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Five Churches Support Pastor Facing Deportation

Post a Comment » Written on September 23rd, 2010     
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TORRANCE, CA (September 23, 2010) – Five Evangelical Covenant Churches as well as Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) leaders are advocating on behalf of a Torrance pastor who is fighting her “order of deportation.”…



This Ministry ‘Goodbye’ Comes With a Future

Post a Comment » Written on September 23rd, 2010     
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By Stan Friedman

PLAINVILLE, CT (September 23, 2010) – An infant baptism earlier this month and the sending off of a teenager to serve in short-term missions has helped Trinity Covenant Church deal with their grief as they prepare to …



Ministry Seeks to Serve Area Plagued by Poverty, Violence

Post a Comment » Written on September 22nd, 2010     
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OAKLAND, CA (September 22, 2010) – A lengthy feature posted today on the San Francisco Chronicle website highlights members of New Hope Covenant Church who have chosen to reside and minister in a violent, low-income neighborhood even though they could …



Leaders Explore Opportunities for Advancing the Mission

Post a Comment » Written on September 22nd, 2010     
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CHICAGO, IL (September 22, 2010) – More than 80 leaders from around the Evangelical Covenant Church met Monday to explore future directions for Covenant ministries and, in particular, ways in which ministry areas at all levels can effectively collaborate and …



News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

Post a Comment » Written on September 20th, 2010     
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ROCKFORD, IL (September 20, 2010) – Broadway Covenant Church held a rededication ceremony one week ago Sunday as they celebrated the renovation and expansion of their nearly 60-year-old building.…



‘Facebook Pastor’ Teams with Celebrities to Help Orphans

Post a Comment » Written on September 17th, 2010     
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The purpose of Navigate is to help established churches find their way to becoming healthy and missional in a post modern, post Christian world. This is accomplished by the Holy Spirit empowering congregations as they …



Engebretson Elected President of IFFEC

1 Comment » Written on September 17th, 2010     
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COMA-RUGA, SPAIN (September 17, 2010) – Donn E. Engebretson has been elected president of the International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches, whose General Assembly is meeting this week in Coma-Ruga south of Barcelona.…



ArtInAPark Photos

1 Comment » Written on September 16th, 2010     
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ORLANDO, FL (September 16, 2010) – Following are additional moments from the two-week ArtInAPark event sponsored by Audubon Covenant Church. Learning experiences included visual arts, drama, culinary arts, fabric arts, and music.…



ArtInAPark Lets Kids Create Own History

Post a Comment » Written on September 16th, 2010     
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By Stan Friedman

ORLANDO, FL (September 16, 2010) – Children had an opportunity to study and create their own art history during a two-week ArtInAPark event sponsored by Audubon Covenant Church.…



Readers Share Their Thoughts

Post a Comment » Written on September 16th, 2010     
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By Don Meyer

CHICAGO, IL (September 16, 2010) – Hardly a week goes by that we do not receive a few comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report.…