2025 Women in Leadership Awards
At Gather 2025, three pastors—Ruby Varghese, Tamara Fore Ravelo, and Marti Burger—were honored for authentic leadership, preaching from personal story, and inviting others to the table.
At Gather 2025, three pastors—Ruby Varghese, Tamara Fore Ravelo, and Marti Burger—were honored for authentic leadership, preaching from personal story, and inviting others to the table.
Community Covenant Church in Upsala answered the 2021 repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery by partnering with Mokahum Discipleship Ministry—collaborating on construction, shared worship, cultural teaching, and mission trips.
Covenant congregations across Alaska welcomed and supported a pastor from Maine as he and his sixteen-dog team marked the 100th Serum Run anniversary, retracing the 700-mile relay to Nome.
Oak Heights Covenant Church hosts a monthly Fare for All grocery pop-up, serving 174 families in two hours—third-highest among 33 sites—showing how a small congregation shares Christ’s love through food security.
Covenant ethnic associations—ALIPE, CAPA, IMA, and AAMA—issue statements urging the Church to stand with our immigrant neighbors.
Last week, delegates and global leaders gathered to celebrate 140 years of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Together we shared powerful worship, heard stories of God’s faithfulness, welcomed new churches, and celebrated the commissioning, ordination, and consecration of new ministers and global personnel.
Roger A. Rosengren of Alexandria (Minnesota) Covenant Church received the 2025 Theodore W. Anderson Award for outstanding lay ministry. For more than 50 years, he has been a committed servant to the church, making a significant and lasting impact in his community of faith for the mission of the gospel of Jesus.
Pastor Kim Wright was honored with the 2025 Irving C. Lambert Outstanding Urban Ministries Award on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the 140th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
As we prepare for Gather 2025, we’re sharing highlights from each conference’s annual meeting held earlier this year. These regional gatherings brought leaders together for worship, fellowship, and church business—laying the groundwork for the 140th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC) has released a statement calling for peace, dignity, and reconciliation amid global conflicts affecting more than 60 war zones worldwide.
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