The Evangelical Covenant Church

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Mission &
Ministry
Report In it together
In it together | A word from the president
More disciples among
more populations in a more
caring and just world...
I
together.
n our beginnings in the late 1800s, the Covenant
used the imagery of being a mission society. What
is a mission society? It is simply followers of Christ
joining together to do the work of Christ in the
world. Today that same motivation indelibly shapes our life
To take the totality of the mission of Christ to heart,
we speak of our partnership of churches working together
to seemore disciplesamong more populationsin a
more caring and just world.
The first more refers to inviting people into new
life in Christ, evangelism. Then notice is it more disciples,
not merely more conversions. By this we reflect our
commitment to cultivating the ever-growing, ever more
faithful new life in Christ. Among more populations
recognizes that from our beginning in sending
missionaries to China and Alaska (and now to more than
30 countries) we understand that the hope of Christ is for
all. Our rapidly increasing ethnic diversity further makes
us more reflective of the Kingdom of God. In a more
caring and just world reminds us that the gospel calls
us to the hurting and the causes of that hurt. This was
manifest among us from our beginning in care for the sick,
the elderly, and the orphaned
initiatives that set in motion the
extensive array of ministries today
that seek to transform lives and
communities.
This is all in response to the
wholeness of the gospel that takes
seriously the dimensionality of
the Great Commission, the Great
Commandment, the Acts 1:8 map of
the mission, the grand ethical teachings of Jesus, and most
foundationally the grace open to all through the cross of
Jesus.
Whatever you have heard about the demise of
denominations, you can ignore it about the ECC. As you
will see in these pages, our mission momentum is strong.
That is so because of your partnership with us. These are
important days of burgeoning opportunity. As you ask
your congregation to be faithful in financially supporting
the local mission, we ask that you likewise support our
shared mission, helping ensure that we have the resources
needed to pursue Christs priorities throughout the world.
In it together | The year in review Your financial support in 2008-09

Covenant Merge Ministries Courageous Covenant Centro Hispano de Newly adopted Common 250 Covenanters gather Dundee Covenant Church
expands number of mission Church opens in urban Estudios Teologicos Ground Covenant Church at Connection 2009 opens in Dundee, OR,
trips, leading to more than Atlanta, GA, using social offers classes for Spanish- in Meridian, ID, becomes to explore issues of parented by Countryside
550 Covenanters participating networking to connect speaking Covenant the first Covenant church compassion, mercy, and Community Covenant,
in 2009. people to the church. churches in Chicago. in Idaho. justice, worship arts and Sherwood, OR
youth ministry.

Women Ministries launches Lettered Streets Volunteers from Kent, WA, Solar-powered water Berean Covenant Sankofa celebrates
TLCThe Leadership Covenant Church opens in ECC partner with Paul system installed at the Church opens in ten years of ministry,
Conferencein time for downtown Bellingham, WA, Carlson Partnership CEUM hospital in Loko, Champaign, IL representing 20 trips
Fall womens retreats. parented by Bellingham to construct the frame Congo sponsored by and more than 500
Covenant Church. and roof of a school in Rolling Hills Covenant participants.
Gbadolite. Church, Rolling Hills, CA.

Rock Solid debuts More than 3,300 women Covenant churches The 2009 Midwinter Bayside Covenant
a new devotional attend Women Minstries observe Human Conference welcomes Church opens in Citrus
resource exploring Fall retreats at 22 sites Trafficking Awareness 1,300 pastors, staff, and Heights, CA, and Life
the foundations of the across the country. Day, sponsored by youth workers. Covenant Church
Christian faith. Women Ministries. opens in Holmdel, NJ.

A Covenant delegation Ral Sancho and Alicia Covenant World Relief A new discipleship Covenant World Clinics First launches,
travels to Kenya to Franchino are the first sponsors construction of program for the Relief completes four supplying 93 medical
celebrate the 10th Spanish nationals to be homes in LaMere, Haiti, Fulani, The Way of shelters in India to clinics in Congo with
anniversary of the ordained in a Covenant in partnership with the Righteousness, airs for provide protection and basic diagnostic
Evangelical Covenant church in Spain. Evangelical Covenant the first time on the radio food to children. equipment, supplies, and
Church of Kenya Church. in Burkina Faso. medicines.

