ATLANTA, GA (December 15, 2008) – A recent peer mentoring summit gave African American urban church planters of the Evangelical Covenant Church an opportunity to discuss issues unique to their experience, says Catherine Gilliard, president of the African American Ministers …
Advent: God Deep in the Flesh
CHICAGO, IL (December 12, 2008) – John Weborg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at North Park Theological Seminary and a longtime columnist for The Covenant Companion. Each Friday during Advent, we will share one of his columns that originally appeared …
Swedish Choir Helps Celebrate Immigrant Heritage
YAKIMA, WA (December 12, 2008) – An influx of Swedish immigrants to this area in the early 1900s made it all the more appropriate for Wiley Heights Covenant Church to host the Southern Vättern College from Jönköping, Sweden, on Thursday …
A Month After Fire, Support for Westmont Continues
SANTA BARBARA, CA (December 12, 2008) – Chris Call, vice president of Westmont College, says that he and the rest of the school community are grateful for the support they continue to receive a month after the wildfire that burned …
Week of Prayer – New Name, Broadened Focus
Volunteers Needed to Teach English in China
CHICAGO, IL (December 11, 2008) – Volunteers are needed to teach English in northwest rural China this summer.
Youth Invited to Share Virtual Mission Trip Experience
ALEXANDRIA, MN (December 10, 2008) – Tim Schmoyer, youth pastor at Alexandria Covenant Church, has launched a two-week “online missions campaign” to involve teens around the world in an evangelization effort through social media such as Facebook.
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Everett Wilson to Conclude 46 Years in Ministry
CHETEK, WI (December 10, 2008) – Everett Wilson, who will conclude 46 years of serving Evangelical Covenant Church congregations on December 31, says pastors starting in ministry should remember that nothing stays the same except the commitment to love people …
Funeral Conducted for Boy Who Inspired Community
WHEATON, IL (December 9, 2008) – Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Glen Ellyn Covenant Church for 11-year-old Isaac Wright, who inspired his community during his lengthy battle with leukemia.
In Brief: Covenanters Making News
SOLDOTNA, AK (December 9, 2008) – Alaska Christian College announced John and Kristen Lommel will fill the position of academic vice president. Both are graduates of North Park University. In an email, president Keith Hamilton, said that “while they thought …