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Why We Decided To Get Married

Considering Marriage in a Godly Way — Mei-Cheen Marriage is often seen as the “happily-ever-after” that proceeds from the impulse of “love at first sight”. However, if Albert and I were to say that our relationship started off with, and is sustained by, “love at first sight”, that would be

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Posted on 9 May 2020

Why I Decided to Pursue Full-time Paid Ministry: Wei Kin

Who am I? Hi there! My name is Wei Kin and I’ve signed up for CERC’s Church Ministers’ Apprenticeship (CMA) programme. Before I explain why I made this decision, let me tell you a little bit about my background. I was born and bred in a Christian household and attended

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Posted on 7 May 2020

Why I Decided to Be a Church Member: Jan Tie

I started coming to CERC regularly in 2016 when I moved to Petaling Jaya for work. It was my first job post-graduation, and coming back from overseas, I decided to join CERC as a member once I was clear that this was a church that strives to be faithful to

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Posted on 6 May 2020

My CMA Life During MCO

In case you didn’t know, Anna House is one of the rented residential houses for CERC’s female apprentices. Why ‘Anna House’? This name comes from Luke 2:36-38 where it talks about a prophetess, Anna, who was a widow looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. It’s indeed a great

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Posted on 6 May 2020

Why Did Jesus Die: Reflections from A Christ-Centered, God-Glorifying, God’s-Story Perspective

Good Friday is approaching, and all Christians around the world will be celebrating this event again! As a way of commemorating Christ’s death for us, let me take this opportunity to share my recent reflections on why Christ came to die for us, especially from a big picture, God’s story

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Posted on 8 Apr 2020

New Role, New Beginnings

Good to be home Robyn and I left Malaysia for seminary on the 31st of July 2015 and returned on the 1st of January 2020. That’s four and half years away in the US. We enjoyed our time at Southern Seminary tremendously, but we know that our time there was

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Posted on 25 Mar 2020

A reflection for 2020: Oh beware, beware of being the halfway “Christian”

A reflection for 2020: Oh beware, beware of being the halfway “Christian” 23 March, 2020 – by Elden Pan I benefited a lot from the Matthew series that CERC went through last year. And as we were tying up our Growth Group (GG) studies on the book of Matthew, I

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Posted on 23 Mar 2020

Do you know God?

Do you know God? Have you ever had past experiences where a “friend” took something you said entirely out of context, told others, and completely misrepresented your character? Maybe a “friend” took something you said or did in one isolated, nuanced incident and announced it to the entire world, as

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Posted on 3 Mar 2020

Holding Fast to Christ Through Sickness

A year ago, June Wong a member of CERC, received the news which confirmed her suspicion of the lump she felt on her neck – she was diagnosed with cancer. “The doctors told me that it was Stage 3 throat cancer and that I had to start radiotherapy and chemotherapy

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Posted on 20 Feb 2020