Borneo Evangelical Church

Borneo Evangelical Church
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Evangelical, Charismatic
Polity	Interdependent local, regional and national expressions
Senior Pastors	Chew 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
Founder	Hudson Southwell (Baptist), Frank Davidson and John Trevor White (Anglican), Carey Tolley (Church of the Brethren)
Origin	1928 Sarawak, Malaysia
Branched from	Borneo Evangelical Mission
Members	500,000

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.

Reach

Claiming more than 500,000 members, 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.

See also

• Christianity in Malaysia
• Status of religious freedom in Malaysia

Bibliography

• Bray, Jenny, Longhouse of faith, Borneo Evangelical Mission, 1971.
• Bray, Jenny, Longhouse of fear, Borneo Evangelical Mission.
• Cole, R Alan. Emerging pattern. CIM work in the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya, London, China Inland Mission / Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1961, 48pp.
• Day, Phyllis. Sold twice. the story of a girl in West Malaysia. Original story by Norah Rowe; illustrations by Nancy Harding, OMF, London, 1968, 31pp. Paper. The true story of the conversion of a girl sold as an infant and later bought back by her mother.
• Hunt, Gillian. All the pieces fit, OMF, Singapore, 1987, pp. 28–157.
• Lees, Shirley. Drunk before dawn, OMF, 1979. Story of the Borneo Evangelical Mission now part of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. ISBN 0-85363-128-X
• Lees, Shirley P. Jungle Fire, Oliphants, 1964, 94pp. Spread of Christianity among Borneo tribal groups in the 1950s.
• Lees, Shirley, and Bill. Is it sacrifice? OMF/IVP/STL, 1987, 192pp. Experiences with the Tagal people in Sabah and other work of the BEM/OMF in East Malaysia. ISBN 9971-972-53-0
• Nightingale, Ken. One way through the jungle, OMF/BEM, 1970.
• Newton, Brian William. A new dawn over Sarawak: the church and its mission in Sarawak, East Malaysia, MA thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1988, 198pp.
• Peterson, Robert. Roaring Lion. Spiritism in Borneo challenged by the power of Christ, Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1968, 1970.
• Rusha, Gladys. Truth to tell in Borneo, 1969, Oliphants.
• Southwell, C Hudson, Uncharted Waters, 1999, Astana Publishing. ISBN 0-9685440-0-2

Further reading

• The Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM) and the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB), 1928 - 1979: A Study of the Planting and Development of an Indigenous Church; Tan, Jin Huat; University of Wales; 2008
• Mabuk Sebelum Fajar Menyinsing; Shirley Lees; transl.: Evelyn Hwee Yong, Tan; Sword Publishing House, Malaysia; 2009
• The Bario Revival; Bulan, Solomon & Lillian Bulan-Dorai; Home Matters Network, Malaysia; 2004
• ASANG; The story of Trevor White and the Dusuns of Sabah, written by Peter Elliott Australia, Published by Delia Wilson Cleveland Qld 4163 Australia, 1997
• Sejarah Gereja Sidang Injil Borneo; Richard Samporoh, Nipuhawang Publishing 1999

External links

• Malaysian Christian news Website
• National Evangelical Christian Fellowship