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

The Milestone

Be patient and persevering in your witness—realizing that some fruit grows fast, and some fruit develops slowly—but if we are faithful, we will someday see a beautiful harvest!

By: Christopher Sorensen & Kyle Tumberg
August 01 2022, 10:32 am | Comments 0

A Hospitality Blessing

Twenty years ago, this month, Shannon and I were just ‘kids’ out of college, with hearts full of love for God, a belief that there was a big world to reach for Him, and a faith that He desired and was able to do something great through little people like us in some small corner of His harvest field.

By: Christopher Sorensen
March 01 2022, 9:14 am | Comments 0

Worth it All

“You came. You helped me. You stayed. You’re my friend.” I smiled but didn’t say anything. Loem’s words had touched my heart in a profound way that felt just right!

By: Christopher Sorensen
January 01 2022, 2:40 pm | Comments 0

A Worthwhile Waste

But when it is all said and done, what matters most is not that they become great musicians. If, through studying at PMA, they learn that Jesus loves them and they accept His salvation, then any time I once thought was wasted proves to have been completely worthwhile!

By: Christopher Sorensen
December 01 2021, 11:58 am | Comments 0

Just A Few More Blinks

Now, we patiently await that “blink of an eye” when we are changed and meet our Lord and Uncle Harold in the clouds. Just a few more blinks. Be Faithful.

By: Christopher Sorensen
November 01 2021, 8:21 am | Comments 0

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