Obituary: Nancy (Kristoffersen) Dahlberg
(June 5, 2020) – Nancy (Kristoffersen) Dahlberg, wife of the late executive secretary of Covenant World Mission Raymond Dahlberg, died on May 31 in Northbrook, Illinois. She was 86. Born on June 28, 1933, in Chicago to Karl and Sigfrid […]
Obituary: Kenneth E. Wicklund
GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (June 5, 2020) – Kenneth E. Wicklund, former missionary to DR Congo and Japan, died Wednesday, May 20. He was 96. Born February 10, 1924, to Iver and Ruth (Newquist) Wicklund in Junction City, Wisconsin, he attended […]
LMDJ to Host Solidarity Event
CHICAGO (June 4, 2020)—As the country grieves the killing of George Floyd, civil unrest, and anti-black racism the church cries out, “How long, O Lord?” In the Evangelical Covenant Church, we take seriously our call to practice solidarity with all […]
Clergy Gather in Silent Minneapolis March
By Jill Riley (June 3, 2020)—Pastors from throughout the region joined together to “bear silent witness” yesterday in a march in Minneapolis that concluded at the location where George Floyd was killed on May 25. Nearly 40 Covenant pastors from […]
Obituary: Rocky Cook
SAN ANTONIO, TX (June 3, 2020) – Retired pastor and chaplain Raymond (Rocky) A. Cook died Friday, May 29. He was 71. He was born May 17, 1949, to Ray and Gloria Cook in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from […]
Thrive: Free Online Leadership Conference for Coronavirus Relief
(June 2, 2020) – Bayside Church, a Covenant congregation with campuses throughout California, is offering the Thrive Summit, a free leadership conference hosted online June 15-16. The event seeks to empower Christian leaders to connect, encourage them to continue their […]
George Floyd Response
George Floyd Response May 27, 2020 Pandemic · adjective · occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population Synonyms · widespread · prevalent · pervasive · rife · rampant · [...]
Ministerial Credentialing Delayed until 2021
CHICAGO (May 29, 2020)—Candidates who were scheduled to finalize their ordination, commissioning, consecration, and transfer of credentials at Gather 2020 will delay until June 2021, the Board of the Ordered Ministry announced this week. Those who were scheduled to finalize […]
The Written Witness
Your Story Matters Finding, Writing, and Living the Truth of Your Life Leslie Leyland Fields NavPress, 224 pages Reviewed by Tonia Gütting | May 27, 2020 Our coronavirus quarantine was interrupted recently by a tornado that cut a chunk out of [...]
Two Covenant Pension and Benefit Deadlines Approaching
(CHICAGO) May 20, 2020—Two deadlines regarding the reorganization of the Covenant Pension Plan (CPP) that took place on December 31, 2019, are pending. The first deadline refers to the annual option all active CPP participants have to “freeze” their accrued […]
The Sacred Work of True Shalom
I Bring the Voices of My People A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation Chanequa Walker-Barnes Eerdmans, 280 pages Reviewed by Leeann Younger | May 19, 2020 Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a professor of pastoral care and counseling at McAfee School of [...]
The Lord Is My Smartphone
One of the challenges every pastor has is to present God’s word in a way that is relatable to people in their everyday context. It requires the skill of cultural exegesis—learning the nuances of a culture in order to accurately […]