Borneo Evangelical Church

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Borneo Evangelical Church
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Classification Protestant
Orientation Evangelical, Charismatic
Polity Interdependent local, regional and national expressions
Senior PastorsChew Weng Chee, Bina Agong, Lew Lee Choo, Jerry Dusing
Associations National Evangelical Christian Fellowship, Christian Federation of Malaysia, Sabah Theological Seminary, Council of Churches of Malaysia and Melbourne School of Theology
Region Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, Brunei), West Malaysia and Singapore
FounderHudson Southwell (Baptist), Frank Davidson and John Trevor White (Anglican), Carey Tolley (Church of the Brethren)
Origin1928
Sarawak, Malaysia
Branched from Borneo Evangelical Mission
Members500,000

The Borneo Evangelical Church or SIB (Malay : Sidang Injil Borneo) is an evangelical Christian denomination in Malaysia. The church was organised in 1959 from the work of the Borneo Evangelical Mission.

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Claiming more than 500,000 members, [1] the SIB church is the largest Protestant denomination in Malaysia having evolved from a small missionary presence among the Lun Bawang and Kelabit people of the Kelabit Highlands of northern Sarawak as well as the Sipitang District of southern Sabah, to the Bisayas and Ibans in Limbang and later the Dusuns of Kota Belud as well as Ranau and the Muruts in Beaufort, Nabawan, Tenom and Keningau all located in Sabah and to a lesser extent other numerous indigenous tribes such as the Kenyahs, Kayans, Punans, Bukitans, Bidayuhs, Penans and Melanaus in Sarawak. It also established large congregations in both East Malaysia and West Malaysia, along with a missionary partner church in Singapore under the Borneo Christian Fellowship umbrella of the SIB Semenanjung Johor district branch congregation.

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References

  1. "SIBKL: A brief history". Sidang Injil Borneo Kuala Lumpur. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2010.

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