I grew up in a Christian household but never understood how dead we are in our sins and how we are 100% dependent on God for our salvation with no synergistic effort on our part. Through reading Romans I was made aware of my sin, and the way in which God saves by grace through faith. I learned how in control of the world and my life God was in Romans 9 and subsequently through attending GGs after the conference I learned that to follow Jesus would mean picking up my cross and denying myself (Luke 9:23). After that I made the decision not to go back to America to study as I committed to doing ministry in Malaysia. Since coming to CERC, I’ve had to be more organised and intentional about my life given the nature of God’s plans for his people. My hope is that in the departments and ministries that I am involved in that I am able to bring the same intentionality with my own life into those areas. CERC is distinct in its care for people as a result of taking seriously that God’s people are marked by their love. It is distinct as far as I know in its effort to take care of the sheep God has given his church. I see membership as a natural and necessary progression and outworking of what it means to love after understanding the faith that has been given to us in Christ.