More than 100 youth The ECC and the More than 150 people from The ECC sponsors several The first World Mission Covenant missionaries
attended a youth camp Hindustani Covenant across Europe participate in self-help groups for Conference takes place distibute more than 180
in Oaxaca, sponsored by Church distribute a leadership conference in women in India, offering in Rosemont, IL. gift bags to children
the Covenant Church of emergency food and Mlaga, Spain, hosted by occupational training at a refugee center in
Mexico. water to flooded regions Covenant missionaries. and micro-enterprise Belgium.
in India. resources.

Covenant World Relief Covenant World Relief The National Pastors A new high school opens Construction begins
funds construction of wells sponsors a program to Conference takes place in Nan, Thailand, funded on a new community
in the refugee areas of provide locally available in Businga, Congo, with by the Sustainable center in southern
Afghanistan. nutritional foods to more than 2,000 pastors Development Research Romania that will also
preschool children in and spouses attend the Foundation, a Covenant serve as a family center
western India. event. partner in Thailand. and conference center.

FallO8 WinterO8
made all of these ministries (and more) possible. We are indeed in it together.

Covenanters pledge to The ECC launches Streams Tarpon Community Church, A new church plant North Park Theological
pray for more than 300,000 & Pathways, a new retreat Tarpon Springs, FL, is one of opens in Soldotna/ Seminary hosts Ex Auditu
friends and family members focused on incorporating 12 new churches received into Kenai, AK, 150 miles Symposium on Theological
on Bringing My World spiritual disciplines into a the denomination at the 2009 south of Anchorage. Interpretation of Scripture.
To Christ Sunday. life of prayer. Annual Meeting.

A new Covenant New Day Covenant Riverside Covenant More than 5,000 students The Spanish version North Park University
church plant opens in Church, Rochester, Church opens in the and leaders gather in of Women Ministries students volunteer at fall
urban Kansas City, MO. MN, holds its first Columbia Heights area of Knoxville, TN, for CHIC Advocacy for Victims of youth retreats at Covenant
preview service, Washington, DC. 2009the triennial youth Abuse training launches in Pines and Lake Beauty Bible
parented by Rochester conference of the ECC. Los Angeles. camps.
Covenant Church.

Verbo en Accion Journey Covenant The 2009 Annual The Bridge Covenant North Park begins EPIC curriclum made
Covenant Church opens Church sponsors a Meeting welcomes Church opens in urban new academic year, available for first time
in Minneapolis, MN, hosted new church plant in 68 new pastors, staff, Detroit, MI, parented by welcoming 576 new on DVD for use by local
by Crosstown Covenant Oklahoma City. and missionaries into Citadel of Faith Covenant students churches.
Church. ministry in the ECC. Church.

Paul Carlson Covenant workers CBCIPE, the six-week Swedish Covenant Covenant World
Partnership reaches an purchase 80 ewes to summer Bible program, Hospital and the ECC Relief provides
agreement to establish a supplement a herd of 600 takes place in Colombia host more than 100 typhoon relief in
bank in Gemena, and to that provides livelihood with 17 students. campers at a sports camp Taiwan.
bring mobile banking in for 150 families in 6 in Malaga, Spain.
the surrounding villages villages.
in Congo.

Forty-six new pastors are More than 100 Twenty-five students Eight-thousand copies The first Covenant Covenant World Relief
ordained in the CEUM new believers from graduate from Oasis of the newly translated missionaries to serve provides wildfire relief in
(Covenant Church of HIV/AIDs-affected Training Center and Lingala Bible are in India arrive. India and flood relief in
Congo). communities are 35 new first-year printed for distribution Mexico City.
baptized in Thailand. students enroll for the in Congo.
upcoming term.

ECC President Gary Walter The sixth Asia Covenant Sixteen short-term The Taiwan Summer Covenant World Relief Good Hope School in
and Executive Minister of Churches Consultation is missionaries and four English Program offers concludes a 4-year, $1 million Bentu, Sudan, opens with
World Mission Curt Peterson held in Taiwan, connecting long-term missionaries classes as an outreach to the relief and rehabilitation more than 1,900 students
attend a baptism for more Covenant churches and are received into service communities around several effort in Katrina-affected in attendance.
than 125 new believers in mission partners throughout at the 2009 Annual Taiwan Covenant churches. communities.
Pune, India. Asia. Meeting.

