Stan Friedman

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Stan is an ordained minister with the Covenant Church, serving as lead storyteller for Marketing Communications.

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Temporary Solutions for Livestreaming Church Services

Mar 13, 2020By Stan Friedman3 Comments

As churches cancel in-person services, many are moving to livestream […]

The U.S. Government has told Rebecca Trimble she must leave the country by Saturday or face deportation.

Brought to U.S. When 3 Days Old, Bethel Woman Faces Deportation

Mar 12, 2020By Stan Friedman2 Comments

“I feel like God can move mountains and he is in control […]

T.W. Anderson Award Nominations Being Accepted

Mar 11, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

CHICAGO, IL (March 11, 2020) – The deadline for receiving nominations for the Theodore (T.W.) Anderson Award is Sunday, April 5. The award is named in honor of the only lay president to serve the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is […]

Congregations Make Changes, Cancel Events Amid Virus Concerns

Mar 11, 2020By Stan Friedman1 Comment

CHICAGO, IL (March 11, 2020) – Concern over spread of the coronavirus disease led at least three Covenant congregations to cancel in-person services Sunday and others to change the way they received offerings and served communion. Churches also reported canceling […]

Workers collected massive piles of debris across the region.

New Church, LMDJ Respond to Tornado Disaster

Mar 7, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

“It’s unbelievable, just unbelievable,” Joey Maldonado said as he surveyed […]

President Mathew Jock Moses looks forward to the day when members of the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia can return to South Sudan from the refugee camps in which they have been living.

ECCSSE President Hopeful of Peace Treaty Success

Mar 5, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

Fighting forced the denomination to relocate its headquarters […]

Obituary: Thomas K. Gundersen

Feb 28, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

ROCKFORD, IL (February 28, 2020) – Retired Covenant pastor Thomas K. Gundersen died Saturday, Feb. 22. He was 88. Tom was born January 3, 1932, in Negaunee, Mich., to Carl and Signe (Fond) Gundersen. He graduated from Bethel Seminary in […]