Chief Operating Officer Shares Decision to Transition from Role
After much prayer and discernment, Rebecca Gonzalez has announced that she will transition from her role as executive director of Operations for the Evangelical Covenant Church.
After much prayer and discernment, Rebecca Gonzalez has announced that she will transition from her role as executive director of Operations for the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Retired Covenant pastor Carl Lewis Taylor of Wayzata, Minnesota, passed away on March 7. He was 83.
Nancy Carlson Merritt, widow of Covenant pastor John T. Carlson, died in Carol Stream, Illinois, on February 28
Grace Shim has been nominated for the role of executive minister of Serve Globally. Shim will stand for election at the denomination’s 136th Annual Meeting in June.
Curtis Ivanoff talks about our long history in Alaska, where the Covenant has been engaged since our very earliest days when the church in Sweden sent people to share the gospel of Jesus. It’s a complicated story that Curtis engages with compassion and generosity as he unpacks our identity as Indigenous Mission Friends.
Donald Earl Lindman, retired Covenant pastor, passed away in Batavia, Illinois, on January 29. He was 89.
We invite churches and individuals across the Covenant to join in prayer for peace, protection, and relief for those who are suffering.
The C. John Weborg Center for Spiritual Direction is accepting applications for its next cohort.
Harold Spooner talks about our long history serving marginalized people, beginning with our early children’s home and hospital and continuing our mission to love mercy and do justice. And Todd Slechta shares why he loves the Cov, saying, “I came into the Covenant because I turned left for a cheeseburger.”
Laura Lou Sandstrom, widow of Covenant pastor and chaplain Bill Sandstrom, died January 27. She was 93.
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