SpringO9 SummerO9
More disciples among more populations, in
Together, we inspire one
another to live by faith.
W hen Community Covenant Church
decided to move out of their building in
the countryside and meet in the small town
of Osage City, Kansas, eight miles away, the
congregation knew the transition would be risky, difficult and
sometimes painful. They also knew that after 130 years, their
average attendance had settled below 80 people and there
was little opportunity to grow, given their location.
The transition started in 2005 when Pastor Jim Harrelson
and several church members attended one of the Covenants
trainings for church planters. We realized we were not being
missional, says Harrelson. Drawing on the expertise and
Jim Harrelson and the
members of Community
Covenant Church in Wichita
moved well outside their
comfort zones to make
more disciples.
financial resources of the denomination, conference, and other
congregations, the congregation sold the building and moved.
It was a controversial decision, Harrelson says, but most of the
people agreed were not here for us.
A new building has been built and attendance has grown
significantly. Two hundred people attended the first Easter
service and more than 120 people attend regularly.
Its been years since weve had that many people, says
Harrelson, the pastor for ten years. Many of them are people
who would not set foot in another church.
Last-minute changes were made to building plans
following a team visit to LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, Oklahoma,
one of the largest churches in the Covenant, to get ideas for
reaching younger people.
We came back and we realized we had set up a church
for 60 year olds, says Harrelson, who is approaching that age
himself. We just totally undid that.
Dave Benedict, associate superintendent for the Midwest
Conference, says the move is an example of what can happen
when various resources from around the Covenant come
together. He also credits the church for its passion to share
the gospel. This is the pathway for any church that would
seek revitalizationcourage, risk, perseverance, and faith.
Community Covenant is a living example of this pathway.
By all of us sharing our creative expertise, resources
and passion for spreading the gospel, we can partner
together to make more disciples who experience the love
of Christ and his people.
 2008-09 M i s s i o n & M i n i s t ry H I g h l i g hts
Bringing My World to Christ
Bringing My World to Christ is the
Covenants annual commitment to
friendship evangelism. Covenanters
commit to praying for specific individuals, caring for
them, sharing the gospel, and being a good friend
regardless of the persons spiritual interest.
One Step Closer
One Step Closer is a six-hour workshop designed to
equip and spur congregations in their ministry of
evangelism. The workshop covers a wide range of
topics, from defining evangelism to exploring the
barriers that prevent us from sharing the gospel.
The material was translated into Spanish this year.
Veritas & EPIC
Veritas is a one-day workshop designed
for pastors and leaders in the church to
explore the marks of a healthy missional
church. EPIC is the follow-up workshop to Veritas
and equips leaders with the tools and methodology
to lead missional change. The overwhelming
response from churches led to the training of eight
new facilitators.
G r o w th i n Att e n da n c e, 1998-2008
The Journey
The Journey is the official confirmation
material of the ECC. The goal of the
Journey is to present an overview of
Discipleship Resources
A wide variety of outstanding discipleship resources
are available from the online Covenant Bookstore
or from the Covenant Resource Center to help your
17 consecutive years
of growth in church
attendance has led to the
the Bible and church beliefs while offering all
participants the opportunity to make or strengthen
church be intentional about helping followers of
Christ grow deeply into Christ and be equipped for
Covenant nearly doubling
their personal commitment to follow Christ. More ministry and mission. in size.
than 2,500 students participated in 2009.
North Park University &
CHIC 2009 North Park Theological Seminary
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More than six thousand students and The denominations institutions of
leaders attended CHIC 2009 in Knoxville, Christian higher learning are committed seminars for local
TN. Many students answered the weeks
altar call, and even more committed themselves to
to preparing students for lives of
significance and service. This fall, undergraduate
churches were
changing their world. Attendees raised more than
$100,000 to help ministry in Thailand and packed
enrollment was 1,852, with 576 new students led by Covenant leaders,
attending.
food to help starving people in Africa. hosting representatives
The Covenant Companion, the Covenant
Covenant Resource Center
from more than 330
The Resource Center connects churches with the
Home Altar, & Covenant News Service best programs and resources to help them through Covenant churches.
The ECCs award-winning magazine, The Covenant the stages of developing ministries. In addition to
Companion, and the online news service keep the calling or emailing, people seeking assistance can
Covenant connected to what is happening in the do so through live chat via Internet. This year, the
630
larger denominational community. They inspire Resource Center received more than 1,100 requests
with stories of hope, courage, faith, and innovation.
The Covenant Home Altar is a daily devotional guide
for consultation and information.
resources are
to aid you in your spiritual journey. available to
Covenant churches for
free download from the
Covenant website.
N e w C h u r ch e s * , 1998-2008
350 students
made new
commitments to follow
Jesus at CHIC 2009.
*Defined as churches received into membership at the Covenant Annual Meeting.
among more populations, in a more caring
Together, we embrace
the world with the
love of Jesus.
T he people of Thailand are not given to physical
demonstrations of affection, so when a
woman named Am hugged North Park University
senior Chelsea Redding, the action carried a
world of meaning.
Redding, who has grown up attending Covenant churches
in Attleboro and Springfield, Massachusetts, was on her second
trip to Thailand through the schools Global Partnerships
program. The program has ongoing relationships with ministry
sites around the world, including several led by Covenant
missionaries.
Am speaks no English, and I speak a little Thai, so there
Covenanters are building
long-lasting relationships
as they work alongside
more populations around
the world.
was a lot of smiling, a lot of hand gestures, and a lot of I
dont knows, recalls Redding. Am had been Reddings host
mother during both mission trips. Every morning, Am woke up
Redding, fed her breakfast, and drove the student to the fish
farm where her classmates also were working.
Before the students returned to Chicago, the team and the
people from the village participated in a string-tying ceremony.
The villagers adapted the Buddhist tradition to their Christian
faith. Every member of the community tied a white string on
the wrists of the Americans as a way of expressing thanks to
them and God.
This past trip, when Am came around to tie a string on
me, she was overwhelmed by tears, Redding recalls. She tried
to speak, but kept crying and choking up. I couldnt keep my
eyes dry either, and we hugged and cried together.
Covenant missionary Randy Bevis oversees a lot of the
work in Thailand. He notes that while the students will work on
projects such as building a kitchen or putting in a water line, It
is working alongside the Thai people and getting the chance to
interact and build relationships that is memorable, both for the
Thai people and for the North Park students.
The teams return is as important as the work they are
doing, organizers say. That was evident to Redding as she
worked alongside Thai seminary students on different projects.
On her first trip in 2008, she met a male student, Ole. They
worked together washing truck loads of sand and rocks for new
fish tanks. This year, they dug water lines and poured cement
for a new kitchen in a house where the seminary students live.

