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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Mar 10, 2010

EDMOND, OK (March 10, 2010) – International Christian Fellowship, a church of roughly 300 people in Nairobi, Kenya, became the 100th church to join the Lifechurch.tv Network, Pastor Craig Groeschel announced last week.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Mar 5, 2010

WALNUT CREEK, CA (March 5, 2010) – Outreach Magazine has named Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Mae Cannon’s book, Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World, as a Resource of the Year.

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Out-of-Towners Adopt Baby and a Covenant family

by covwebster – Mar 4, 2010

ORLAND PARK, IL (March 4, 2010) – When Hope Covenant Church’s Assistant Pastor Ryan Cooper and his wife, Sunni, traveled from Illinois to Beaumont, Texas, last month to pick up their newly adopted baby, their “family” grew larger than they even expected.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Feb 22, 2010

SAMMAMISH, WA (February 22, 2010) – The Sammamish Review begins its story on Covenanter Larry Larsen, “After dying four times in 10 days, Larry Larsen simply got up and walked out of the hospital.”

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Worship Pastor Pens ‘Unofficial’ Anthem for New Orleans Saints

by covwebster – Feb 19, 2010

ST. PAUL, MN (February 19, 2010) – A song written by Ryan Daniel, the worship pastor at Gallery Covenant Church, has become one of the unofficial anthems for the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints.

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Bags Teaching History – Opts to Edit Popular Tech Website

by covwebster – Feb 12, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (February 12, 2010) – Eric Bangeman wrote his master’s thesis on the 19th century Holiness Movement, looked forward to getting a Ph.D., and intended to teach church history. Becoming the managing editor of Ars Technica, an influential technology website, was not in the plans.

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Haitian-Born Covenanter Coordinates USAID Relief

by covwebster – Feb 8, 2010

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.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

by covwebster – Feb 8, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 8, 2010) – The Northwest Conference’s Founder’s Day worship service will be held at 6 p.m. February 21 at First Covenant Church. The evening’s theme is “Growing together in mercy,” and the service will have a special emphasis on responding with prayer and giving to the people of Haiti.

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Bicycling from Alaska to Argentina, One Covenanters Journey

by covwebster – Feb 5, 2010

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.

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