Chansamone Saiyasak is the founder/director of Mekong Evangelical Mission, focusing on mobilizing and training indigenous leaders for the gospel evangelization in Mainland Southeast Asia. He is a leader in the Asia Mission Association (AMA) and SEANET Buddhist Missiological Forum, providing training and networking for outreach to the Buddhist world. He serves as the President of Asia Society of Missiology (asianmissiology.org), Professor of Religious Studies & Missiology, Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies, Olivet University (California, USA), and a leader of AEA’s national alliances: Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand and Evangelical Fellowship of Laos. Chansamone received his missiological training, DMin in Missiology from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Tennessee, USA, and PhD in Theological and Religious Studies from Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium (etf.edu).
Christianity in Asia remains disconnected from local cultural expressions so the national evangelical alliances of Asia have identified the need to disciple Christians in ways more suited to the Asian context to ensure the church becomes more locally sustainable and culturally relevant.
