Full-time staff members are Joshua Throneburg, lead pastor; Dan Lee, associate pastor; and Yumiko Nakagawa, welcoming ministry.
The new church is a plant of Highrock Covenant Church – Arlington. More than 40 members of that congregation are part of the Brookline launch team.
Brookline is the second congregation planted by the Arlington church, which previously started Queenswest Church in Long Island, New York.
Horner Begins New Post in Greece
ATHENS, GREECE (July 24, 2008) – Former North Park University President David Horner assumed his new duties as president of the American College of Greece (ACG) on July 1.
Horner was president of North Park University from 1987 to 2004. Since 2005, Horner had served as senior managing director for the Higher Education Practice of EFL Associates, an executive search and recruitment firm.
Covenanter Named Bethel Dean of Campus Ministries
ST. PAUL, MN (July 24, 2008) – Laurel Bunker, a member of Compass Covenant Church, has been named the new dean of campus ministries for Bethel University’s College of Arts & Sciences.
Bunker will assume her new duties in early August. She currently is the director of program operations for the Jeremiah Program in the Twin Cities. The program provides housing and services to single mothers and their children.
“The most significant implication of my faith commitment is that I am called and required to stand for the cause of Christ, lovingly yet boldly in a time when many are espousing other faith systems, which when mixed with lukewarm Christianity creates confusion and the unraveling of the church,” Bunker says. “I recognize that the god of this age has blinded many and has lulled many to sleep. I recognize that many of our young people – and some not so young – have been introduced to Christ in a postmodern fashion that does not teach the reality of the cross, the need for repentance, a dependence on the Holy Spirit rather than the self, and the hope of eternal life.”
Compass Covenant is an urban, multi-ethnic church plant on the east side of St. Paul.
Community Fair Saturday in Calumet Park (IL)
CALUMET PARK, IL (July 24, 2008) – Community Covenant Church will host a community backyard fair on Saturday. A kickoff parade will begin at 9 a.m. and will be followed by a variety of musical guests, activities, and free food and refreshments. The event will conclude at 6 p.m. For more information, contact the church office at 708-385-7477.
