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Thai Church President, Wife Escape Injury in Bus Accident

ROI ET, THAILAND (May 7, 2010) – The president of the Thailand Covenant Church and his wife survived a recent bus accident on their way to obtain visas that would allow them to attend the 125th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church in St. Paul next month.

Superintendent: Jim Fretheim
Associate superintendent: Mark Stromberg
Organized: 1884
Number of churches: 137

Conference office address:

3106 47th Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55406
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Contact info:

Phone: (612) 721-4893
Fax: (612) 721-4895
Email: info(AT)nwc-cov.org
Website: nwc-cov.org

Institution:

Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bible camps:

Adventurous Christians/Covenant Wilderness Center, Grand Marais, Minnesota
Bluewater Covenant Bible Camp, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Covenant Park Bible Camp, Mahtowa, Minnesota
Covenant Pines Bible Camp, McGregor, Minnesota
Lake Beauty Covenant Bible Camp, Long Prairie, Minnesota

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