By Stan Friedman
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND (March 8, 2013) – Years ago, when Margie Swenson wrote the comprehensive Sunday school curriculum “El Pacto con Dios” (The Covenant with God) in Spanish for Latin American children, she never imagined it might be taught in Thailand to children being rescued from a life of exploitation. Continue Reading »
CHICAGO, IL (March 7, 2013) – Covenant World Relief has sent funds to the Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) that is assisting victims of a drought in Maharashtra, a western state in India. Continue Reading »
TOKYO, JAPAN (February 12, 2013) – In his final address to the Japan Covenant Church Annual Meeting as the denomination’s chairperson, Pastor Yasushi Shimizu highlighted global partnerships. Continue Reading »
CHICAGO, IL (November 7, 2012) – The Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) has contributed $3,000 for Covenant World Relief (CWR) to assist survivors of Hurricane Sandy in New York City. Continue Reading »
By Stan Friedman
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (October 17, 2012) – Four thousand people filled the sports arena at National Taiwan University earlier this month to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Covenant Church of Taiwan. Continue Reading »
PUNE, INDIA (September 26, 2012) – Restoration work has been completed on the 150-year-old building of St. Andrews Hindustani Covenant Church, which was nearly destroyed by fire last November. Continue Reading »
NAM KHE, THAILAND (June 12, 2012) – Construction materials will be moved into this village, which was devastated by a violent May 7 storm, just as soon as heavy rains cease and roads dry enough to permit trucks to make the journey, reports Jim Gustafson, an Evangelical Covenant Church missionary working in the area. Continue Reading »
CHICAGO, IL (March 29, 2012) – Response to Tuesday’s online article, Broken Lives Find New Hope in Communion Wafers, has been heartwarming, accompanied by numerous requests from local Covenant churches asking how they can purchase supplies of the communion wafers referenced in the story. Continue Reading »
By Stan Friedman
PUNE, INDIA (March 27, 2012) – The wafers that Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) pastors break when their congregations celebrate communion were most likely made by women whose lives were once broken when they were forced into sexual slavery. Continue Reading »
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