BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN (May 24, 2012) – Eighty percent of the students at Good Hope Academy, which was built with funds donated at CHIC 2006, still have not returned to the school since a Sudan Armed Forces just missed hitting it with a bomb last month. Continue Reading »
Posts tagged ‘Africa’
Covenant Kids Congo Webcast on May 25
CHICAGO, IL (May 18, 2012) – An interactive forum on Covenant Kids Congo (CKC) powered by World Vision will be webcast at 1:30 p.m. central time on May 25 on the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) website. Continue Reading »
New Staff Join Covenant Kids Congo Project
CHICAGO, IL (May 1, 2012) – Two individuals have recently joined the team of Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision as the new initiative continues to finalize plans for a formal launch this fall. Continue Reading »
HEAL Africa Leader Inspired a Generation
By Stan Friedman
GOMA, DR CONGO (April 16, 2012) – The work of HEAL Africa, which treats victims of the bloodiest conflict in the world’s poorest country, will continue despite the recent death of its internationally honored founder, Lyn Lusi, says her good friend Judy Anderson, the organization’s executive minister. Continue Reading »
Congo Relief Work Continues Despite Kony Threat
By Stan Friedman
GOMA, DR CONGO (April 12, 2012) – Covenanters who have cared for the victims of the terror caused by Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) say he will be difficult to catch, and even if he is apprehended or killed, other brutal warlords already operating in the region will continue the violence. Continue Reading »
New CEUM President Installed
GEMENA, DR CONGO (March 28, 2012) – More than 5,200 people attended the installation of Jules Mboka as the new president of the Congo Covenant Church (CEUM), which took place as part of a nearly six-hour worship service on Sunday. Continue Reading »
Medical Supplies Container Arrives in Congo
KARAWA, DR CONGO (March 26, 2012) – A commercial-size 20-foot steel container filled with medical supplies and other items recently arrived here, a gift of the Department of Women Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Continue Reading »
Funds Raised to Construct Two South Sudan Churches
ST. CLOUD, MN (March 16, 2012) – Two Sudanese Covenant Church congregations in Minnesota recently hosted services that raised $22,600 to help fund construction of church buildings in South Sudan. Continue Reading »
New Bridges Play Key Role in African Communities
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON (February 21, 2012) – Missionaries in Africa continue to build bridges with the people to whom they are ministering. Continue Reading »
Memorial Service Thursday for Missionary Clitus Olson
WESTMINSTER, CO (February 20, 2012) – A memorial service will be conducted for retired Evangelical Covenant Church medical missionary Clitus Olson, 95, at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Covenant Village of Colorado. Continue Reading »
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