| Borneo Evangelical Church | |
|---|---|
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| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Evangelical, Charismatic |
| Polity | Interdependent local, regional and national expressions |
| Senior Pastors | Chew Weng Chee, 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 |
| 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 with help from the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Indonesia (Indonesian: Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia), an ethnic Torajan-based Protestant church in South Sulawesi province (also an offshoot denomination of the Christian and Missionary Alliance as a result of its mission work in the said region), which is currently headquartered nationally in Senen, Central Jakarta.[1]
Claiming more than 500,000 members,[2] the SIB is the largest Protestant denomination in Malaysia having evolved from a small missionary presence among the Lun Bawang people of the Kelabit Highlands as well as the district of Sipitang and the Ibans as well as the Bisayas of Limbang and also the Dusuns of Kota Belud and Ranau until it endlessly planted dozens of congregations both in East Malaysia and West Malaysia today.
- ^ Lees, Shirley (1979). Drunk Before Dawn. Kent, TN: OMF Books. ISBN 0-85363-128-X.
- ^ "SIBKL: A brief history". Sidang Injil Borneo Kuala Lumpur. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2010.