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Christian denomination in Malaysia. The church was organised in 1959 from the work of the

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Claiming more than 500,000 members, the SIB church is the largest

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denomination in Malaysia having evolved from a small missionary presence among the

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and Kelabit people of the

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of northern Sarawak as well as the

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of southern Sabah, to the Bisayas and

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and later the Dusuns of

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as well as

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and the Muruts in Beaufort,

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and

Keningau Keningau () is the capital of the Keningau District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is the fifth-largest town in Sabah, as well one of the oldest. Keningau is between Tambunan and Tenom. The town had an estimated population ...

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

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and

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, 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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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. * 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. * 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.

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