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 […]
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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 […]
Shattering False Redemption
Shattering False Redemption Sharing the Hard Stories of Our History by Leeann Younger | March 21, 2019 This year our church plant will celebrate our ninth Easter Sunday together. (Can we can still be called a church plant?) Every year [...]
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 […]
Ready to Rumble
Brown’s research on leadership reads like a series of stories from a friend. Her witty insights and personal failures invite us as readers to consider our own stories, the ways we have led with courage and vulnerability, and the new paths we must take forward. This book has challenges and encouragement for anyone who desires to lead with their whole self, in or out of the workplace.
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.
Paying Attention to Death
It is perhaps commonplace to think of life as a blur. Lent asks us to slow down, to pay attention.
Big Q: What Are You Waiting For?
Pastor Carol Shimmin Nordstrom writes in her February devotional of the Covenant Home Altar about overhearing staff at a coffee shop talking about what they were waiting for—finishing college, the season opener for a college sports team, etc. She was surprised […]