{"id":7609,"date":"2006-06-20T15:31:41","date_gmt":"2006-06-20T20:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7609"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:33:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:33:04","slug":"4979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/06\/20\/4979\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Board, Ministerium Leaders Elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (June 20, 2006) &#8211; Leaders of the Executive Board of the  Evangelical Covenant Church and the Covenant Ministerium were elected by  their respective bodies during the 121st Annual Meeting that concluded  this past weekend in Grand Rapids, Michigan. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/Ui\/23\/Ui23X3fWQ3mSrIIuLi6LWg\/Griffin-and-Gilliard.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Griffin and Gilliard\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/>The  Executive Board elected Darrell Griffin, pastor of Oakdale Covenant  Church, to be its chairperson for a two-year term. He was elected to the  board in 2004 and his term will expire in 2010. The accompanying photo  shows Griffin with Catherine Gilliard, who served as chair and completed  her term on the board this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Covenant Ministerium elected Heidi Wiebe to succeed outgoing  President Brad Boydston. Wiebe is pastor of the Evangelical Covenant  Church in Oberlin, Kansas. John Marks was elected treasurer. 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