Rooted and Built Up In Christ  -  To build strong local churches throughout Sabah and beyond that are passionate in worship, powerful in preaching and prepared for effective mission and evangelism.
 

Related Sites

Diocese of West M'sia

Diocese of Singapore

Churches

All Saints' Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu
 

 

Christ Church, Likas, Kota Kinabalu
 

 

St. Patrick's Church, Tawau
 

 

The Church of Our Holy Saviour, Labuan
 

 

Faith Christian Centre, Sunway
 

 

d'Stream

Anglican Church, Kota Konabalu
 

 

Christ The King, Kingfisher, Kota Kinabalu
   
   

Diocesan Features

Kokol Prayer Retreat Centre, Kota Kinabalu
 

 

Bandar Sri Indah Anglican Vision School, Tawau
   

Resource Centre - Olive Tree, Kota Kinabalu
   

 

 

 

| Where we are | History | Anglicanism | Constitution | Structure |

ANGLICAN CHURCH IN SABAH

THE EARLY DAYS  
   
· As early as 1846, a mission organization  
- the Borneo Church Mission Institution

- was founded in England with the specific task of evangelizing the island of Borneo.
· The first missionaries, led by Francis McDougall, arrived in Sarawak in 1848 (This was 6 years before Hudson Taylor first arrive in China!). Francis McDougall was a surgeon by training.
· Seven years later, on 18 October 1855, Fr Francis McDougall was consecrated Bishop of Labuan.
· The Diocese of Labuan covered a very large area. It included Sarawak, North Borneo (now Sabah), Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia (now West Malaysia) and Bangkok.

Francis McDougall
· A large part of the ministry was to provide a chaplaincy to the European expatriates. Work also began among the Hakka Christians from Hong Kong and China. Bishop McDougall wanted to use Labuan as a base to reach out to the Dusuns in the Interior.  
· The Church of Our Holy Saviour was consecrated in 1866, and has the longest history of any parish in the Diocese of Sabah.  

 

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