Carlson was “beloved” at the school, former faculty and staff said. […]
Stan Friedman
Covenant Leaders Call for Prayer After Deadly Minnehaha Explosion
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 2, 2017) — Covenant leaders are calling for the denomination to pray in response to an explosion that destroyed a section of the Upper School at Minnehaha Academy, killing two people, and injuring at least nine this […]
CWR Funds Help ECCSSE Respond to Refugee Crisis
GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA (July 31, 2017) – Covenant World Relief has donated funds to the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia (ECCSSE) to help care for refugees fleeing the latest intense fighting near the border of the two African […]
Five for Friday: Lynching Survivor, Religious Surfing, Shaming Mom Shamers
CHICAGO, IL (July 28, 2017) — Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Each Friday we post five of them. Following is a sample of those […]
Five for Friday: Jewish Intermarriage, Eight-Minute House, Sterilizing Inmates
CHICAGO, IL (July 21, 2017) — Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Each Friday we post five of them. Following is a sample of those […]
BLESS: Raising the Evangelism Temperature
CHICAGO, IL (July 20, 2017) – More than one-third of all Covenant churches have participated in BLESS, the evangelism initiative from Make and Deepen Disciples, since it was launched in February. And more resources are being developed, says Beth Seversen, […]
Loans Offered for Solid Rock Discipleship Students
A new loan program will enable students attending the Solid Rock School of Discipleship to obtain short-term, fixed-rate interest loans to cover the cost of their education. The loans are available for students entering the 2017-18 school year and beyond. […]
Five for Friday: Sermons on Phonographs, Undeserving All-Stars, Online Quizzes
CHICAGO, IL (July 14, 2017) — Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Each Friday we post five of them. Following is a sample of those […]
Doing Theology: A Conversation with John Weborg
Editor’s note: The current issue of The Covenant Companion includes the final column by John Weborg, who has long graced our pages with his wisdom and love for the church. In his honor, we are republishing this story originally published in 2014 about the […]
Church Worships with Lights Off so Member Can Attend
CROMWELL, CT (July 13, 2017) — The members of Hilltop Covenant Church have chosen to worship with the lights off every Sunday so that Jennifer Beck, a member who has rare disease, can attend. Beck has erythropoietic protoporphyria (EP), a […]