CKC Partnership to Bring Clean Water to Karawa Hospital
A new Covenant Kids Congo (CKC) project could save a hundred lives each year by providing a consistent source of clean water to the local hospital. Currently the hospital only has access to clean water three hours a week.
The Scars of Conscience
Revealing the hidden trauma of moral injury
Hindustani Covenant Church Pastor Killed
Pastor Nandu Tadokha was praying for his attackers shortly before he died last month. The 58-year-old Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) pastor was assaulted April 24 by religious extremists while he was walking home from preaching in one of the 10 villages he served, according to witnesses. Despite suffering severe internal injuries, he was able to walk to a hospital. He died several days later.
Teacher: Another Shooting. What Next?
The “what ifs” seemed endless. One child asked if it might happen again. […]
5 Minutes with Fanchon Kelley: Getting Outside Her Bubble
Fanchon Kelley served as a global intern at Immanuelskyrkan (Immanuel International Church) in Stockholm, Sweden, last summer. The Global Internships program through Serve Globally provides opportunities to learn, serve, and gain intercultural experience as interns work alongside national partners and missionaries. In June Kelley is returning to Stockholm for her second internship.
Bethany Benefit Service Launches Wellness Incentive Program
Enrollees in the Bethany Benefit Service health insurance plan can earn $200 through a new wellness initiative intended to spur participants to seek preventative care and make lifestyle changes.
CovEnterprises Grant Draws People Together at Gathering House
The ethnically diverse audience was a rarity in this city where 87 percent of the 200,000 residents are white. They had come to the Gathering House Covenant Church and Café to hear poetry, a music trio, and a talk on racial reconciliation as well as celebrate Women’s History Month.
Five for Friday: Redemption in Prison, Jesus and Healing Reconsidered, Saving Redwoods
Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos […]
Video Outlining Pension Plan Changes Posted
A video outlining key proposed changes to the Covenant Pension Plan and the implications […]
Mozambique Covenanters Spread Hope Amid Ongoing Tragedy
Although the Melanie Center sustained significant damage to its building when Cyclone Idai destroyed 90 percent of this city nearly two months ago, the ministry of the Covenant Church of Mozambique continues to feed 100 children a day and has helped reduce the spread of cholera by serving as a vaccination site.
Grace and Peace
Lately I have been reading Michael Massing’s massive Fatal Discord, an account of the relationship between the sixteenth-century scholar Desiderius Erasmus and the reformer Martin Luther. Erasmus was a typical academic: happiest when surrounded by his books. He longed for […]
Fire Damages Valley Covenant Church
Valley Covenant will hold its Sunday service at a local school […]