TY - JOUR AU - Pinich, Yutthapan PY - 2021/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES AND SPIRITUAL LIFE ON THAI CHRISTIANS PERCEPTION DURING THE COVID - 19 JF - Journal of MCU Nakhondhat JA - JMND VL - 8 IS - 12 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JMND/article/view/257661 SP - 244-259 AB - <p>The objectives of this research article were to: 1) Study the level of Christian activities and the spiritual life&nbsp;that were borne out of the perception of Thai Christians during the COVID - 19 pandemic; and 2) Study the relationship between the Christian activities and the spiritual life that were borne out of the perception of Thai Christians during the COVID-19 pandemic, using quantitative research. The research sample consisted of 452 Thai Christians who are members of Protestant churches throughout Thailand from 3 religiousorganizations, Obtained by stratified random sampling. The employed research instruments were a questionnaire on Christian activities and the spiritual life that was borne out of the perceptions of Thai Christians, with a reliability coefficient of&nbsp;.92 and&nbsp;.95, respectively. Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson product moment correlation. Research findings showed that: 1) The overall level of Christian activities was rated at a high level. The highest mean score was found in the worship service participation, followed by doing the church’s social mission, and the lowest mean score was found in attending Bible classes; 2) The overall perception of Thai Christians was rated at a high level. The highest mean score was found in the section on sympathy for others, followed by the spiritual discipline keeping and the optimistic point of view. The lowest mean score was found in the desire of people to know Christ, and 3) the Christian activities which had a positive relationship with the spiritual life of Thai Christians were found at the highest level which was statistically significant at .01&nbsp;</p> ER -