Norman Rideout

Norman Rideout

The Rideout family are missionaries in Thailand. You can see more about their ministry at:

http://www.therideouts.com/Ministry.htm

A quote from their web site:

“Norman Rideout is the son of a missionary to Thailand, Ken Rideout, and moved to Thailand as a young toddler. He grew up in Bangkok, Thailand and considers Thailand his home. Norman is fluent in English, Thai and Karen dialect. He never intended to be a missionary, but as a young married man he was called into the mission field. He moved his wife, Debbie, to Bangkok from the United States in 1983. Both of their sons, Micah and Matthew, were born in Thailand.

Norman began his work in southern Thailand before returning to Bangkok as an instructor at Christ for Thailand Institute, a ministry of Christ for the Nations. As an instructor he was invited by one of his students to preach in his Karen village in the mountains of Northwest Thailand and his life would never be the same. The Karen people were open to the gospel and received these men well. Norman began to sense the Lord’s leading him to this people group and he moved to Chaing Mai in 1989 to begin what would become Ponta Geet Sampan.

The Karen tribe inhabits the mountainous region on the Thailand/Myanmar (Burma) border. There are approximately 11 million in the Karen nation, but less than one million are in Thailand as of 2004. This tribe, like most, was Animist (dark spirit worship) with very limited exposure to Christianity.”

Norman Rideout has an excellent message on the life of Christ describing how Christ lives through them in Thailand. One particular quote in this audio message: “The book of Acts should be our standard, our starting point for today. We should expect nothing less in the life of the church.”

This is the link for the powerful audio message entitled, “ The Ministry of Christ in You”:

http://www.therideouts.com/