Christians are (can be) the best Malaysians

1. We are called to be peace-makers, commanded by Jesus. We condemn war, persecution and injustice, in the Holy Land together with our Muslim cousins.

2. We care for the poor and downtrodden, disabled and orphaned. We provided for the needy and fought for social justice. We affirm the national affirmative action to eradicate poverty regardless of ethnicity.

3. We are the most ethnically diverse group in Malaysia, with congregations of many different ethnic groups, building bridges with each other. We also have high proportion of interethnic marriages.

4. We are a healed and healing community of Jesus, constantly freed from the sin of bitterness, hatred, anger and distrust as a minority, empowering us to love our neighbors, rulers and participate actively in nation-building.

5. We build bridges between religious groups, standing between the monotheistic official religion and the other non-monotheistic faiths. We empathize both with the role of the official monotheistic religion, in our memory of Constantinople as well as assuming a minority religion in the public square.

6. We pay taxes accordingly to the state, commanded by Scripture. We obey and pray for our Rulers before God. We respect the rule of law and the legal framework of the Constitution, and appreciate our equal democratic and civil rights.

7. We are willing to be sent to distant towns and villages, accepting lower wages and career advancement for the sake of the rakyat. Christians have a sense of calling, many choosing the path of downward mobility.

8. We do not separate the secular and the sacred, thus sharing a vision for a nation build upon religious and moral framework acceptable to all Malaysians. We agree with the first article of the Rukunnegara, that our nation should be God-fearing one.

9. We engage politically on the individual level by exercising our democratic rights and freedoms. Christian politicians of different political leanings, are active in nation-building, faithful to the Christian social vision.

10. We care for the alien as human beings with dignity; legal and illegal. We provide for their needs and ensure their welfare; physical, emotional, social and spiritual. Many immigrant church congregations are formed, serving the needs for the alien.