The Church of Christ in Thailand is a Protestant Christian association, considered to be the largest by number of Protestants in Thailand. It was founded in 1934 as the Church in Siam with the intent of forming a single ecumenical denomination to include all Protestant churches in Thailand.

The Church of Christ in Thailand is engaged in active social efforts such as health care and education as well as ecumenical movements in local society.

After World War II other Protestant groups began to enter the country; some of them affiliated with the Church of Christ in Thailand, others did not. By 1976 the Church of Christ in Thailand was a completely self-governing Thai church. Workers from other countries were still welcome, and today they include missionaries from the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Korea, Philippines, Japan and Taiwan, with an increasing percentage coming from Asian countries.

The Church of Christ in Thailand represents half of the Protestant community in Thailand. Its evangelistic programme uses both the modern media and Thai cultural forms, besides more traditional approaches. The church runs two universities, two theological seminaries, seven hospitals, a rehabilitation institute for leprosy patients and other physically disadvantaged persons, about 30 schools, a Student Christian Centre, and it is entering into a ministry for the very young, and the elderly. The Church of Christ in Thailand has played an important role in the development of the musical life of Thailand. Social work is carried out in the slum communities of Bangkok, and agricultural and community development programmes are conducted in rural areas. The church took the initiative in organizing relief work among Cambodian refugees in the 1970s and, in cooperation with other agencies, it still plays a part in the work among refugees, now mainly from neighbouring Myanmar.

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