Six-Fold Test Summit: What Does It Mean to Practice Solidarity?
(July 8, 2020) — The Mosaic Commission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, formerly called the Ethnic Commission, convened a Six-Fold Test Reset Summit last month to discuss how the ECC is living into the Six-Fold Test, especially in the current […]
Reimagining Church
In May, when churches were in the second month of a nationwide shut- down, John Wenrich, president of the Evangelical Covenant Church, sat down with Ed Stetzer, contributing editor for Christianity Today, executive director of Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, and interim teaching pastor at Moody Church in Chicago, to talk about ministry and leadership.
Obituary: Robert S. Thornbloom—Updated Service Details
By Bob Smietana NORTHBROOK, IL (June 6, 2020) – Robert S. Thornbloom, retired Covenant missionary engineer whose life was devoted to the work of the church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died Wednesday, June 3, from complications of […]
The Power of “Yes”: Oceanhills Covenant Church Raises $1 Million for DR Congo
(June 25, 2020) – Oceanhills Covenant Church in Santa Barbara, California, has been raising funds for the past eight years for Covenant Kids Congo, a partnership between the Evangelical Covenant Church, World Vision, and the Covenant Church of Congo. Recently […]
Juneteenth March Draws Over 700
By Nilwona Nowlin (June 24, 2020) — On Friday, June 19, Radiant Covenant Church in Renton, Washington, commemorated the Juneteenth holiday with an event they called March to Surrender. Mike Thomas, Radiant’s senior pastor, says the idea for the march […]
Congregational Vitality Launches “2.0”
(June 24, 2020) – Earlier this month, the Start and Strengthen Churches mission priority team hosted its second session of a two-part retreat launching what Paul Lessard, executive minister for Start and Strengthen Churches, calls Vitality 2.0. The first retreat […]
Serve Globally Hosts Webinar on Whole Mission for the Church
CHICAGO (June 23, 2020) — In the midst of an increasingly virtual society that is also facing broken systems such as racism, poverty, and class divisions, Serve Globally is hosting a webinar June 24-26 focused on strengthening churches with thoughtful […]
Obituary: Ben James Chuol—Updated Service Information
By Nilwona Nowlin (June 10, 2020) — Ben James Chuol, son of Rev. James Chuol Tang, Covenant global personnel, died on May 30. He was 17. Born on September 19, 2002, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, to James Chuol Tang and […]
Virtual 6K Raises $170K for Clean Water
CHICAGO (June 12, 2020) — More than 2,000 Covenanters participated in the Global 6K for Water last month, despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Funds raised will provide clean water to more than 3,000 children in the Democratic Republic […]
Obituary: Betty Carlson
By Hannah Hawkinson SOUTH BEND, IN (June 6, 2020) – Elizabeth “Betty” Carlson, wife of the late Covenant pastor John Carlson and champion of women’s ministry with a decades-long legacy of service to the Evangelical Covenant Church, died on May […]
Minneapolis Churches Get to Work in Response to Protests
By Nilwona Nowlin MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 6, 2020) —The day after George Floyd was killed by police, Edrin Williams, pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, posted a message on Facebook with four challenges for people as they considered next […]
Husby Announces Retirement from CWR
CHICAGO (June 4, 2020)—For the past eleven years, as director of Covenant World Relief, David Husby served poor and marginalized people through CWR partners around the world. He will retire on June 30. “Through Dave’s leadership, CWR has become the […]