撰文／GA｜圣灵月刊336期-2005.09｜主题／爱你的邻舍
亚庇亦称哥打京那巴鲁市，自第二次世界大战后成为沙巴州首府，乃全州之政府机构及商业中心，各地教会许多青年均至此工作而定居。沙巴总会办事处亦设立于亚庇教会。
1928年初，山打根的李锡龄弟兄和马来亚的黄以利亚长老前来亚庇宣扬真道。最初接受真道的有曾庆恩、江清和、罗恩光三户二十多人，以黄长老女婿曾恩福弟兄之住家为聚会所守安息日，信徒数增至75人，于八月正式成立教会。圣工人员有陈西门、李户勒大、曾底波拉、曾庆德、罗赐福、张马太及黄友尼基等执事。
1930年教会因屡遭外界诸多毁谤及迫害，聚会场所于1932年迁往李户勒大执事家。保佛之田腓力执事亦间歇前来协助圣工，除安息日聚会外，星期三晚上亦有聚会，人数约五十名。
1938年于兵南邦半英里处以约四百元购得一栋木屋，稍加装修成为本会首间会堂。随后因遭受一些抵挡真道之徒诸多搅扰，就决议把它卖了，并再迁回李执事家聚会。由于房子已年久失修不适用，李执事自资另盖一间木屋作为教会临时聚会所。
后来，向政府申请一块地段，位于斗亚兰路约5公里之山坵上（今会址），决定以此为永久性之会址。1942至1945年受第二次世界大战的蹂躏，信徒四散，圣工因而陷于停顿状况，会堂遭歹徒拆毁。1947年初于兵南邦路刘腓利执事家恢复聚会，并且进行筹建会堂事宜。于1951年在原址建造一栋四千多元可容纳二百人之木板会堂，献与主用。
1964年，蒙主安排台湾总会应邀派遣杨约翰及林奉生二位执事（长老）前来本州协助圣工，振兴信仰，革新会务，增加聚会次数，并创设宗教教育以培训青少年。信徒信心被奠定，行政组织改进，信而归主的逐年增添，会堂已陈旧且不敷应用，决议将旧会堂拆除。
1971年在会堂旁兴建耗资十多万，可容纳五百多人之会堂，于1972年12月24日举行献堂及灵恩会。1974年初，杨约翰长老再次莅访本州并偕谢顺道长老前来，假本会举开多种讲习会，使信徒获益良多。为应付宗教教育及住宿之需求，另兴建二层楼之儿童教室及宿舍，于1975年激活。
1977年本州传教五十周年纪念布道会，承蒙联总派遣杨约翰长老及蔡牧夫执事协助布道会，全体同灵总动员协助工作，在各地民众会堂布道。
由于儿童及青少年增加，须按年级分班上课，因而呈现教室不足的问题，于1982年耗资约七十万马币兴建五层综合楼。虽然所筹募的建筑基金不及费用之一半，但感谢主，于1983年4月16日举开献堂礼，有来自联总、世界各国教会代表参与盛会，联总亦借此召开负责人会议、东南亚宣道中心会议、东南亚长执传道灵修会等。
Kota Kinabalu Church
Api-Api also known as Kota Kinabalu, is the State Capital of Sabah since the end of World War II. It is the administrative and commercial center of the state of Sabah. Many youths from the other True Jesus Churches came to look for employment and settled down here. The Office of the Sabah General Assembly is also located at the Kota Kinabalu Church.
In early 1928, Brother Lee Siak Lin of Sandakan and Elder Elijah Wong of Malaya, came to Kota Kinabalu to preach the gospel. The earliest converts were: Tseng Ching De, Kong Ching Foh, Lo En Kong and their families numbering about 20 people.
They met at the residence of Mr. Tseng En Fook, the son-in-law of Eld. Wong, to observe the Sabbath. When the number of believers reached to 75, the church was established in August. The early workers were deacons and deaconess Simon Chin, Hulda Lee, Deborah Tsen, Tsen Ching De, Lo Su Fook, Matthew Chong and Eunice Wong.
Due to slanders and persecutions around 1930, the gathering place was relocated to the house of Dns. Hulda Lee in 1932. Dn. Philip Tyan of Beaufort assisted the missionary works intermittently. In addition to the Sabbath service, the evening service was also held on Wednesdays and the membership was about 50.
A wooden house at 0.8 km of Penampang Road was purchased at a price of about $400 in 1938. After renovation and furnishing, it became the first church premises. Later when the church faced disturbance from certain clique that against the truth, it was decided that the church property be disposed off and moved back to the house of Dns. Lee for the service.
Owing to the poor condition and lack of maintenance, the building was unfitted for the church service. Therefore, Dns. Lee took out her own money to build another wooden house as a temporary gathering place.
Later, the church acquired a piece of land from the government at 5.2 km of Tuaran Road （present site） and considered it to be the permanent site of the church. Due to adverse situation of the World War II from 1942 to 1945, the missionary work came to a halt as the believers were scattered and the church building was vandalized. Church service was resumed at the house of Dn. Philip Liew in Penampang Road in early 1947 and the construction fund was raised for the church.
By 1951, a wooden church building costing about RM$4,000 with a capacity of accommodating about 200 persons was constructed at the old site and dedicated to the Lord.
Through the wonderful arrangement of the Lord, the General Assembly of the True Jesus Church in Taiwan sent Dns. John Yang and Fong Shen Lin to the request of the Sabah Church to assist the missionary works in Sabah, 1964. They vitalized the faith, innovated the church affairs, increased the frequency of service and set up Religious Education class to train the younger generations. The faith of the members were greatly strengthened, the organization and administration of the church enhanced, and the number of believers increased gradually.
As the church building was old and inadequate for use, a decision was made by the church members to have it demolished. A permanent new church building, capable of accommodating 500 people and costing more than RM$100,000, was set out to construct in 1971 and was dedicated to the Lord on December 24, 1972 during the spiritual convocation.
In the early 1974, Dn. John Yang returned together with Dn. Soon Tao Hsieh to assist the divine work. They gave various seminars in this church and the members were greatly benefited. To meet the requirements of the church, another 2-storied building was constructed for the R.E. classrooms and the hostel, and completed in 1975.
To commemorate the 50th Evangelical Anniversary in Sabah, 1977, Dns. John Yang and Preacher Mu-Fu Tsai were sent by the International Assembly （IA） to here. They assisted in the evangelical services at various community centers throughout the state and were backed up by all the church members.
Owing to the ever increase of children and youths and insufficient classrooms for each level of class, a 5-storied multi-purpose building, costing about RM$700,000, was erected in 1982.
Although the building fund collected then was less than half when the construction began, thank to the Lord, it was dedicated on April 16, 1983 and the dedication was attended by representatives from the IA and churches throughout the world. The IA also took this opportunity to convene its board meeting, South East Asia Evangelical Center （SEAEC） meeting, as well as the spiritual workshop for elders, deacons and preachers.