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Ecuador Covenant Re-Elects Officers
SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS COLORADOS, ECUADOR (March 3, 2004) - Dr. Virgilio Delgado
was re-elected for a two-year term as president and Manuel Alvear was
re-elected as secretary by the 151 delegates attending the Annual
Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador (IPEE) February
20-23.
Delegates from five districts (North, Quichua, Central, Amazon and
Coast) participated in the meeting, which was held at a campground
belonging to the denomination. Representatives from CIPE (Confederation
of Latin American Covenant Churches), the camp, HCRI radio, the Covenant
seminary in Quito and five schools also sent representatives. The
denomination includes a total of 94 churches - 64 established churches
and 30 churches in progress.
Along with the administrative re-elections, the assembly elected Pastor
Nelson Zarria as General Secretary of the denomination. He will move to
Quito to take over that position. Those who were ordained by the
denomination include Petita Palma, a pastor in Nicolas (near Guayaquil),
and Smith Franco, a pastor in Manta. Palma is the second woman to be
ordained in the IPEE.
A collegial spirit reigned throughout the meeting, reported CIPE and
Covenant World Mission administrator Nancy Reed. Most of the discussion
centered on HCRI radio, the seminary and the campground, she added.
Covenant missionary Jon Robertson is the acting rector of the Ecuador
Covenant Seminary. He is asking the IPEE for a larger economic
commitment to keep the seminary solvent. He is also proposing major
program reconstruction and will work with a commission of pastors and
leaders of the IPEE toward that proposal, wrote Covenant Bible
College-Ecuador staffers Andy and Jenell Pluim in an email report of the
meeting.
More information about CIPE and various other Covenant conference annual
meetings (as they take place) can be found in the online news report of
the Evangelical Covenant Church at www.covchurch.org.
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