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Celebrating the New Birth of 26 Baptism Candidates

30 Dec 2021

On 5th December 2021 at 2PM, CERC held another baptism of the largest cohort yet to be seen – 26 candidates in total. There were almost 450 witnesses gathered, both physically and virtually for the event. Most of the church members from the morning gathering crossed over to the garden of No. 32, the adjacent

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Church leaders meet in annual planning retreats

10 Dec 2021

In November, CERC’s leaders met in their annual Leaders’ Planning Retreat (LPR), as did the Sunday School leadership team just 2 weeks apart. At the LPR, department leaders, growth group leaders, and upcoming leaders met together with the Lead Elder, Robin Gan, the council members, and the pastors-in-training over the course of 3 days to

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CERC Celebrates the 504th Anniversary of the Reformation

30 Nov 2021

Writings on Martin Luther’s life and teachings Celebrating the Reformation is a deeply personal occasion for Reformed Christians every year. The Reformation commenced in 1517 and drew to a watershed moment with Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms in 1521. Modern Protestantism was born from the Reformation and is shaped by it. Nevertheless, the

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COVID Announcement from the Pastoral Care for the Sick (PCS) Team

18 Nov 2021

In October, the number of new daily COVID-19 cases had decreased from approximately 10,000 per day to 4,000-6,000 per day. With that, the government has also allowed churches to resume operations under the National Recovery Plan (NRP) on the condition that all attendees must be fully vaccinated and SOPs adhered to. In CERC, the picture

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The Sams Move to the UK for Further Studies

31 Oct 2021

Around March 2021, Elder Sam Ye Han and his family received the sudden yet exciting news: the opportunity for Sam to further his studies abroad had finally arrived! Though the family had expected that Sam would be furthering his studies in the near future, they did not expect this opportunity to come so soon –

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CERC does Ephesians: Virtual, but no less missional

6 Sep 2021

CERC’s sermon series on the book of Ephesians Can churching during a pandemic, especially in a virtual setting, be effective at all? CERC’s latest series on the book of Ephesians comes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and is part of the God’s Story: New Testament sermon series. CERC also concurrently launched a new season of Geddit?

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Joel Lee Appointed as Newest Council Member

5 Sep 2021

“Being faithful to Jesus in this world is very hard. Our current circumstances [as a church] are a reflection of that. I need to add to our strength, to be a pillar. As much as all our lives are before God, the pastor is a very public Christian. I feel that being in the Council

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Growing Mothers in the Word

29 Jun 2021

Throughout time, mothers have always been lauded as heroines for their sacrifice and love. However, not many people see the key role of mothers in shaping their children’s Christian education. Many focus on the intellectual, physical, emotional, and mental growth of their children whilst leaving the area of what is termed religion (in secular terms)

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Celebrating Resurrection Sunday at CERC with the Baptism of Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ

29 May 2021

On 4 April 2021, Christ Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) in Bandar Sunway celebrated Resurrection Sunday, which commemorates the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead, as was foretold, 3 days after His death on the cross. This year’s Resurrection Sunday gathering featured two sessions – one in the morning and one in the evening –

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Godly Women, Godly Emotions

28 May 2021

Womanhood with a Renewed Heart Women Encouraging Women (WEW) began with the same vision as CERC — to encourage women to be God-glorifying and Christ-centred. Given God’s good design and complementarian role of women, this women’s ministry seeks to faithfully work alongside our brothers in Christ to build God’s church. It all started in 2009,

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Helping People to ‘Get God, Get Life’ In the Midst of COVID-19

31 Mar 2021

Pushing Forward in Mission Since its infancy, Christ Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) has always been mission-minded for Christ. Part of it has involved engaging with culture through various creative evangelistic efforts in the form of skits, introductory series on the basics of Christianity, and sermons tailored for KL urbanites – all for the one goal

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Called To Chinese Ministry: Insights from our latest apprentice, Ruth Voon

15 Mar 2021

Around 93% of Malaysian Chinese families speak variants of the Mandarin language, including Mandarin itself. With this also being the language of instruction in Chinese vernacular schools and remains to be widely used both in business and daily life, the need for faithful Chinese word ministry has long outweighed the supply of Chinese word ministers.

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