BRIEF HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF THE MSIP

The Board of Evangelism established A Ministry for the Sarawak Indigenous People, referred to as MSIP in 1998. It has a history of about 22 years. This group was formed because the Board of Missions decided to separate local missions from foreign missions; local missions are the responsibility of the Board of Evangelism. The group members are composed of pastors and lay believers who have the burden and mission to spread the gospel to the indigenous people; the group members also include the chairpersons of the evangelistic executive committees of each district. In the beginning, we had great ambitions. The purpose of the group was to spread the gospel, and to win the indigenous students in the city, the urban indigenous people, the outskirts longhouse, and the inland indigenous people. Therefore, we have longhouse adoption ministry, short-term missions, social care ministry, survey team ministry, etc.

布道部在1998年设立原住民事工小组(英文是A Ministry for the Sarawak Indigenous People, 简称MSIP). 至今有大约20年的历史了。这小组的产生是因为宣教部做了决定要本地宣教与国外宣教分开; 本地宣教是由布道部负责。组员是由有负担及有使命向原住民传福音的牧者及平信徒组成的; 组员也包括各教区的布道执行会主席。初期开始时, 我们胸怀大志, 小组的目的是要传福音, 得着在城市的原住民大专生, 城市的原住民, 郊外长屋, 内陆的原住民。所以, 我们有长屋领养事工, 短宣事工, 社会关怀事工, 考察事工, 城市国语事工等。