One day while we were digging
in the jungle fighting off red ants, bees,
and snake holes, Ole turned to me and
said with a smile on his face, One year
(went by). Chelsea come (back)! Thank
you Jesus! It was probably the most
sincere thing I have ever heard, and it
made my heart just melt.
Other Covenant ministries
with which the Global Partnerships
program works include Fuentes
Libres, a bank in Mexico that
provides microenterprise loans to
women so they can start or expand
small businesses, and Truthseekers
International in India, which seeks
to bring about reconciliation
among people of the different
castes. Covenanters Kyle and Noel
Becchetti help direct the Truthseekers
operations.
Your faithful and generous
support enables Covenanters to
partner together and bring about a
world of change as we reach more
populations in more places with the
love of Christ.
2008-09 Mission & Ministry HIghlights
Church Planting
In 2009, the ECC planted churches in
communities as different as Detroit,
MI, and Soldotna, AK. Existing
churches are vital partners in starting these new
congregations. One-half of all new churches are
congregations of color or intentionally multiethnic.
As a result, 24 percent of Covenant churches are
now congregations of color or are multiethnic,
making the Covenant the only Euro-immigrant
denomination to reach that mark.
Kingdom Builders
Kingdom Builders helps raise funds for Covenant
churches that are purchasing land or
building a facility. In 2009, Kingdom
Builders sent out grants to ten churches,
totaling more than $150,000.
Merge Ministries
Covenant Merge Ministries coordinates one and
two-week mission trips throughout the world.
Teams provide labor and services at a variety
of sites, including churches, childrens homes,
Christian schools, and camps. In 2009, more than
550 participants served in 12 countries.
Centro Hispano de Estudios Teologicos
The Hispanic Center for Theological Studies (CHET)
is a theological and pastoral training center for
Hispanic church planters, pastors, and lay leaders.
This year, CHET has reworked its curriculum to more
closely match that of the Covenant Orientation
Program. Bi-lingual staff assist with registration and
track the progress for those pastors completing
Covenant orientation through CHET.
The Great Open Door
69 new Covenant
churches are
currently being planted
The Evangelical Covenant Church in
North America is raising $1 million over in the United States and
five years in support of ministries of
evangelism and compassion in mainland China. Canada.
We are working in partnership with the Taiwan
Covenant Church.
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FOWM (Friends of World Mission)
FOWM provides funds for projects that countries around
further ministry in locations where
Covenant missionaries are serving. the world are
These projects have included leadership training,
church planting, medical work, and various types of
currently being served by
construction in support of ministry. In 2009, eleven Covenant missionaries.
FOWM appeals helped fund ministries in Thailand.
Long-Term Missionary Program
Long-term missionaries are those that have
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been called and consecrated by the Evangelical
Covenant Church Annual Meeting to serve long new missionaries
term in mission in an international setting. This year,
four new full-time missionaries were commissioned were commissioned
at the Annual Meeting. The Covenant supports 71
missionaries in 25 countries.
at the Annual Meeting for
short-term service in ten
Short-Term & Project Missionary Program
Short-term and project missionaries
countries.
are an important part of the Covenants
world mission strategy. Short-term
missionaries serve one to three years in an
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international setting, whereas project missionaries
serve three to six years on strategic projects that
will move Gods mission outreach forward in
pastors, mission
specific areas. The Covenant currently supports leaders, and
17 project missionaries and 40 short-term
missionaries. missionaries attended
the first World Mission
Conference in January.
populations, in a more caring & just world...
Together, we proclaim
the good news of Jesus,
setting captives free.
Covenant departments
and churches are working
together to rescue and
restore the lives of slaves
around the world.
P olice working with International Justice Mission
in Mumbai, India, rescued thirteen-year-old Lona
(not her real name) shortly before human traffickers
initiated her into a life of forced prostitution. A husband and
wife in Mumbai had allegedly purchased Lona from a relative in
West Bengal for less than $35. They intended to exploit the girls
virginity for a sum of $700, and then sell her to a dance bar or
brothel.
IJM informants learned of Lonas plight and alerted
police, who conducted a sting operation at a local restaurant.
Lona was brought to safety, where police soon discovered
how young she was.
Our entire team was thrilled and relieved when police
successfully saved Lona from her oppressors, says Jonathan
Derby, director of IJMs Mumbai field office. This rescue
operation has saved a vulnerable child from sexual abuse.
It has opened up new freedom, new possibilities, and new
opportunities for Lona to achieve her dreams.
The Department of Women Ministries Break the Chains
project and the Evangelical Covenant Church are working to
make those dreams possible for Lona and the 27 million other
people who are enslaved each year. The initiative partners
with IJM and the Hindustani Covenant Church in India to fight
trafficking around the world, including the United States.
