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First outstation Anglican Church Banting Town Exploration with Borneo Explorer

The river at Lingga and Banting are Batang Klauh to Batang Seterap to Batang Lupar are famous for the crocodile. There are many stories on crocodile eating man. But the local children still dare to swim in the river 😥 The first outstation Anglican Church was erected in Banting, Sri Aman , after visit by Rajah James Brooke and the Rev. Dr. Thomas MdDougall in 1859.  The local people told me that this is the 2nd oldest church in Sarawak. Made from Belian wood, the Banting Church was consecrated on 17th July 1859 the same year. The old church, which has been renovated, is still used by the Iban Christians in the Banting vicinity.  The guide told me that this is the only gravestone which made by bronze. Banting was one of the first stations chosen by the early Christian missionaries of the Anglican Communion from which to spread the Gospel. Some history about this place The first seed: a flop The Anglican Mission in the Se...