Bio

img_0164.JPGDavid Von Stroh lives in a squatter slum community, Permsup, in Bangkok, Thailand. He is on staff with Servant Partners, an apostolic mission dedicated to house church planting and holistic community development among the world’s urban poor.

Though a Kansas Jayhawk fan since birth, Dave finds it hard to define where and what home is. Starting out in Kansas City, Atlanta, GA, Harlingen, TX, Boston, MA, and now Bangkok, Thailand have all been stops along the way. He grew up in the suburbs, but his heart is in the city. He misses quesadillas and kimchi jigae equally. Dave graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003 with a degree in Urban Studies and Planning.

Since 2003, Dave has been in Bangkok pursuing God’s call to be in relationship with the poor. He longs for the day when God’s Kingdom will come to every slum community.

In his spare time, Dave loves running marathons (he actually trains for them now!), playing basketball when he gets a chance, and exploring nature.

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Thanks, Dave. That really makes me appreciate the faith Jesus had in us, knowing that the Holy Spirit would remind his disciples of everything He said and did.

Wow! this is good stuff. My wife is Buddhist we’ve been married for little more than six years. I was Catholic at the time, so in didn’t really bother me about her religion and all, besides she never really talks about it. It’s been about a year now since I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior but sharing the good news with a Buddhist!, I never thought it would be so difficult. For one thing I had no idea they do not believe in God or that sin wasn’t an issue for them. Now, by some act of God, I am living with my sister-in-law’s house, with their mom and to little girls all whom are from Thailand. I’m still growing in my faith but one thing I am sure of is that Jesus Lives and that God is real. I’m looking for Thai-Christian stuff (books,videos,etc.). That would help me for the Glory of God, How to bring the Gospel to Thais who don’t believe in God. If you could help me that would be so wonderful. As of now what you wrote is tremendously inspiring and I want to Thank You from the bottom of my heart for helping to bring a nation caught in Idolatry to the Truth. God Bless You Always. Peace

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Thank you for this entry, which was introduced to me by my home church lay ministry staff for missions, Andre de Winne. My wife and I have been in Japan since 2002, and we are also committed to communicating the Gospel in a relevant way to our Japanese friends. Unsurprisingly, we too have faced similar questions about the danger of syncretism in our endeavours to contextualise the faith here, so this article is a breath of fresh air for us.

I met you while you were speaking at Urbana Missions Conference a year and a half ago. You gave me your card, and I was hoping to meet up with you now that I’m also working in Bangkok. If you could, give me a email.

Thankyou, very helpful and much to ponder,

I’d be interested to know if there were any valid
alternatives to using the Thai word ‘Prajaw’ for
God. It seems to be loaded with too much baggage, suggesting distance, hierarchy, polytheism etc

Maybe there a Thai word for ‘love’ , or a new combination could be created, joining together two words (language is always being created) to suggest a transcendent source of love. As John 1:4:8 proclaims, ‘God is love’. Maybe this would resonate better with the average Thai layperson.

like the blog, God bless

And you do not accidentally from Moscow?