CHICAGO, IL (October 20, 2008) – Following is an open letter to the Covenant family from newly elected President Gary Walter, designed to help Covenanters understand the challenges and opportunities as Walter sees them in assuming his new responsibilities.
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BHUBANESHWAR, INDIA (October 20, 2008) – Members of the Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) continue to be victims of deadly violence by Hindu extremists directed at Christians in the Orissa region, writes Moderator Steven David in an email. The moderator is …
NORTH MANKATO, MN (October 20, 2008) – Crossview Covenant Church recently completed an “all-day, all-week, all-church reading” of the scriptures as a dedication of their new facility.
CHICAGO, IL (October 17, 2008) – Barbara Goode is proud to say that out of the 31,401 people who finished the recent Chicago Marathon, she was number 29,531. She is, after all, 70 years old.
CHICAGO, IL (October 17, 2008) – A new video-based ministry update feature has been added to the Evangelical Covenant Church website, designed to provide local Covenant churches and individuals with regular reports on new ministry initiatives and other ministry activities.…
SEATTLE, WA (October 17, 2008) – Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Eugene Cho is featured on the cover of the current issue of Sojourners magazine and is quoted in an article on “new evangelicals” and how their faith informs their politics. …
CHICAGO, IL (October 16, 2008) – Using secular standards, some suggest the notion of generosity is an increasingly tough sell in today’s economy.
CLAY, NY (October 16, 2008) – Larry Gibbens, 70, had been to New Orleans twice on work crews from Grace Covenant Church to help people whose homes had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Recently, he and other members started responding …
TUCSON, AZ (October 15, 2008) – Meagan Gillan, a member of Grace Community Covenant Church, is helping lead hundreds of thousands of people to pray each day for the country’s top officials as well as members of the military.…
LINCOLN, NE (October 15, 2008) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Paul Westburg, 98, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at First Evangelical Covenant Church. He died Monday.