Stan Friedman

About the Author

Stan Friedman is the news and online editor for the Covenant Companion and is grateful for the opportunity to serve in a job that combines his newspaper and pastoral ministry experience. He has been to 15 Bruce Springsteen concerts in four cities and listened to “Thunder Road” an average of at least once a day for 41 years.

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Members of Cedarcreek Covenant Church took turns saying goodbye to pastor Kenton Johnson and his family.

‘Drive-by’ Goodbye Celebration Honors Departing Pastor

May 4, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

It was certainly an unusual send-off when Cedarcreek Covenant […]

The Hobbs Family performed call-in hymn requests.

KICY Radio Even More Important to Alaska Bush During Crisis

May 4, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

KICY radio has played an important role in connecting Alaska villages […]

Oscar "Smiley" Parham (center) posed with friends, family, and Lauren Daigle (fifth from left) shortly after being released from Stateville Correctional Center.

How Can It Be? Oscar Parham’s Best Last Day of Prison

Apr 29, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

How Can It Be? Oscar Parham's Best Last Day of Prison by Stan Friedman | April 29, 2020 Oscar “Smiley” Parham says he had the best exit from prison in history. “I am talking about in history! [...]

Pardoned

Apr 28, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

Pardoned How a life sentence in prison became the place of call for Smiley Parham by Stan Friedman | April 28, 2020 Fifty-year-old Oscar “Smiley” Parham was just five years old when his father had a heart attack and died [...]

Deborah Masten and the Global Emergency Response Team of Serve Globally were responsible for making sure Covenant personnel were safe.

Getting Serve Globally Personnel to Safety Amid Pandemic

Apr 27, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

Evens and Karina Paul, along with their two small children, were preparing […]

ECC #GivingTuesdayNow to Benefit Relief Initiative

Apr 27, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

CHICAGO, IL (April 27, 2020) – Covenanters are invited to give, as they are able, to the recently launched Covenant COVID-19 Financial Relief Initiative on #GivingTuesdayNOW, May 5. .The Covenant’s unprecedented financial relief initiative provides: Short-term loans to local churches, […]