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May 15 Deadline for Churches Seeking Tax Credit

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CHICAGO, IL (May 3, 2011) – Local Evangelical Covenant churches and regional conferences have until May 15 to apply for a special tax credit on health insurance premiums paid during calendar year 2010.…



CWR to Help Channel Tornado Relief Donations

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CHICAGO, IL (May 3, 2011) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) is providing immediate financial resources to help victims of tornadoes that ripped through Alabama and other southern states. The twisters killed more than 350 people and injured thousands, according to …



Covenant Companion Receives Seven Top Awards

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CHICAGO, IL (May 3, 2011) – The Covenant Companion has been honored with seven top awards for outstanding content in competition sponsored by the Associated Church Press (ACP).…



Church Members Help Lay Sandbags to Prevent Flooding

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By Stan Friedman

PADUCAH, KY (May 2, 2011) – Several hundred members of Four Rivers Covenant Church have spent the last week helping the community attempt to stave record flooding that is overwhelming the area and which already has claimed …



Annual Meeting Early Registration Deadline Tuesday

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CHICAGO, IL (May 2, 2011) – Tuesday (tomorrow) is the Early Bird registration deadline for the Evangelical Covenant Church Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held June 28-30 at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.…



Funeral Service Saturday for Gerald Alger

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DASSEL, MN (May 2, 2011) – A funeral service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Gerald Alger, 74, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Church in Walker, Minnesota. He died April 26.…



Reader Responses to News Stories

Post a Comment » Written on April 29th, 2011     
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By Don Meyer

CHICAGO, IL (April 29, 2011) – Every week we receive comments from readers on stories published as part of the Covenant online news report.…



Hill Accepts Position with Anti-Trafficking Group

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CHICAGO, IL (April 28, 2011) – Ruth Hill, executive minister of the Department of Women Ministries, has accepted an offer to become the national awareness coordinator for Shared Hope International, an anti-human trafficking organization.…



Health Care Tax Credit Could Help Some Churches

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CHICAGO, IL (April 28, 2011) – Some local Evangelical Covenant churches may benefit from a new small employer health care tax credit designed to provide financial relief to qualifying churches that provide health benefits from their denominational benefit program.…



Deadline Nears for Feast Early Registration Discount

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CHICAGO, IL (April 27, 2011) – Next Tuesday is the final day individuals can take advantage of early registration discounts for the Feast, and organizers hope that every Evangelical Covenant church will help send at least one family who …