SOLDOTNA, AK (April 17, 2009) – Alaska Christian College is cutting its operating budget by 16 percent – roughly $250,000 – to make up for a decline in giving, says President Keith Hamilton.
Recovery Program Creates ‘Safe Place’ for Addicts
By Gustav Skogens
CHICAGO, IL (April 17, 2009) – John Couleur works full-time as a financial consultant, but he is passionate about helping people with no money – the homeless of Chicago – who are suffering from addictions.
In Brief: Covenanters Making News
CHICAGO, IL (April 16, 2009) – James Bruckner, professor of Old Testament at North Park Theological Seminary, has received a $12,000 grant to fund his research project,
“Human Health and Ancient Narrative: The Old Testament as a Shaping Resource …
Kerman Church Donates Food to Drought-Ravaged Area
KERMAN, CA (April 15, 2009) – A note passed to the pastor of Kerman Covenant Church after he finished a sermon on giving led the church to donate more than two tons of food to hungry people the following week.…
Kerman Church Offers Help to Needy Community
KERMAN, CA (April 15, 2009) – Volunteers at Kerman Covenant delivered 5,100 pounds of rice and beans along with other assorted food items to Mendota, a community 20 miles away. Following are scenes during that two-and-a-half-hour event as the volunteers …
Kansas Congregation Creates Satellite Site Instead of Expanding
OVERLAND PARK, KS (April 15, 2009) – Mark Seversen, pastor of Hillcrest Covenant Church Prairie Village (HCPV), says he couldn’t be happier with the way the congregation’s first multi-site campus has started.
Covenanters Celebrate Easter in Far-Flung Places
CHICAGO, IL (April 14, 2009) – From the home of Abraham in Iraq to a recreation center in Nome, Alaska, ministers ordained through the Evangelical Covenant Church led Easter services in far-flung regions.
Two Congregations Now Share More Than a Building
CHICAGO, IL (April 14, 2009) – Two Evangelical Covenant churches that recently participated in the denomination’s first bilingual Invitation to Racial Righteousness (I2RR) already have taken steps to move the process forward so that they can more closely work and …
Covenant Pastor’s Book Named ‘Resource of the Year’
CHICAGO, IL (April 13, 2009) – Outreach Magazine has named a book co-authored by Evangelical Covenant Church minister F. Albert Tizon as its “Resource of the Year” in the compassion category.
Covenant Workers Safe Amid Bangkok Violence
BANGKOK, THAILAND (April 13, 2009) – Evangelical Covenant Church World Mission staff working in Thailand are reported safe as violence escalated earlier today and troops opened fire on anti-government protestors, Covenant News Service has been informed.