We are part of the Presbyterian Church in Malaysia (Gereja Presbyterian Malaysia), which is a member and part of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). WCRC has its roots in the 16th-century Reformation led by John Calvin, John Knox, Ulrich Zwingli and the earlier reforming movements of Jan Hus and Peter Valdes. It is the largest association of Reformed churches in the world and the thir
d largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Proponents of the Reformed and Presbyterian church governing structure in the 16th and 17th centuries did not regard it as an innovation but as a rediscovery of the apostolic model found in the New Testament, ie that of the original Christians. These are our member churches world wide - http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches
In our search for a full expression of our unity in Christ, these are our greater church families:
https://www.oikoumene.org/en/church-families
Who is Saint Andrew? He became a disciple of John the Baptist, but when John pointed to Jesus and said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" Andrew immediately understood that Jesus was greater. And, at once, he left to look for Jesus. Jesus knew that Andrew was walking behind Him, and turning back, He asked, "what do you seek?" When Andrew answered that he would like to know where Jesus lived, Our Lord replied, "Come and see." Andrew had been only a little time with Jesus when he realized that He was truly the Messiah. From then on, he chose to follow Jesus. Andrew was thus the first disciple of Christ - the first Christian. Some called Andrew, “The Introductor to Christ,” because he is also the first to have brought others, including Peter, to Jesus. We might also call him the first Christian evangelist. On each of the three occasions that he is mentioned as an individual in the Bible, it is because he was instrumental in bringing people to Jesus. Just as Andrew was the first of the Apostles, so his feast is taken to be the beginning of the Church year. The First Sunday of Advent is defined to be the Sunday on or nearest his feast (although it could equivalently be defined as the fourth Sunday before Christmas)