In the Covenant we identify as non-creedal, meaning we do not adhere to a specific creed. But non-creedal does not mean we are without theology. The six Covenant affirmations address the question, “What does the Covenant believe?” Retired North Park Theological Seminary professor Klyne Snodgrass joins us.
As a denomination, we voted to ordain women in ministry in 1976. In this episode, we talk with Evelyn Johnson, a woman of many firsts, including the first woman elected to lead a department at Covenant Offices within the budget and the first female superintendent. She shares her memories of those early years and her experiences serving in more than 40 years of ministry in the Covenant.
The Covenant Executive Board of the Evangelical Covenant Church and the Ordered Ministry and Develop Leaders Nominating Committee has selected Rev. Herb Frost as its nominee for the role of executive minister of Ordered Ministry and Develop Leaders.
Retired Covenant pastor Reuben Clifford Rosnau died March 30. He was 77.
Covenant pastor Douglas James “Jim” Tait II died on March 1 in Walker, Michigan. He was 72.
Covenant pastor and historian Jonathan Wilson shares an overview of Moravianism and how this movement impacted the Covenant. And Sally Carlson, associate pastor of Shoreline Covenant Church, tells us how she became Covenant and why she loves the Cov.
Covenant pastor John “Big John” Perkins Jr. passed away on March 25 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was 38.
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
