Delegates to the Midwest Conference annual meeting last month voted to elect Brian Johnson as their new superintendent. Johnson has been serving as acting superintendent since Tammy Swanson-Draheim stepped down from that role to serve as president of the denomination.
Covenant Trust Company announces the appointment of Steve Klimkowski as its next president, effective July 1, 2023. He succeeds Anne Wiesbrock, who will retire after serving in the role since 2010.
A Presidential Nominating Committee has been formed and begins their work to identify a new, permanent president.
After much prayer and discernment, Angela Yee, the Covenant’s chief ministry officer/executive director of ministry development, has announced her plan to transition from her role, effective October 1, 2023.
Taylor Burgoyne announced his decision to resign his role as president as he moves into a new pastoral call.
The award is named in honor of the only lay president to serve the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is presented during each year’s Annual Meeting and honors a layperson who has demonstrated a life of commitment and dedication to Christ and the church.
The Make & Deepen Disciples Nominating Committee moves to pause the search process for the MDD executive minister until after the 2023 Annual Meeting, in order to allow time to discern a new staffing structure.
Local Covenant churches may download the Congregational Annual Meeting Letter from President Tammy Swanson-Draheim.
The Board of Covenant Trust Company has appointed Scott Hanson, vice president of Finance for Covenant Ministries of Benevolence, to chair the search committee for the replacement of Ann Wiesbrock, president of Covenant Trust Company.
Ann P. Wiesbrock announced her retirement as president of Covenant Trust Company effective in the spring of 2023. Wiesbrock has served as president of Covenant Trust Company and executive director of Covenant Estate Planning Services since 2010.
