Grief, Trauma Counselors Sought for Haiti Initiative

CHICAGO, IL (February 10, 2009) – World Relief International is seeking grief and trauma counselors to help with work in Haiti. Counselors who speak French or Creole are especially needed.

Congregation’s ‘Trailer’ Days Give Way to New Edifice

ORLAND PARK, IL (February 10, 2010) – For 14 years, members of Hope Covenant Church had to pull all of the church equipment out of a trailer and set it up at the school where the congregation met. Those days are now behind them.

Expensive Water a Reminder of Challenges Facing Haiti

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN (February 9, 2010) – The youth group at International Falls Covenant Church has been charging exorbitant prices for an eight-ounce bottle of water to raise funds to benefit Haiti.

Haitian-Born Covenanter Coordinates USAID Relief

WASHINGTON, DC (February 8, 2010) – Former North Park University professor and Covenanter Robert Boncy, who led the school’s first mission trips to his native Haiti, is now helping coordinate the U.S. government’s recovery efforts in the decimated country, where he lost two relatives.

Not the Same Old Grind: Coffee Entrepreneurs Help Others

BRANDON, SD (February 8, 2010) – Pat and Marge McClanahan started their coffee roasting business as a way to pay for their seminary education. That hasn’t worked out, but it is helping to fund an orphanage in Haiti as well as other mission work around the world.

Bicycling from Alaska to Argentina, One Covenanters Journey

CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2010) – Matt Kelly is riding his bicycle 18,000 miles from Alaska to the city considered the most southern in the world because he sat in front of his computer reading blogs one frosty January night.

Much-Used Counseling Center Gets New Facility

SOLDOTNA, AK (February 4, 2010) – The New Hope Counseling Center has been able to increase its services to students at Alaska Christian College and the surrounding community, thanks to a new building funded through donations and constructed largely by volunteer labor.

Sale of CBC Property Makes Possible New Seminary Center

CHICAGO, IL (February 1, 2010) – The legacy of Covenant Bible College (CBC) as an institution that prepared its students for intercultural ministry will continue with the formation of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary.