ST. PAUL, MN (June 25, 2010) – The Evangelical Covenant Church finished with a $99,000 surplus for 2009, Treasurer and Director of Pension Dean Lundgren informed delegates during today’s business session of the 125th Annual Meeting.
HINSDALE, IL (June 23, 2010) – Fifteen women from Hinsdale Covenant Church raised $2,000 for Break the Chains by competing in a local 18-mile triathlon even though most of them had never participated in the event before.
NEW YORK, NY (June 1, 2010) – Max Anderson says the lessons instilled in him while attending an Evangelical Covenant Church and camp laid the moral foundation for him to create the MBA Oath, a document – and most recently a book – that is garnering international attention.
HUTCHINSON, MN (May 21, 2010) – The headlines about Haiti have left the front pages of newspapers, but six-year-old Jonah Niemeyer hasn’t forgotten the children there.
CHICAGO, IL (May 20, 2010) – A search is under way for a new president of Covenant Trust Company to replace Charles Walles, who will retire at the end of this year after nearly two decades of service, the last nine as president.
CHICAGO, IL (May 13, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) has sent emergency relief funds to help villagers in Southern Sudan who survived a deadly attack that claimed the lives of more than 100 people, including members of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Sudan (ECCS).
CHICAGO, IL (May 6, 2010) – A wide range of ministries throughout the Evangelical Covenant Church have received more than $19.6 million from gift annuities to help further their mission since 1978.
CHICAGO, IL (April 23, 2010) – Covenant World Relief funds are being used to help relief efforts in Qinghai Province, China, where a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred April 14, says Director Dave Husby.
CHICAGO, IL (April 14, 2010) – The State of Illinois continues to lag three months in paying for services rendered by Covenant Enabling Residences (CER), and proposed state funding cuts could further tighten an already constricted operating budget at the homes for developmentally disabled adults, says Harold Spooner vice president of outreach ministries for Covenant Ministries of Benevolence (CMB).
SOUTH SUDAN (April 6, 2010) – In a region where abject poverty is the norm and worsened by an ongoing drought, the Covenant Church of Sudan and Ethiopia (ECCS) is feeding some of the most marginalized people.
