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A Full Cup

Embrace Church in Kirkwood, Missouri, partners with a local coffee shop and the special needs program at their local high school to move ministry outside their own walls.

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Listening to Eloheh

Love Mercy Do Justice is partnering with Indigenous leaders to create an immersive learning experience that explores our relationship to harmony, wholeness, and abundance.

Features

The Beat, the Blood, and the Blessing: Part Two

Gospel has always played a crucial role in the soundtrack of the struggle. Missional storyteller Jelani Greenidge traces his musical history through six decades of sacred music. Part 2: The 90’s – Today.

The Beat, the Blood, and the Blessing: Part One

Gospel has always played a crucial role in the soundtrack of the struggle. Missional storyteller Jelani Greenidge traces his musical history through six decades of sacred music. Part 1: The ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.

Dance of the Iron Heart

Global personnel Tammi and Jochy Hernández balance artistry, mission work, and family life to reach those who feel on the outside of the traditional church.

Listening to Eloheh

Love Mercy Do Justice is partnering with Indigenous leaders to create an immersive learning experience that explores our relationship to harmony, wholeness, and abundance.

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Dancing in the Dust

Struggling to find my way into Lent.

Commentary

Common Grace

A day in the mud can turn into a holy moment. 

Our Most Critical Need

President Tammy Swanson-Draheim calls us to the collective, collaborative work of praying together.

Weekly updates from the Evangelical Covenant Church

Arts & Culture

Freedom to Wonder

Mandy Smith’s Unfettered encourages us to discover a more Jesus-centered faith.

State of the Church

Lifelong Covenanter Kurt Peterson reviews Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why It Matters by Bob Smietana.

As You Age

Ryan Eikenbary-Barber reviews Man Overboard: A Medical Lifeline for the Aging Male by Craig Bowron, M.D.

Home Altar

A devotional guide written by Covenanters, the Covenant Home Altar invites us to take time in our day for God’s word, quiet meditation, and prayer. To receive printed copies of the Covenant Home Altar you may subscribe below. One subscription is for one year, which includes four quarterly issues.

Announcements

Angela Yee to Transition Out of Current Role

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.

Seeking TW Anderson Award Nominees

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.

Podcast

Sankofa: Join Us on the Bus

Hear from leaders and participants, as well as Sankofa veteran Nilwona Nowlin, who walks us through the journey—and shares her reflections after years of getting on the bus. For more information visit covchurch.org/sankofa

We Are a Multiethnic Mosaic

Mary Chung March outlines our history of becoming a multiethnic mosaic, growing from our roots as a Swedish immigrant church. And Steve Wong, pastor of the first Asian American church plant in the Covenant, reflects on his journey into the Covenant, how he has seen the denomination change, and our call to continue becoming the beloved community.

We Seek Racial Righteousness

Covenant historian Hauna Ondrey and Dominique Gilliard join us to talk about the end of the 1960s, the Black Manifesto, the Covenant’s unique response to this call to white churches and synagogues—and where we witness similar themes in our culture today.

We Make Affirmations

In the Covenant we identify as non-creedal, meaning we do not adhere to a specific creed. But non-creedal does not mean we are without theology. The six Covenant affirmations address the question, “What does the Covenant believe?” Retired North Park Theological Seminary professor Klyne Snodgrass joins us.

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In Memoriam

Joel Jueckstock

Ordained Covenant chaplain Joel Jueckstock passed away from cancer in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 2, 2023. He was 40.

Leslie B. Pearson

Retired Covenant pastor Leslie B. Pearson died February 14, 2023, in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 92.

J. David Wood

Retired Covenant missionary and pastor J. David Wood died February 14. He was 93.

Connie McCain

Connie McCain, wife of retired Covenant pastor Mike McCain, died on December 22, 2022. She was 70.