NOME, AK (January 8, 2009) – Services are pending for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Fred Savok, who died of an apparent heart attack earlier today according to Rodney J. Sawyer, field director for the Evangelical Covenant Church of Alaska.…
CHET to Offer First Online Course in Biblical Theology
BELL GARDENS, CA (January 8, 2009) – The Hispanic Center for Theological Studies (CHET) will increase its educational outreach when it offers its first-ever online course later this month.
Help Poverty Stricken Women, Climate – Donate Cell Phones
CHICAGO, IL (January 7, 2009) – Covenanters can help lift women out of poverty and fight climate change by recycling used cell phones as part of a new initiative administered by the Department of Women Ministries in partnership with the …
Deer Hunting – Good Time to Study Scripture
SILVERHILL, AL (January 7, 2009) – Tina Grider, the youth pastor at Silverhill Covenant Church, knows that attendance will decline in her senior high Sunday school class during this time of the year. It’s deer hunting season.
And They Came, Bearing Gifts for Day Laborers
LIVINGSTON, NJ (January 6, 2009) – The dozen or so day laborers huddled together two days before Christmas in temperatures below 19 degrees and hoped someone would offer them work. They were perplexed when a member of Trinity Covenant Church…
Churches Worldwide Signing Up for Online Missions Trip
ALEXANDRIA, MN (January 6, 2009) – Churches from around the world have signed up to be part of the online missions campaign being organized by Tim Schmoyer, the youth pastor at Alexandria Covenant Church.
Candidates Sought for Covenant World Relief Position
CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2009) – Candidates are being sought for the position of director of Covenant World Relief (CWR), with the successful candidate to assume responsibilities in late March.
Weborg Devotionals Top December’s Most-Read List
CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2009) – Advent devotionals by John Weborg, professor emeritus of theology at North Park Theological Seminary, were three of the 10 most-read stories on the Covenant News Service report during the month of December. The devotionals …
New Life Insurance, Wellness Benefits Announced
CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2009) – Bethany Benefit Service today announced an increase in the group life insurance benefit from $75,000 to $100,000 effective January 1, covering all active employees of the Evangelical Covenant Church (pastors, missionaries and office workers) …
Saturday Memorial Service Set for Emory Lindgren
SPRING VALLEY, CA (January 2, 2008) – A memorial service for retired pastor and missionary Emory Lindgren, 92, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bailey Center on the campus of Mount Miguel Covenant Village. Lindgren died Tuesday.…