Rev. Stephen Chuang Deng Rueh, vice president of the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia (ECCSSE), passed away on October 28 in Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Retired Covenant pastor and former superintendent Paul Johnson died November 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Retired Covenant minister and superintendent George Elia passed away October 2, 2023, in North Carolina.

Retired Covenant minister and former superintendent of the Central Conference Herbert Freedholm died July 21.

Retired Covenant missionary Ruth A. M. Widman died July 26, 2023, in Batavia, Illinois. She was 107.

Linda Anderson, wife of Covenant pastor Timothy Anderson, passed away from ovarian cancer on August 6, 2023, in Rochester, Minnesota. She was 74.

Longtime Covenant leader David W. DeVries died July 5.

Retired Covenant minister and educator John K. Larson died June 14, 2023. He was 78.

Retired Covenant pastor Deborah J. Power died April 1, 2023. She was 71.

Jane Wiberg, widow of Covenant pastor Glen Wiberg, passed away June 19, 2023, in Golden Valley, Minnesota. She was 96.