CHICAGO, IL (December 4, 2012) – Free material for the 2013 Week of Prayer is now available on the Covenant website for download. Continue Reading »
Posts tagged ‘Discipleship’
Briefs: Free Chairs, Congo Trucks, Call-In Thursday
Call-In Café on Spiritual Growth
CHICAGO, IL (September 18, 2012) – Bruce Lawson will host a Call-In Café discussion entitled Creating Spiritual Growth Pathways. The hour-long discussion will start at 11 a.m. (CDT) on Thursday. Continue Reading »
Camping Ministry Focus of Wednesday Webcast
CHICAGO, IL (March 20, 2012) – Camping ministry will be the topic discussed during the next installment of Take One, a live roundtable webcast that enables Covenanters to dialogue with participants. The webcast will begin at 11 a.m. (CDT) Wednesday and can be seen here. Continue Reading »
Transforming Lives – One At a Time
By Stan Friedman
MOUNT VERNON, WA (January 19, 2012) – The woman living at Faith House while working to overcome her drug addiction – we’ll call her Anna – was struggling to develop new behaviors and attitudes. Trusting someone was nearly impossible. Anna was defensive and feared being “discarded” when she made a mistake. Conflicts would become intense. Continue Reading »
Expanding the Gospel Beyond Who’s In and Who’s Out
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (November 8, 2011) – In his latest book, The King Jesus Gospel, Scot McKnight contends that evangelicals have reduced the gospel to a “plan of salvation” that is human-centric rather than Christocentric. The result has been the creation of a “salvation culture” as opposed to a “gospel culture.” Continue Reading »
Spiritual Direction Center Named in Honor of Weborg
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (August 3, 2011) – The C. John Weborg Center for Spiritual Direction was named, not only in honor of the longtime professor of theology at North Park Theological Seminary (NPTS), but also to celebrate what God has done through his life and ministry, speakers told the 230 people who gathered at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel on Saturday night. Continue Reading »
‘Reload’ Event Fires Up Urban Youth Workers
CHICAGO, IL (April 6, 2011) — It wasn’t only young people who showed up at Saturday’s “Reload” conference for urban youth workers at North Park University. Continue Reading »
Spiritual Direction – Creating Time to Listen, Reflect
By Stan Friedman
CHICAGO, IL (March 23, 2011) – Mary Miller went to her regular meeting with a spiritual director to discuss forgiving someone she felt had betrayed her and was surprised by the director’s response. Continue Reading »
Spiritual Direction Focus of March 23 Live Webcast
CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2011) – Spiritual direction is the focus of the next scheduled live webcast from the Media Center at Covenant offices, to take place at 10 a.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, March 23. Continue Reading »
Deadline Approaching for Spiritual Direction Program
CHICAGO, IL (March 1, 2011) – The deadline for applying to the Spiritual Direction Certificate Program at North Park Theological Seminary is March 31. Credentialed Evangelical Covenant Church clergy can apply for financial aid. Continue Reading »
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