A church planter returns to his roots in West Virginia.
Stan Friedman
Small Towns Pull Together in Crisis
SLOAN, IA (March 22, 2019) – This is how small towns are. Sloan is seven miles from Hornick, which completely flooded on Thursday, March 14, after a levee north of the community was breached due to the heavy rain and […]
Funds Set Up to Help Disaster Victims in Midwest, Mozambique
CHICAGO, IL (March 22, 2019) – The Evangelical Covenant Church has established two separate funds to help people respond to the flooding disasters in the Midwest and Mozambique. Local congregations in the Midwest also have been providing assistance in their […]
Nearly All of Beira Destroyed, Melanie Center Students Safe
BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE (March 19, 2019) – Children and staff at the Melanie Center, a ministry of the Covenant Church of Mozambique, are safe, and the local church where they sought shelter sustained only minor damage when Cyclone Idai ripped through […]
Historic Flooding Impacts Covenanters
Record flooding that has ravaged much of the Upper Midwest turned […]
Seventh Circuit Rules Clergy Housing Allowance Constitutional
MADISON, WI (March 18, 2019) — The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals declared the clergy housing allowance constitutional, overturning a lower court’s decision on Friday. Under the law, a “minister of the gospel” doesn’t pay income taxes on compensation that […]
Five for Friday: Feminist Marvel, Pretzels for God, Toddler Meltdowns
CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2019) – 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 […]
Seeking Safety
The painful passage of a family fleeing persecution and the power of Covenant voices
Covenanters in Mozambique “Hunkered Down” Amid Cyclone
Staff and children who live at the Melanie Center, a ministry featured in the current issue of the Companion, are finding shelter at a local Covenant Church of Mozambique building as Cyclone Idai batters the area.
Next Embrace Webinar: Race, Sexuality, and Intersectionality
The next Embrace webinar, “Race, Sexuality, and Intersectionality,” will be a conversation with Branden S. Polk, CEO and founder of Arrowhead Advising, LLC.
Five for Friday: Giant Bees, College Men Don’t Travel, Food Mysteries Solved
CHICAGO, IL (March 1, 2019) – 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 […]
Hospital One of Eight in Nation to Receive Victim Assistance Grant
A new $950,000 grant awarded to Swedish Covenant Hospital will enable the health care provider to expand a program that has been successful in helping staff to recognize undetected signs that someone has been a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or human trafficking.