The Hindustani Covenant Church is carrying out multiple
education, counseling, and job projects to help former slaves
begin their lives afresh. The Departments of World Mission;
Compassion, Mercy, and Justice; and Christian Formation, as
well as Paul Carlson Partnership and Covenant World Relief all
have provided resources and worked with partners to fight
slavery.
Covenanters have donated $376,000 to Break the Chains
since it launched in 2007. Those funds have been crucial, but
Covenanters have also responded with more than just money.
They have pushed for legislative reform, ran marathons, hosted
public speaking events, put on performances, volunteered with
anti-slavery organizations, and held worship services that focus
on trafficking.
The topic is not always an easy one to deal with in a
2008-09 M i s s i o n & M i n i s t ry H I g h l i g hts
Center For Justice Ministries
The Center for Justice Ministries at North Park
Theological Seminary works with the Evangelical
Covenant Church to help Christian leaders think
theologically about the development and delivery
of ministries of compassion and justice. The center
sponsored events throughout the year, including
forums on developing multi-ethnic churches and
starting prison ministries, lectures on topics such
as immigration, and a three-mile walk to foster
awareness about human trafficking.
Journey To Mosaic
Journey to Mosaic (J2M) is a
multicultural ministry experience of the
regional conferences of the Evangelical
Covenant Church. J2M contextualizes historical and
present-day racial injustices related to the ethnic
communities of each conference. In 2009, five trips
drew more than 100 participants.
Childrens Service Project
The Covenant offers children multiple
opportunities to contribute to the needs
of others around the world. The 2009
Childrens Service Project raised $20,000 to provide
educational support for children of refugee families
in Colombia.
church setting, but churches have engaged
the issue anyway. Dan Dungan, pastor at
Creekside Covenant Church in Redmond,
Washington, says he and his staff were
hesitant, but a congregation member pushed
them to have a worship service focusing on
trafficking.
Every one of the staff worked on this,
and we went through a shock-and-awe
phase to a degree, but ended up being
Paul Carlson Partnership
In 2009, the Paul Carlson Partnership
increased its emphasis on developing
infrastructure and sustainable
communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
PCP continues to help support a medical system of
fourand soon fivehospitals, as well as 93 local
clinics in the Ubangi-Mongala area. PCP also assists
an educational network of 423 schools and 80,000
students.
The Sankofa Journey
The cross-racial prayer journey to
important sites in the Civil Rights
movements gives participants a better
understanding of racial injustice and offers an
opportunity for movement towards healing. The
success of the Covenants program has led other
denominations to consider developing their own
version.
Disability Ministries
The goal of the Disability Ministries Committee is to
network, educate, and resource Covenant churches
so that persons with disabilities and their families
are effectively served and fully included in the life
of their churches and communities. Several new
resources were added to the Disability Ministries
website at www.covchurch.org.
extremely hopeful because of our God,
our freedom, and the amount of work and
attention being given by organizations,
churches, and the government to eradicate
the slavery and help restore those who are
freed, Dungan says.
In the past, traffickers were rarely
brought to justice. IJM helped secure only
the twelfth conviction ever in the Philippines
for this crime, and the perpetrators were
Covenant Kids
Covenant Kids is a scholarship program
for children in underprivileged
communities, coordinated by Covenant
24 percent of all
Covenant churches
are now ethnic or multi-
World Mission, alongside Covenant World Relief
and Paul Carlson Partnership. Covenanters can
ethnic congregations.
contribute $25 a month to provide scholarships for
children, teenagers, or young adults so they may
participate in programs where educational, social,
physical, and spiritual needs are met.
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Covenant World Relief projects sponsored
Covenant World Relief collaborates by Covenant World
with partners around the world to
provide relief, rehabilitation, and Relief bring short-term relief
transformational development. In 2009, CWR
provided immediate relief and long-term and long-term community
development assistance in India, Afghanistan, Haiti,
Taiwan, and Mexico. CWR also concluded a 4-year,
development to the poorest
$1 million effort in Katrina-affected areas in the U.S. of the poor.
Invitation To Racial Righteousness
Participants develop a deeper sense of
responsibility and healing as they engage in
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relationship and community building activities
across ethnic and racial lines. They also identify years of Sankofa
action steps for change, both personally and as a
community.
journeys has
changed Covenanters lives,
and inspired other racial
righteousness programs.
sentenced to twenty years in prison.
Covenant dollars are helping to make justice
happen.
789 Covenant
By combining our resources, the
Covenant is helping to create a more
just and compassionate world, in which churches are
the good news is proclaimed, the blind in it together to further
recover their sight, and the oppressed go
free.
Christs kingdom.
In it together | More disciples, among more pop

