http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/jesus-in-china This joint project of the FRONTLINE/World (PBS) and the Chicago Tribune focuses on the situation in China with an atheist government and an explosion of Christianity. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/jesus-in-china Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:01:17 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/childhoods-stolen-by-poverty-war-and-disasater Many children in developing countries face hunger, disease and humanitarian crises. Some are denied their childhoods when they are forced to work or when lengthy wars turn them into refugees or soldiers. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/childhoods-stolen-by-poverty-war-and-disasater Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:49:57 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/interactive-maps-from-maplecroft Maplecroft Maps offer a suite of issue maps focused on the business risk presented by the most important global issues. Many of these relate to world mission, such as displacement, HIV/AIDS, education, children's rights, renewable energy use, water security, etc. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/interactive-maps-from-maplecroft Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:53:59 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/travel-document-systems Travel Document Systems, Inc. (TDS) is a leading visa and passport processing agency. For nearly 20 years we have served travel professionals, tour operators, and cruise lines, as well as corporate and individual international travelers. TDS specializes in travel that involves visas for more than one country. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/travel-document-systems Thu, 22 May 2008 15:53:22 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/fundraising-for-short-term-missions Building a base of support for short-term missions requires time and energy. Participants need to sharpen their vision for missions and invite others to support the work they plan to pursue. These assessments will help you communicate with donors and ask them to support the opportunities for service that God has given us. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/fundraising-for-short-term-missions Wed, 21 May 2008 19:27:27 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/mission-committee-member-orientation-guide Equip your leaders to engage your congregation with a vibrant missions http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/mission-committee-member-orientation-guide Wed, 21 May 2008 19:24:13 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/short-term-missions-leader This specific guide is designed to help you provide orientation and basic training to someone leading a short-term missions team. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/short-term-missions-leader Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:49:54 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/ministering-cross-culturally How to serve as a minister of the gospel when you're out of your comfort zone. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/ministering-cross-culturally Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:44:51 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/-food-prices-rising-across-the-world MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- If you're seeing your grocery bill go up, you're not alone. From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers worldwide face rising food prices in what analysts call a perfect storm of conditions. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/-food-prices-rising-across-the-world Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:31:44 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/-displaced-kenya-farmers-add-to-food-woes MOMBASSA, Kenya (CNN) -- Kennedy Ombuki is a farmer. In normal times, he grows corn, maize, potatoes and peas on the green slopes near Molo. "They were export peas," he says proudly. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/-displaced-kenya-farmers-add-to-food-woes Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:57 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/sudans-former-foes-agree-to-delay-census-one-week KHARTOUM, April 14 (Reuters) - Sudan's former north-south foes avoided a collision over a national census and agreed on a new date of April 22 after crisis talks which ran late into the night, a former southern rebel official said on Monday. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/sudans-former-foes-agree-to-delay-census-one-week Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:20:02 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/100000-south-sudan-refugees-return-with-u_n http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/100000-south-sudan-refugees-return-with-u_n Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:52:14 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/devalued-dollar-impedes-covenant-missionaries CHICAGO, IL (March 26, 2008) – The devaluation of the U.S. dollar http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/devalued-dollar-impedes-covenant-missionaries Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:36:00 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/world-missions-atlas-project Text taken from http://worldmap.gospelcom.net/ Welcome to the World Missions Atlas Project http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/world-missions-atlas-project Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:05:59 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/mission-and-paradox From David Mark, Regional Coordinator for Latin America with Covenant World Mission http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/mission-and-paradox Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:56:42 -0600 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/global-church-conference Thornapple Covenant Church will be one of only four churches in the http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/global-church-conference Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:40:14 -0600 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/professor-of-missiology-candidate-named Paul DeNeui has been named the candidate for Director of the Center for http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/professor-of-missiology-candidate-named Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:33:06 -0600 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/devaluing-dollar-affects-missionaries Two recent articles focus on the effects of exchange rates on international missionaries. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/devaluing-dollar-affects-missionaries Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:28:37 -0600 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/fowm-sign-up-sunday Friends of World Mission (FOWM) is an association of believers who give to projects like leadership training, church planting, medical work and various types of construction in support of ministry. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/fowm-sign-up-sunday Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:27:26 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/foreign-to-familiar---a-guide-to-understanding-hot--and-cold-climate-cultures Author Sarah Lanier explains how cultures around the world can fit into two basic categories and how these categories differ. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/foreign-to-familiar---a-guide-to-understanding-hot--and-cold-climate-cultures Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:26:53 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/the-great-open-door The Evangelical Covenant Church in North America has committed to raise $1 million over the next five years in support of outreach initiatives in China, working in partnership with the Taiwan Covenant Church. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/the-great-open-door Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:21:50 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/new-mission-support-staff We are blessed with the addition of gifted and effective leaders in Covenant World Mission who will increase our capacity to serve the church and missionaries in fulfilling the great commission and living out the great commandment in the world. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/new-mission-support-staff Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:15:43 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/restructure-overview Covenant World Mission has restructured its mission support staff to better serve its mission to "help the local church take the whole gospel to the whole world." http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/restructure-overview Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:17:05 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/2007-june A New World, A New Kind of Mission. Annual Meeting & Commissioned Missionaries. Recommended Reading. Missionaries on Home Assignment. New Publications: Catalyst & World Mission Newsletter. Missionary Information Forms. Covenanters in World Mission. http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/2007-june Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:13:46 -0500 http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/childrens-service-project-2007-2008 INDIA: CARING FOR THE CHILDREN There http://www.covchurch.org/mission/the-great-co-mission/childrens-service-project-2007-2008 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:59:40 -0500