Applications Sought for Start and Strengthen Churches Executive Minister
Applications are being accepted for the position of executive minister of the Start and Strengthen Churches (SSC) mission priority through January 6, 2019.
Day 4 Gift Idea: Invest in New Churches
Today we highlight how you can help plant a new church. Planting churches […]
Day 3 Gift Idea: Helping Ministers in Crisis
Throughout the Advent season, Covenant Newswire is highlighting daily gift selections from the CovenantCares giving guide. … Today we highlight the opportunity to help ministers in the midst of crisis. Studies repeatedly show that ministers experience more stress and demands than ever before. That stress is amplified when they suffer a catastrophe, family illness, or emotional challenges.
Early Online Registration Opens for ‘I Am’ Triennial
Online early registration is now open for “I Am,” the Covenant triennial gathering by women for women.
Day 2 Gift Idea: Provide Employment, Affordable Housing
CHICAGO, IL (December 2, 2018) – Throughout the Advent season, Covenant Newswire will highlight daily gift selections from the CovenantCares giving guide. With the free annual catalog, Covenanters can partner with their brothers and sisters around the globe to give […]
Day 1 Gift Idea: Help Translate BLESS Resources
Throughout the Advent season, Covenant Newswire will highlight […]
Covenant Minister Leads Rally in Swedish Village Following Racist Incident
More than 120 people turned out for a rally in the town square organized by Covenant pastor Derek Walles in response to a racist incident. A severed pig head was left on the doorstep of an apartment building where four Muslim families live with a that read, “Go back to where you came from!”
Five for Friday: Missionary Debate, Best Family Games, ‘Smart Dress’ Experiment
Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles
and videos […]
Alaska Covenanters Rocked by Powerful Quake
James Barefoot was standing in a commercial building at 8:30 this morning that “felt like it was coming down.” […]
Strong Earthquake Hits Anchorage
Alaska Conference superintendent Curtis Ivanoff said […]
Free Advent Devotional Features Covenant Voices
“Bearing the Wait: An Advent Companion,” the new devotional guide from the editors
The Unnerving Season
Long before the 3-M company invented Post-it Notes, God was already prompting his people to jot down reminders of important events. The Hebrew word zakhor, which means remember, appears 169 times in the Hebrew Bible. The call to remember, along with the admonition not to forget, appears so frequently in the book of Deuteronomy that some scholars say the text puts forth a theology of memory for people of faith.