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Elden heads off to Westminster Theological Seminary

11 Aug 2021

Earlier this year, we interviewed Elden and Jou Ee regarding their ministry plans for the year which had to be changed due to the pandemic (read the interview here). Having successfully completed the Church Ministers’ Apprenticeship (CMA) programme here at CERC last year, Elden was due to make the move with his family to Sydney,

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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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An Interview With The Pans: What’s Next? Updates on Seminary and Ministry

28 Apr 2021

By Clarrise Ng Elden and Jou Ee Pan are members of Christ Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC), where Elden has completed the Church Ministers’ Apprenticeship (CMA) programme and is looking forward to seminary at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. We sat down with them on the 14th of March this year to hear about their

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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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Introducing Penny Lai, CERC’s General Manager (GM)

24 Feb 2021

By Jan Tie Church operations facilitate and support the work of word ministry. From cleaning to finance to music to social media content, an immense amount of activity and effort is centered around the heartbeat of the church — God’s word; and making sure it is presented as best and faithful as we can. With

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CERC attends Fellow Workers’ Conference

9 Mar 2020

Learning what true unity is as defined by the gospel An important part of CERC’s culture is the edification of the church through conferences. Each year, the church looks forward to a variety of conferences hosted by the Gospel Growth Fellowship (GGF). GGF conferences aim to help grow the gospel in the Klang Valley by

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CERC welcomes back Pr. Jerome Leng and his family

1 Mar 2020

After 4 years in seminary, Pr Jerome returns as CERC’s newest Pastor-in-Training with his family. He reflects on his time as an apprentice, seminarian and now as CERC’s youth pastor amongst other roles. Pr. Jerome Leng was CERC’s first apprentice in Church Ministers’ Apprenticeship (CMA) back in 2010. Since then, CERC has had 13 apprentices

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Blessed with Growth Grounded in the Gospel, the Ground Floor Opens

30 Dec 2019

A year ago, faced with the continued growth of our congregation, the increasing number of mothers and young infants among our midst, and the increasing demands of ministry, we realised we needed more space. We also recognised that our location on the first and second floor of a building meant that the elderly and those

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A Case for Learning Greek

1 Oct 2019

The Greek language is notorious for having lots of rules for grammar which many seminarians struggle with to varying degrees with when they first started learning the language.  The difficulty of grasping the ancient language has led to some theological seminaries making the study of the Greek language, or even Hebrew, optional for seminarians in

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