CHICAGO, IL (June 16, 2010) – Escalating violence related to drug wars in the northern region of Mexico has led the Department of World Mission to scale back its work in that part of the country.…
News
Doing the Impossible Keeps Gymnast Flipping Out
PAXTON, IL (June 15, 2010) – “I love being in the air,” says 14-year-old Garret Waterstradt. “It’s fun to do all the crazy stuff people think is impossible.”…
Sessions to Focus on Covenant – Past and Future
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, ECC Offices
ST. PAUL, MN (June 15, 2010) – What is this movement we call the Evangelical Covenant Church? And in what ways do the Covenant’s founding principles influence and shape our future?…
World Cup Flavor Permeates Worship Atmosphere
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Tags: Educational Institutions, Local Church, Pacific Southwest
DOWNEY, CA (June 14, 2010) – Members of El Encino Covenant worshiped God on Sunday, but they also had the chance to declare loyalties to their favorite teams playing in the World Cup.…
Midwest Conference Changes 2011 Annual Meeting Date
OMAHA, NE (June 14, 2010) – The Midwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church has rescheduled next year’s 125th Annual Meeting to April 15-16, 2011.…
Sale of Building Sparks Transformation and New Life
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Tags: Local Church, Pacific Southwest, Planting-Vitality
By Stan Friedman
SAN JOSE, CA (June 11, 2010) – Pastor Kevin Budd is known for his dry wit, but he chokes up as he describes how lives of people from around the world – and in his own congregation …
From Renter to Landowner – Big Transition for Church
SARNIA, ONTARIO (June 10, 2010) – Transitioning from a congregation that met for nearly a decade in rented space to being a church that now has its own building is an ongoing process as the congregation considers new ways of …
News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines
CHICAGO, IL (June 9, 2010) – Preaching Magazine recently named The Company of the Preachers: A History of Biblical Preaching from the Old Testament to the Modern Era, written by retired Evangelical Covenant Church minister David Larsen, as one …
Event Simulates Trauma of Refugees Forced from Homes
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2010, Compassion-Justice, Development-Relief, ECC Offices
ST. PAUL, MN (June 9, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) works with partners throughout the world to care for refugees who have been traumatized by the ravages of war and persecution.…
Readers Share Their Thoughts
By Don Meyer
CHICAGO, IL (June 8, 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.…