Super Bowl Sunday: Cheering on a Saint with Covenant Roots

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MIAMI, FL (February 5, 2010) – A lot of churches will be hosting Super Bowl parties this Sunday, but members of Kingdom Covenant Ministries will be watching with special interest—Bobby McCray Jr., the New Orleans Saints defensive end (93), grew …




Much-Used Counseling Center Gets New Facility

Post a Comment » Written on February 4th, 2010     
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SOLDOTNA, AK (February 4, 2010) – The New Hope Counseling Center has been able to increase its services to students at Alaska Christian College and the surrounding community, thanks to a new building funded through donations and constructed largely by …




Mexican Foundation Started by Missionaries Installs Two National Directors

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MONTERREY, MEXICO (February 4, 2010) – The Family Development Foundation recently installed two national directors, the first time Mexicans have filled an executive position at the nonprofit started by missionaries of The Evangelical Covenant Church in 1999.…




In Haiti during Quake, Covenanters Lend Hand at Orphanage

Post a Comment » Written on February 3rd, 2010     
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LUNENBERG, MA (February 3, 2010) – The bus in which Barbara “Bobbie” Curtis was riding was about to pull alongside the 10-foot-high cinder block wall surrounding the guesthouse where she and fellow mission team members were staying …




Photos from Haiti Mission Trip

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LUNENBERG, MA (February 3, 2010) – Members of Pilgrim Covenant Church in Lunenberg, Massachusetts were in Haiti working with Mission E4 when the earthquake hit.…




News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

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PLANTATION, FL (February 3, 2010) – Covenant Village of Florida announced that Charles W. Johnson has been named the Covenant Retirement Community’s executive, and Judith I. Johnson (no relation) has been named its health care administrator.…




Organist Honored for Half-Century of Musical Service

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 2, 2010) – Gordon “Gordy” Ahlquist first started playing organ during worship services for First Covenant Church when he was a teenager.…




CWR Aid to Haiti Leads January’s Most-Read Stories

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CHICAGO, IL (February 2, 2010) – Stories about the Evangelical Covenant Church’s response to the catastrophe in Haiti, the nomination of Efrem Smith to be the superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference, as well as the death of Keith C. …




Sale of CBC Property Makes Possible New Seminary Center

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CHICAGO, IL (February 1, 2010) – The legacy of Covenant Bible College (CBC) as an institution that prepared its students for intercultural ministry will continue with the formation of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary.…




Connection Participants Engage in “Beautiful Struggle”

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DENVER, CO (February 1, 2010) – Participants at this year’s Connection event held January 23–25, prior to the Midwinter Conference at the Sheraton Hotel, were inspired to engage the theme, “The Beautiful Struggle.”…