CHICAGO, IL (September 27, 2012) – Bethany Benefit Service medical/dental premiums next year will increase five percent, a rate that is less than average increases projected for most other employee medical plans for 2013, it was announced today.
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Bethany Service Announces Medical Rates for 2013
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Tags: Finance, Health Care, Local Church
2012 Pastoral Compensation Report Now Available
CHICAGO, IL (August 8, 2012) – The 2012 edition of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) Pastoral Compensation Report is now available on the Covenant website, offering a wide range of resources and guidelines for use by local Covenant churches in …
National Covenant Properties Approves Rate Changes
CHICAGO, IL (June 15, 2012) – Changes in rates for National Covenant Properties (NCP) investors will adjust effective July 1, it was decided by the NCP Board of Directors during its meeting Thursday evening.
Generosity, Stewardship Resolution to be Presented
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Tags: Annual Meeting 2012, Finance, Stewardship
CHICAGO, IL (May 25, 2012) – The Christian Action Commission (CAC) will present a new draft of a resolution on generosity and stewardship during the 127th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church in June.
New Stewardship Kit Being Sent to Churches
CHICAGO, IL (October 14, 2011) – Ask anyone in a local church who works with budgets and is responsible for encouraging faithful financial support from members, and they will tell you that finding helpful and effective resources to support that …
Bethany Service Announces Medical Rates for 2012
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Tags: Finance, Health Care, Local Church
CHICAGO, IL (October 3, 2011) – Bethany Benefit Service medical rates next year will increase four and a half percent, less than average increases projected for most other employee medical plans for 2012, it was announced today.
2011 Pastoral Compensation Report Now Available
CHICAGO, IL (September 20, 2011) – The 2011 edition of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) Pastoral Compensation Report is now available on the Covenant website, offering a wide range of resources and guidelines for use by local Covenant churches in …
Book Offers Insights for Doing Benevolence Well
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Tags: Compassion-Justice, Finance, Local Church
By Stan Friedman
HICKORY, NC (August 19, 2011) – With apologies to the writer of Ecclesiastes, “Of the making of books and articles about compassion, mercy, and justice, there is no end.” Yet most might as well be titled Ditto …
Minister Housing Allowance Challenge Dismissed
CHICAGO, IL (July 14, 2011) – A lawsuit that could have ended housing allowances for ministers was dismissed last month in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento.
Financial Reports Reflect Generosity of Covenanters
ESTES PARK, CO (June 29, 2011) – The Evangelical Covenant Church recorded a surplus of $21,000 for fiscal year 2010, Treasurer and Director of Pensions Dean Lundgren told delegates during today’s business session of the 126th Annual Meeting.