Love Mercy Do Justice
We equip the local church to serve in the areas of criminal justice, domestic disaster response, immigration, intercultural development, community development ministry, economic justice, abuse advocacy, and racial righteousness.
Love Mercy Do Justice
How We Help Fix a Broken World
Immersive Learning Experiences
Immersive Learning Experiences are transformative opportunities that invite us to step beyond the confines of our daily routines and unite with fellow believers to explore the Purposeful Narrative woven through the lives of our neighbors and God’s unwavering sovereignty, even amidst tumultuous times.
Immigration
How is the God who invites us to welcome the stranger calling the church to respond to the warranted fear of family separation and mass deportations among immigrants? Love Mercy Do Justice invites our churches to offer welcome and hospitality to our immigrant neighbors in their unique contexts.
Community Development
Community Development Ministry Grants are available to churches addressing the needs of their local communities. These grants aim to strengthen and transform individuals, families, and entire neighborhoods. Whether you are starting a new ministry or enhancing an existing one, these funds will help your church answer God’s call to bring Shalom beyond its walls.
Racial Righteousness
We are commissioned to make God’s name known and love shown throughout the world. Our racial righteousness and reconciliation ministries unpack what this looks like within a divided world. We offer Bible studies, immersive learning experiences, and congregational learning opportunities to help churches understand the biblical and theological basis for racial righteousness and reconciliation.
Safe Sanctuaries
The Evangelical Covenant Church addresses intimate partner violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault, through the Safe Sanctuaries initiative. This program, rooted in our foundational commitment to advocating for victims, acknowledges the reality of brokenness and sin in the world.
Intercultural Development
We provide training, coaching, leadership development, assessments, curriculum, and practical tools to move churches along in their intercultural competency and development.
Domestic Disaster Response
Love Mercy Do Justice works in coordination with Covenant World Relief & Development, regional conferences, and local congregations that have partnerships with organizations on the ground in affected areas, to respond to those in need during times of disaster.
The FREE Initiative
Globally, an estimated 4.7 million people are currently trapped in sex trafficking. In the United States alone, between 250,000 and 350,000 children and adolescents are at risk each year. FREE is an anti-sex trafficking initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church, mobilizing the church to Pray, Learn, Give, and Act against this injustice both domestically and worldwide.
Resources
As we seek biblical wisdom on how we engage the topic of immigration, we invite you to participate in a Liturgical Common Read of Welcoming the Stranger. Through this communal Covenant-wide reading experience, we’ll explore what God’s Word says about caring for immigrants and refugees. Join us as we prayerfully discern together, practice solidarity as a denominational family, and live into our calling as followers of Christ who welcome the stranger.
Immersive Learning Experiences are transformative opportunities that invite us to step beyond the confines of our daily routines and unite with fellow believers to explore the Purposeful Narrative woven through the lives of our neighbors and God’s unwavering sovereignty, even amidst tumultuous times.
Every April, Love Mercy Do Justice offers grants to Covenant churches serving their communities through ministries rooted in Matthew 25:35-40. These grants foster transformation and shalom. Applications are due by April 30.
The current political chaos has unleashed warranted fear of family separation and mass deportations. How is the God who invites us to welcome the stranger calling the church to respond? Love Mercy Do Justice proposes a response that invites our churches to offer welcome and hospitality to our immigrant neighbors.
The first iteration of what will become a series of Bible studies focused on justice, racial righteousness, and the mosaic nature of the kingdom of God.
A printable and video curriculum for kids that explores the theology and practical application of the justice journey for both the church and home, available in English and Spanish.
Assessments and practical tools to move churches along in their intercultural comprehension and development.
The Evangelical Covenant Church aims to join God’s mission for more disciples among diverse populations in a caring and just world. Guided by the questions, “Where is it written?” and “How goes your walk?”, we provide this curated resource to support and enhance communal conversations in today’s polarized season. These resources offer a biblical foundation for challenging discussions, rooted in our new life in Christ and informed by Jesus’ life and ministry.
Alongside partners throughout the denomination, we work together to educate, equip, connect, and empower congregations to be the hands and feet of Christ in the midst of the complexities of the criminal justice system.
Pastor Kim Wright Honored with Irving C. Lambert Award
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.
Singing Songs of Freedom
This Juneteenth, Ramelia Williams invites us to honor ancestors’ resilience and dreams, lament equity rollbacks, and sing freedom’s song—even in strange lands. Rise and remember.
Pastor Ed’s Dream
The inaugural Journey to Mosaic in the Midsouth Conference brought the late Pastor Ed Lee’s vision to life, fostering unity and deepening relationships through shared experiences and the timeless message of God’s love for all people.
Michael White Is New Vice President of Mission Priorities
Michael White will join the Covenant denominational team as the new vice president of mission priorities.
Welcoming the Stranger: A Covenant Tradition
The Covenant Church began as an immigrant community, shaping our legacy of hospitality. In today’s climate, how can we honor this history and reaffirm our call to welcome?
Following Jesus: A Call to Courage and Commitment
Rev. Sanetta Ponton calls the church to live out true discipleship with courage, sacrifice, and justice every day. Don’t miss this powerful message!
