Participants in Highrock Covenant Church’s Theology Lab reflect on faith, evil, and suffering. Through honest, personal stories, they explore how the church can face pain with hope—learning not to explain it away but to bear it faithfully together.
The Covenant’s Leader Health and Development Team is made up of conference leaders who walk with pastors and chaplains so they don’t experience ministry alone. Through shared wisdom, encouragement, and practical support, they help leaders stay grounded in Christ and supported by community—because healthy leaders shape healthy churches.
As Domestic Violence Awareness month concludes, we highlight the impact of Covenant’s Safe Sanctuaries training, which equips pastors and congregants to recognize abuse within their pews, confront difficult biblical texts, and transform silence into sanctuary.
Jessica Springer, the Covenant’s new director of children and family ministry, reflects on her hope for helping families see everyday life as sacred. She envisions nurturing faith through listening, collaboration, and creativity in homes and congregations.
In this interview, Glenn Peterson shares why church planting begins with humility and dependence on the Spirit, what he learned in Canada, and how every church can engage as a plant, planting, or partner in God’s renewing work.
Sewa Fields shares how domestic abuse hid behind silence and misused theology, and how a friend’s belief helped her find freedom. She invites churches to believe disclosures, put safety first, speak up, and walk with survivors into healing and justice.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we share a reflection from survivor leader Sunita on Isaiah 61:4. From the Covenant’s Week of Prayer resource and FREE, the anti-sex trafficking initiative, it invites prayer for survivors and those who accompany them toward healing.
Dunamis Life Covenant Church launched September 27 in the Bronx, led by Pastor Jessica Flores. Rooted in Luke 4:18, the church equips neighbors to confront injustice, pursue healing, and embody Christ’s liberating love so communities can flourish.
Drawing from Mark 5, Bronwyn Murphy reflects on Jairus and the bleeding woman to show that Jesus meets us in suffering with shalom, a healing that restores body and soul, and invites trust even when a cure does not come.
New vice president of mission priorities Rev. Michael White shares early priorities: supporting Serve Clergy, Serve Locally, and Serve Globally to align initiatives, reduce silos, and better resource conferences and local churches for ministry with clarity and shared purpose.
CovChurch Now is a weekly email to share news, stories, and resources with the Covenant family.
