Calvary
Chapel at the Bridge
The church is located in Thachatchai next to the
Sarasin bridge that
connects the provinces of Phang Nga and Phuket. The bridge between
God and Man is Jesus Christ.
We meet in the Thachatchai Community Center on
Soi Thachatchai, coming from Phuket or the airport go past the Thachatchai
check point and turn left on Soi Thachatchai.
Services are Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in English and Thai. We are currently studying through the book of Luke. Sermon and Bible study notes and Power Points are available for download.
Bible Study cell groups meet on Thursdays in Khok Kloy and Bo Dan and Friday evenings at Som and Nit's house in Thachatchai Soi 9 dinner at 6:30 and study at 7:00. We are currently studying through the book of Genesis.
If you are visiting Phuket, welcome! Let us know if we can be of any assistance to you while you are here. Please come visit us, we welcome you! Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Hebrews 10:23-25 NASB
Pastor Dana Bratton
08-6267-1370
Some background -
Calvary Chapel is a non-denominational, Evangelical fellowship of
churches which began in 1965 in
Southern California. The term "fellowship of churches" is used in contrast
to a denomination. Calvary
Chapel has over one
thousand congregations worldwide.
The
original Calvary Chapel is
Calvary Chapel
Costa Mesa which is pastored by Chuck Smith. Doctrinally,
Calvary Chapel is evangelical and strongly committed to winning people to
Christ and equipping them to serve Him.
Calvary Chapels use a pastor-led church governmental system.
Tongues and prophecy are not a normal
part of Sunday morning church services, but they are held as doctrinally
valid, as are all the gifts
of the Spirit. Calvary Chapels faithfully uphold expository teaching, a
"verse by verse, chapter by chapter,
book by book" approach to teaching the Bible. This essentially means that
our sermons are
directly related to a passage of the Bible, and following sermons will start
where the previous sermon left
off (often this is done from Genesis to Revelation). We hold the opinion
that a steady diet of topical
studies only largely fail to present the "whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27)
and that ministers who use
this approach often choose topics that they have a certain inclination to
teach, while leaving out important controversial issues of the Bible. It is
Calvary Chapel's desire to teach, not just preach the word, in order
to equip and train laymen for everyday ministry – as well as encourage development of a
personal
relationship with
Christ.
The Calvary Chapels in Thailand as well as ministry in Myanmar is under Love in Action, headed by Pastor Joe Tuccinardi
www.loveinactionasia.com
www.loveinactionschools.com
Thachatchai (Southern Thailand)
Love in Action missionary, Jum, moved to Thachatcai in October 2006
from Ban Nam Khem to continue an outreach started by Calvary Chapel Ban Nam
Khem to this northern Phuket village. God is bringing people out to hear the
Gospel and now a church is budding there! Pastor Dana
and his wife Cindy moved to Thachatchai from Bangkok in February 2008.
Dana pastors the church and Gon translates.
Cindy teaches English classes in the community and at Thachatchai School.
Dana and Cindy are
missionaries
with YWAM Thailand, God called them to Thailand following the 2004 tsunami.
Calvary Chapel Ban
Currently, the mother church is a busy hub serving the needs of this
community. The church is pastored
by Pastor James Garwood, Other staff include his wife Bua, Joe and Joann
Cochran. With services in
Thai, Burmese and English, many are hearing the
truth of God’s Word and are growing by leaps and
bounds!
Love in Action also runs a Burmese Christian school in Nam Khem designed to
gather the displaced
refugee children from T
the opportunity for education, but also to learn about Christ’s unfailing
love for them. Pastor James
also oversees the churches in Sukkothai, Thachatchai, Udon Thani.
Sukhothai (Central Thailand)
Love in Action began its mission’s efforts in
doors for Pastor Eric and his wife MJ to oversee two churches to disciple
and teach Calvary Chapel style
thru the
Word. Mira is praying about starting an orphanage as she and Vim Vim
reach out to the children sharing
God’s
Love.
Udon Thani (Northern Thailand)
God blessed Love in Action with a building in the Northern city of Udon
Thani. Jonathan, a long time
Thailand missionary, along with Peter, his wife
Elizabeth and their daughter (all launched from Southern California) are
there teaching a bible study and reaching out to the community. Pray for
this new work as
we see God's
hand upon it.
Pastor Dana teaching and Jum translating
An altar call
Ten were baptized in the sea on March 9, see more pictures here.
