CHICAGO, IL (February 25, 2013) – Two webcasts this week will enable viewers to participate in the Westerdahl Lectures at North Park Theological Seminary and hear the newly formed seminary Gospel Choir perform during the Covenant Offices chapel service. Continue Reading »
Posts tagged ‘Evangelism-Outreach’
Churches Asked to Dedicate One Sunday to Serve
By Stan Friedman
SAN DIEGO, CA (February 7, 2013) – President Gary Walter and Ray Johnston, pastor of one of the Evangelical Covenant Church’s largest congregations, called upon the denomination’s churches to cancel their worship services next year – at least for a day. Continue Reading »
Covenant Leaders Participate in Sweden Conference
SUNNE, SWEDEN (January 15, 2013) – Evangelical Covenant Church leaders shared their expertise in church planting and developing ministries of compassion, mercy, and justice during a national gathering of pastors that was inspired by the Covenant Midwinter Conference. Continue Reading »
Transforming Power of Love, Acceptance, Forgiveness
KEENE, NH (November 21, 2012) – When Carl Babbitt Jr. was released from prison in 2000 after serving 11 years of a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, he vowed to never return. Three years later, he was back in jail. He laughs about it. Continue Reading »
Role-Play Games Provide Reach into Community
SIOUX FALLS, SD (October 18, 2012) – Blake Craig says he knows some Christians believe churches should oppose role-playing games (RPGs), but the member of Prairie Hills Covenant Church is using them as a way to build bridges with people in the community. Continue Reading »
Mexico to Host Next IFFEC General Assembly
ATHENS, GREECE (September 24, 2012) – The Covenant Church of Mexico will host the General Assembly of the International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC) when the ecumenical organization holds the gathering in Latin America for the first time. Continue Reading »
What Covenanters Are Talking About Online
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (July 6, 2012) – Many Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos with one another that may be of interest to others. Below, Covenant News Service offers a sample of those submissions. (Note: their inclusion does not represent an endorsement of any views expressed.) Continue Reading »
Songwriter’s Own Lyrics Draw Him Back to Faith
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (May 31, 2012) – Back in 1974, Geoff Twigg and friend Brian Rodgers were performing in folk clubs around England when they recorded and pressed 250 copies of the album Amalgam. Continue Reading »
Demand for New Jesus Booklet Is Brisk
CHICAGO, IL (March 28, 2012) – Additional copies of the newly released booklet Jesus and the Great Story of God that was introduced during this year’s Midwinter Conference are now available for online ordering through Covenant Bookstore. Continue Reading »
Atlanta Congregation Puts Faith into Practice
ATLANTA, GA (March 28, 2012) – The nearest full-service grocery store is several miles away. The only green space in the neighborhood is called Mother Mattie’s Garden, a narrow, quarter-acre lot in the middle of a blighted community. Continue Reading »
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