming anymore. Pastor Yothin and his wife are looking after them.

5. Doisaket Creator?s Church (100 members)

A group of 60 members Lahu tribal moved down from the mountain to live and work in Chiang Mai for some years but they still get together to worship the Lord every week. Pastor Thanongchai and his wife came and asked Far Corners Foundation Thailand (For Better Life ? In Thai language) to help finding a piece of land for them to settle down and build the permanent worship place so that they can live and raise up their children in Godly way. One pastor?s wife from Europe had committed to help with the funding. So we make agreement to buy 10 acre of land and Habitat for Humanity Thailand helped us build 10 houses in the first phase another 10 houses are in the process. The member is now increasing nearly double since we plan to build about 35 houses.

6. Nong Bua Creator?s Church (70 members)

After our first tribal church moved to our own land at Mae Dorg Dang, 17 other Lahu Christian families moved in to use the rented house to worship together for one year until last October 2007. There was a group of Christian from Australia helped us buy the land not very far from the church to build another Christian village with the church in the midst of them. It is about 5 acre and we have paid about ¼ of the price, the remaining need to be paid in one year. Habitat for Humanity Thailand is also trying to help us build 25 houses for the Lahu tribal members here as well. Most of the members work in the factory and some of them are construction workers. Pastor Artit and his wife are taking care of them.

7. Udornthani Chreator?s Church (70 members)

Udornthani is in North East of Thailand, about 10 hours drive from Chiang Mai. Pastor Somwang who works in Udorn Prison has the vision to open the church to welcome those prisoners who accepted Christ while in the prison but now some of them are released. With the help of some Christian leaders in the area, pastor Somwang was able to open the new church not very far from the prison. Last Christmas, 26 members were baptized and planning to build a new church building.