CERC’s second apprentice, Daniel Lu, recently completed his Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) assessment after undergoing a four-year apprenticeship stint. Daniel’s training took a longer duration than the programme requires, but he has no regrets about it.
Having completed his apprenticeship, Daniel has greater clarity about what ministry he is suitable for and he is now focusing on training to be in some of the various pastoral ministries in CERC.
Here, we speak to Daniel, who reflects on the key lesson he has learned during his time in ministry. He emphasises that the servanthood attitude does not only apply to those in full-time paid ministry but also to Christians working in secular jobs. His rationale was simple — Jesus deserves it.
Now, Daniel is pursuing his Bachelor of Theology under Ridley College’s online programme. He plans to continue his education in Melbourne after the second year of his degree.
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2 Mar 2016
“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow…” Isaiah 1.18 Finally, I have seen snow! And it is more beautiful than I imagined. The first thing that came to my mind was the truth about God cleansing
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12 Feb 2016
Hey everyone! A question I get asked most often apart from “How old are you?” (from the youth and campus students) is “Van, how’s MTS?” My apologies if I didn’t answer you as well as I would like to in person – so I hope this post gives you a
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28 Sep 2015
As I walked towards Louisville International Airport from the airplane, I felt an entire chapter of my life closed and a new one opened. After 28 hours of flying, finally, I am in the USA! We were greeted by Mr. Withers and Lisa. Lisa invited us over to her place
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28 Aug 2015
We welcome Adrian Miller on board as the fifth apprentice of CERC’s Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) program!
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24 Aug 2015
Dearly Beloved, We would like to keep all of you informed on how things will be going with us in the States. We’ll email updates with some prayer points. I’ll also write posts for my blog at https://www.cerc.com.my/blogs/jerome-leng/ too. Here’s the subscription link: http://eepurl.com/brKCxj. Oh, don’t forget to click through
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29 Jul 2015
It’s hard to say goodbye because we love the people and the work God is doing through our lives here. But we reminded ourselves that this is a necessary move for the sake of the Gospel. Our lives are not our own but we belong to our Lord Jesus Christ.
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28 Jul 2015
This year, CERC is thankful to God for the 4 couples who are committing to each other in holy matrimony. We’re thankful not because marriage is about finding the ‘right’ one — but because God Himself is faithful, and that each couple, “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in
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5 Apr 2015
“It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison, 27-28 Three days after the wedding, I followed Robyn to Singapore because she had three more weeks of work before the end of her
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25 Mar 2015
