Christopher & Shannon Sorensen

Career Missionaries since 2003, serving the Southern Thai people of Thailand.

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!

Frontier Stories

Mingling Methods

Thank you for your continued support and mission-critical prayers for us in our new outreach to these dear friends in Southern Thailand.

By: Christopher Sorensen
December 01 2025, 2:26 pm | Comments 0

Following the Children’s Lead

We feel truly blessed to be a blessing to the locals through our Sabbath School programs.

By: Christopher Sorensen
October 01 2025, 10:43 am | Comments 0

A House That Cannot Be Hidden

Please pray that God will cause us to shine so brightly that when people see our good works, they will glorify our Father in heaven.

By: Christopher Sorensen
June 01 2025, 2:07 pm | Comments 0

Surat Thani: The City of Good People—Exemplified

Selah was excited. She knew there was a big slide to play on. For Aria’s part, well, she’s excited about everything at this point in her life.

By: Christopher Sorensen
April 01 2025, 9:55 am | Comments 0

Surat Thani: The City of Good People

There, buried in the dirt, the Indian merchant found the gold that he had dropped years earlier. 

By: Christopher Sorensen
March 01 2025, 9:30 am | Comments 0

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