All Souls' Church

All Souls' Church (3 May, 2016)


All Souls' Church (GPS: 4.48073, 101.38106) is an Anglican church in Cameron Highlands. It is located on a knoll along Jalan Pejabat Hutan in Tanah Rata. The church belongs to the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia.

Established in 1958, the All Souls' Church was originally called the Cameron Highlands Church. It was founded by missionaries from the Church of St John the Divine in Ipoh. Church leaders including the vicar and other expatriate believers often go up to Cameron Highlands to conduct church services for the believers there. Before the present church building was built, services were held the Cameron Highlands Hotel (now the Cameron Highlands Resort) and Slim School (now known as Kem Slim) In those days, a sizable proportion of the believers were mostly expatriates such as British colonial/military officers and planters.

The All Souls' Church was built on what was formerly military ground - part of presently Kem Slim. There was a Nissen hut on that spot that was probably a military barrack. With funding coming from the European planters, construction of the church building began in 1958, and it was completed in September of the same year. The church was consecrated on 30 April, 1959, by the Right Reverend Bishop H.W. Baines, who was the Anglican Bishop of Singapore and Malaya. The name All Souls' Church was chosen to commemorate those who perished in the two World Wars.

The demographics of believers at All Souls' Church evolved over the decades. With Independence, there is a departure of the European worshippers, with the first Malaysian clergy to being Reverend Moses Elisha Ponniah, from the Emmanuel Church in Tapah. As of January 2015, the church is under the leadership of Reverend James Ming Sabaran.

Services at All Souls' Church

There are two services at All Souls' Church on Sundays. The Malay-language service is held at 7:30 pm while the English-language service is at 10:30 am.

Shelter in front of All Souls' Church (3 May, 2016)


All Souls' Church signboard beside Jalan Pejabat Hutan (3 May, 2016)

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All Souls' Church

All Souls' Church is on the Map of Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands

References

1. Wikipedia: All Souls' Church, Cameron Highlands

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