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ECWA Church  History SIM/ECWA HISTORY SIM  is an international, interdenominational Christian  mission organization.  It was established in 1893 by its three founders, Walter Gowans and Rowland Bingham of Canada and Thomas Kent of the United States. The Founding of SIM in Africa The vision for SIM (and ECWA) was first born in the heart of a woman –  Margaret (Craig) Gowans. Margaret Craig  was born in 1836 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and married a brewer in Kilmarnock named John Gowans (1836-1906) in 1861. She was the first person in SIM/ECWA history to have a vision to take the gospel to the Soudan, which then led to what we know today as ECWA. They had nine children and emigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1879.. Mrs. Gowans fervently believed that world-wide missions was an important part of the church’s calling. It was due, in part, to her influence that two of their children became missionaries.  Annie , their oldest, went to China in 1892.  Walter , their fifth

* _ECWA_ * Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) is the result of a long history of ministry. In 1893 three missionaries from Canada and the United States set out to take the Gospel to sub-Sahara part of Africa called the Soudan. This effort resulted in the start of Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) now called “Serving In Missions”. Over time, the missionaries from this organization planted many churches in the nation of Nigeria. In the middle of the 20 Century, these churches were nationalized and renamed the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA). The church was renamed “Evangelical Church Winning All.” ECWA is one of the largest Protestant denominations in Nigeria with over 6,000 churches having an adult membership of 2.5 million and over 10 million in total attendance worldwide. In addition, ECWA also sends out 1,600 missionaries to Nigeria and 17 other countries through the Evangelical Missionary Society (EMS) of ECWA), the largest mission organization of any African church. Thr