St. Paul's Anglican Church, Lingga

St. Paul's Anglican Church
Malay: Gereja Anglikan St. Paul
Front entrance of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Lingga
St. Paul's Anglican Church
1°17′1.60868″N 111°12′29.70540″E / 1.2837801889°N 111.2082515000°E / 1.2837801889; 111.2082515000
Location	Banting, Lingga, Sri Aman Division, Sarawak
Country	Malaysia
Denomination	Anglican
History
Status	Parish Church
Founded	1859
Dedication	St. Paul
Consecrated	1864
Architecture
Years built	1857
Administration
Diocese	Kuching

St. Paul's Anglican Church (Malay: Gereja Anglikan St. Paul) or simply called St. Paul's Church is an Anglican church in Banting, Lingga, Sri Aman Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is considered one of the oldest church in the state since it was completed at 1859.

History

As a part of effort to evanglise the Dayak people in Sarawak, Rev. Walter Chambers began ministering in Lingga after ministering in a place which was called Sakarran.^[1] After the Christian community in Lingga grew, the construction of the church began in 1857. This church was completed in 1859 and was consecrated by Bishop Francis McDougall in 1864. The church was built with belian wood.^[2]

According to Harriette McDougall's record, from this church, the Banting Mission has expanded into seven stations, where there are school churches built by the natives themselves and many hundreds of Christian worshippers.^[1]

Gazettement

This building was proposed to be gazetted as a heritage site since it was eligible for consideration as Class 2 heritage under Sarawak Heritage Ordinance 2019.^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 McDougall, Harriette (1882). Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
↑ Hasimi Muhamad. "PRN Sarawak: Gereja St Paul Banting warisan 162 tahun yang perlu dinaik taraf". Astro Awani (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2026-04-15.`
↑ Samuel Aubrey (2026-04-15). "Sarawak moves to preserve historic St Paul's Church in Banting as heritage site". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 2026-04-15.`
↑ `"Heritage listing for 167yo St Paul's Church in Banting aims to preserve history, not ownership". DayakDaily. 2026-04-15. Retrieved 2026-04-15.`

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