OAXACA, MEXICO (February 9, 2010) – Covenant World Mission personnel are okay and no major damage has been reported following a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Oaxaca Monday evening.…
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Personnel Reported Safe Following Mexico Earthquake
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Tags: ECC Offices, Latin America, Mission
Haitian-Born Covenanter Coordinates USAID Relief
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Tags: Development-Relief, Haiti Disaster, Newsmakers
WASHINGTON, DC (February 8, 2010) – Former North Park University professor and Covenanter Robert Boncy, who led the school’s first mission trips to his native Haiti, is now helping coordinate the U.S. government’s recovery efforts in the decimated country, where …
News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines
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Tags: Central, Newsmakers, Northwest
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 8, 2010) – The Northwest Conference’s Founder’s Day worship service will be held at 6 p.m. February 21 at First Covenant Church. The evening’s theme is “Growing together in mercy,” and the service will have a …
Not the Same Old Grind: Coffee Entrepreneurs Help Others
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Tags: Haiti Disaster, Local Church, Mission, Northwest
Bicycling from Alaska to Argentina, One Covenanters Journey
CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2010) – Matt Kelly is riding his bicycle 18,000 miles from Alaska to the city considered the most southern in the world because he sat in front of his computer reading blogs one frosty January night.…
Super Bowl Sunday: Cheering on a Saint with Covenant Roots
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Tags: Local Church, Newsmakers, Southeast
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
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Tags: Educational Institutions, Health Care
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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Tags: ECC Offices, Latin America, Mission
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
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Tags: Development-Relief, East Coast, Haiti Disaster, Latin America, Local Church
By Stan Friedman
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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Tags: East Coast, Haiti Disaster, Local Church, Mission
LUNENBERG, MA (February 3, 2010) – Members of Pilgrim Covenant Church in Lunenberg, Massachusetts were in Haiti working with Mission E4 when the earthquake hit.…