{"id":7562,"date":"2006-06-15T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2006-06-15T20:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:32:39","slug":"4954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/06\/15\/4954\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Churches Removed from Member Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 15, 2006) &#8211; Eight churches from three conferences of the  Evangelical Covenant Church have been removed from the denominational membership  roster during the 121st Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Churches removed include:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Crossing Covenant Church in Thornton, Colorado<\/li>\n<li>Spring Valley Covenant Church in Windsor, Colorado<\/li>\n<li>Evangelical Covenant Church in Marquette, Kansas<\/li>\n<li>First Covenant Church in Kansas City, Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Riversong Evangelical Covenant Church in Bettendorf, Iowa<\/li>\n<li>Iglesia Del Pacto Evangelico, Elgin in Elgin, Illinois<\/li>\n<li>Oak Grove Covenant Church in Lexington, Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Calvary Evangelical Covenant Church in Dayton, Ohio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Crossing Covenant Church in Thornton was a pioneer church plant that  began in a north Denver suburb in 2002. As the appropriation phase was ending,  the church leadership concluded that financial support was not sufficient to  continue. The church was enfolded into the Colorado Ridge Covenant Church in  Westminster. The Crossing&#8217;s founding pastor, Jeff Grote, became part of the  Colorado Ridge staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Evangelical Covenant Church in Fort Collins birthed Spring Valley in  Windsor as a parented project in 1999. After the founding pastor left ministry,  attendance eroded despite the efforts of a new pastor. Most of the 50 remaining  attendees now attend the Fort Collins congregation.<\/p>\n<p>Marquette Covenant Church joined the Covenant in 1901. In recent years it has  declined in strength. The Midwest Conference declined requests for financial  assistance for a restart without leadership being granted to a new leadership  team. The church decided to leave the Covenant and join another denomination  that offered financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p>First Covenant Church joined the Covenant in 1887 and is the historic mother  and grandmother of all the Covenant churches in the Kansas City area. Much of  its strength was sacrificed in the birthing of its largest child, Hillcrest  Covenant Church of Prairie Village, Kansas, in 1961. The church was unable to  keep pace with the demographic changes in its locale and invited a multicultural  church plant into its facilities in 2002. The plant, City Church, joined the  Covenant at the 2005 Annual Meeting. Several last-minute details prevented First  Covenant&#8217;s ministry from being celebrated and closed at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Riversong was planted in 2004 but never met growth requirements and was  closed.<\/p>\n<p>Iglesia Del Pacto Evangelico Elgin still was in the pre-fellowship stage when  it was integrated into a larger congregation.<\/p>\n<p>Oakgrove Covenant was formed in 1997 and had a peak membership of  approximately 100. With average attendance at 57, it was determined the church  should be closed.<\/p>\n<p>Dayton Ohio joined the Covenant in 1947. 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