{"id":7683,"date":"2006-05-08T16:06:55","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T21:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7683"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:31:39","slug":"4892","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/05\/08\/4892\/","title":{"rendered":"Midwest Welcomes New Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KEARNEY, MO (May 8, 2006)  &#8211; Although the town of Kearney is known for being  the boyhood home of famed outlaw Jesse James, who terrorized parts of  nearby states, the Midwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church  (ECC) instead used the site of this year&#8217;s conference annual meeting to  celebrate what God has been doing among local Covenant churches and  their ministries.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The conference officially received two church plants that will be voted  on during the June ECC Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Other  church plants were reported to be making significant strides towards  eventual membership. &#8220;It was a glorious celebration,&#8221; says Supt. Ken  Carlson. &#8220;It&#8217;s always a joy to welcome in new churches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new churches accepted into conference membership include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Life House Covenant Church in Longmont, Colorado. The pastor is Win  Jackson-Houwen and has an average attendance of roughly 40 people. It  moved into its own facility in December.<\/li>\n<li>Hope Covenant Church in El Dorado, Kansas, celebrated its first year  of worship in 2005 and has an average attendance of 140 people. The  congregation is finalizing the purchase of a seven-acre building site.  Brian Johnson is the pastor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The delegates also recognized two churches in Missouri that have become  self-supporting: City Covenant Church in Kansas City and Alfa y Omega  Covenant Church in Carthage. The Carthage congregation of 110 acquired a  facility in 2005. Its attendees come from a variety of Latin American  countries.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates also voted to close two Colorado churches: Spring Valley  Covenant Church in Windsor, and Crossing Covenant Church in Thornton, as  well as accept the voluntary withdrawal of the Evangelical Covenant  Church of Marquette, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>Curt Peterson, executive minister of the Department of World Mission,  served as the official ECC representative and addressed the gathering.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7683&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KEARNEY, MO (May 8, 2006) &#8211; Although the town of Kearney is known for being the boyhood home of famed outlaw Jesse James, who terrorized parts of nearby states, the Midwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) instead used the site of this year&#8217;s conference annual meeting to celebrate what God has been doing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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