Posts tagged ‘Latin America’

New Church Making Inroads in Drug-Infested Region

MONTEMORELOS, MEXICO (June 6, 2011) – Drug cartel violence is common here, but a new church started by Chile Covenant Church missionaries is making inroads to sharing the gospel. Continue Reading »

Memorial de Reed se transmitirá en vivo por Internet

CHICAGO, IL (12 de mayo del 2011) – El servicio conmemorativo para Jerry Reed, misionero jubilado de la Iglesia del Pacto Evangélico se transmitirá en vivo desde la Capilla Anderson en el campus de la Universidad de North Park. El servicio se llevará a cabo a las 2 p.m. horario central, el sábado, 21 de mayo. Continue Reading »

Reed Memorial to Be Webcast Live

CHICAGO, IL (May 12, 2011) – The memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Jerry Reed will be webcast live from Anderson Chapel on the campus of North Park University. The service will be conducted at 2 p.m. central daylight time on Saturday, May 21. Continue Reading »

Covenant Pastor Leads Firefighting Team to Chile

ELGIN, IL (March 25, 2011) – Henoch Fuentes, an Evangelical Covenant Church minister, and nine firefighters from this community received national attention in Chile recently when they delivered donated fire equipment and helped train emergency personnel in the earthquake-shattered city of Rancagua. Continue Reading »

Private Service Planned for Margaret Zylstra Davidson

VANCOUVER, WA (March 21, 2011) – A private memorial service for Margaret Zylstra Davidson, 84, retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary, will be conducted April 2 in Vancouver. She died March 15. Continue Reading »

Haiti: Living Each Day – A Miracle

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 14, 2011) – Editor’s note: This is the first in a week-long series of articles written by Stan Friedman, news editor for Covenant News Service, who spent five days accompanying a five-member medical team from the United States providing care to Haiti residents during a two-week volunteer mission. Continue Reading »

Covenant Homes Opened to Displaced Families in Chile

TOME, CHILE (March 13, 2011) – Members of the Chile Covenant Church in Tomé opened their homes on higher ground for families that had been evacuated from low-lying areas due to fears that a tsunami unleashed by the Japan earthquake would hit the area. Continue Reading »

Keeping Close Watch on Possible Tsunami in Chile

CHICAGO, IL (March 11, 2011) – Chile Covenant Church leaders are paying special attention to the tsunami speeding its way across the Pacific Ocean because it most likely would strike near the community of Tome, where a giant wave killed 700 people in February 2010. Continue Reading »

Chile Quake Reminds Residents of Last Year’s Disaster

CONCEPCION, CHILE (February 12, 2011) – A 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near here on Friday caused no apparent damage, but frightened area residents who lived through last year’s deadly quake and resulting tsunami, said Luciano Silva, pastor of the Mission Friends Covenant Church in Tome, Chile. Continue Reading »

Firefighters Donate Equipment, Expertise to Chilean Counterparts

ELGIN, IL (January 3, 2011) – Firefighters in Rancagua, Chile, will soon get new lifesaving equipment and training from their counterparts in this Illinois community thanks to an Evangelical Covenant Church minister. Continue Reading »