Merly Agbay
Care & Support
Step Up Church | Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Merly Agbay is a founding member and Elder of Step Up Church, serving as Care & Support Lead faithfully with a heart for God, a commitment to the church family, and a desire to see people comforted, encouraged and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.
As one of the people who helped establish Step Up Church from its earliest days, Merly has been part of the church's journey, growth, and development. Her faithful presence and willingness to serve have helped contribute to the strong foundation and sense of community that continues to shape Step Up Church today.
A Faithful Founding Member
Merly's story is closely connected to the beginnings of Step Up Church. As a founding member, she was part of the church community during its formative season, when the ministry was taking its first steps and its vision was beginning to take shape.
Being part of a church from its earliest days requires faith, commitment, patience, and a willingness to serve wherever needed. Merly has demonstrated these qualities through her continued involvement and dedication to the church family.
Her journey reflects the heart of Step Up Church: taking steps of faith together and trusting God with every season of the journey.
Serving as an Elder
As an Elder, Merly provides spiritual support, encouragement, wisdom, and care within the Step Up Church family.
Her role is not simply a position of leadership, but an opportunity to serve others and help strengthen the spiritual life of the church. She seeks to encourage believers, support the pastoral leadership, pray for the church, and help create an environment where people can grow in faith.
Her leadership is grounded in the understanding that biblical leadership begins with servanthood, humility, faithfulness, and love for people.
A Heart for the Church Family
Merly has a heart for people and for building a strong church community.
She understands that a healthy church is more than a weekly gathering. It is a family where people walk together through seasons of celebration, challenge, growth, and change.
Through her presence and service, she helps foster a culture where people can feel welcomed, supported, encouraged, and connected.
Her desire is to see members of Step Up Church not simply attend services, but become actively involved in the life of the church and develop meaningful relationships with one another.
Encouraging Spiritual Growth
As an Elder, Merly is passionate about encouraging believers to continue growing in their relationship with God.
She understands that everyone's spiritual journey looks different, but every believer is called to take another step.
That may mean:
- Taking a step closer to Jesus
- Growing deeper in God's Word
- Developing a stronger prayer life
- Becoming more active in worship
- Finding a place to serve
- Building healthy Christian relationships
- Discovering spiritual gifts
- Growing in character and maturity
- Encouraging someone else in their faith
Merly's leadership encourages people to recognize that spiritual growth is a lifelong journey.
A Servant Leader
At the heart of Merly's ministry is a spirit of service.
She believes leadership is not about recognition or title. It is about being willing to serve, listen, encourage, pray, and help others.
Her example reminds the church that some of the most meaningful ministry happens through simple acts of faithfulness—showing up, caring for people, offering encouragement, praying with someone, and standing alongside others when they need support.
She seeks to lead by example and demonstrate that faithfulness in small things can make a lasting difference.
Supporting the Vision of Step Up Church
Merly serves alongside the pastoral leadership in support of the larger vision of Step Up Church.
The church's desire is to remain Christ-centered, prayerful, evangelistic, discipleship-focused, and committed to multiplication.
As an Elder, Merly contributes to that vision by helping strengthen the spiritual foundation of the church and encouraging people to become active participants in its mission.
Her heart is to see the church remain focused on Jesus while creating space for people of every generation and background to find belonging and purpose.
Building a Strong Church Community
Merly recognizes the importance of unity within the body of Christ.
She believes that people grow stronger when they walk together, pray together, worship together, and serve together.
Her desire is to help cultivate a church culture characterized by:
Love.
Unity.
Prayer.
Faithfulness.
Compassion.
Servanthood.
Encouragement.
Spiritual growth.
She believes every person has something valuable to contribute and that the Church becomes stronger when believers use their gifts to serve one another.
Walking Through the Journey Together
As a founding member, Merly has experienced the different seasons of Step Up Church's journey.
From its earliest beginnings to its continued development, she has remained part of the church family and has witnessed how faith, perseverance, prayer, and God's provision can guide a church through change.
Her story is therefore not simply about where Step Up Church began. It is also about the importance of faithfully walking together through every step along the way.
Encouraging the Next Generation
Merly believes that a healthy church must invest in generations to come.
Her desire is to see younger believers develop strong foundations in Christ and discover their own calling to serve God.
She understands that spiritual legacy is built through example, relationship, prayer, encouragement, and intentional discipleship.
By faithfully serving as an Elder and founding member, she helps demonstrate that following Jesus is not simply a Sunday commitment—it is a lifelong journey that can influence generations.
The Step Up Call
The heart of Step Up Church is a continual invitation to take another step toward God.
Merly embraces that calling and encourages others to:
Step up in faith.
Step up in prayer.
Step up in worship.
Step up in God's Word.
Step up in service.
Step up in love.
Step up in leadership.
Step up and follow Jesus.
She believes that every step of obedience matters and that God can use ordinary acts of faithfulness to accomplish extraordinary things.
A Legacy of Faithfulness
Merly's contribution to Step Up Church is reflected not only in her leadership role, but in the relationships she has built and the people she has encouraged along the way.
As a founding member, she represents the faith and commitment that helped establish the church.
As an Elder, she continues to serve with a desire to strengthen the church family and help believers grow.
Her legacy is one of faithfulness, service, encouragement, and commitment to the body of Christ.
Her Heart for Step Up Church
Merly desires to see Step Up Church continue to grow—not simply larger, but deeper in faith, stronger in community, and greater in its impact for the Kingdom of God.
She longs to see:
People encounter Jesus.
Families find belonging.
Believers grow spiritually.
Leaders rise and serve.
Generations worship together.
The Gospel reach the community.
Disciples make disciples.
And everything remain centered on Jesus Christ.
Her prayer is that Step Up Church will remain a place where people can take meaningful steps toward God and discover the joy of serving Him together.
Her heart for ministry can be summed up in one desire:
To faithfully serve God, strengthen His Church, encourage His people, and help others take their next step toward Jesus.
As a founding member and Elder of Step Up Church, Merly Agbay continues to serve with humility, faithfulness, and love for the church family.
Her life and ministry are a reminder that the journey of faith is not meant to be walked alone.
Step Up in Faith.
Step Up in Love.
Step Up in Service.
Step Up Together.
Step Up and Follow Jesus.