T here are so many stories that could have been toldCovenanters from across the
U.S. and Canada doing construction in the often harsh Alaska Bush; the heavily
tattooed drug dealer who came to faith because the people at a church plant
welcomed him; the adults with disabilities experiencing new lives in Covenant
Enabling Residences; the mother in India supporting her children with a sewing business
made possible by a Covenant World Relief micro-enterprise loan. So many stories.
Stories of changed lives can be spoken of only because Covenanters live the name of
2010 Co v e n a n t M i s s i o n & M i n i s t ry B u d g e t

More disciples, among more populations in a more caring and just world. Below you
will find the financial structure to the mission and ministry we share in common.
What you find here is the faithfulness of hundreds of Covenant churches and tens of
thousands of Covenant people joining together to accomplish what none of us could
accomplish alone.

their denomination. We are faithful to our solemn promiseour covenantto be Gods World Mission $8,712,000 43 %
people together, whether we reside next door or halfway around the world.
Compassion, Mercy, and Justice $3,717,000 18 %
We made this promise, not because we were pushed from behind, but because God
Church Growth and Evangelism $3,876,000 19 %
has continued calling us forward to make more disciples in more places in a more just and
Christian Formation $1,119,000 6%
caring world. We re-affirm our promise each time we consider how to share our resources
Ordered Ministry $1,621,000 8%
with one another.
NPU, NPTS $1,140,000 6%
Budgets are confessions of faith that testify to the hope we have in Christ and our
commitment to serving him as one body. So also are the hours and effort we give to each Total $20,185,000

other, our neighbors, and even people we may never meet.

Together, they are the nouns and verbs of the stories we love to tell. We look forward to
sharing with you in creating a lot more stories.
pulations, in a more caring & just world...
O u r M i s s i o n a n d M i n i s t ry R e v e n u e S o u r c e s N o w M o r e T ha n E v e r...

The Evangelical Covenant Church has a well-deserved reputation around the planet
for being a people who give of themselves so that Gods love can be experienced by
more disciples among more populations in a more caring and just world.
Over the past three years, we have continued to grow larger, more ethnically diverse,
more innovative, and more sought after by potential ministry partners. However, the
financial support we receive from local churches has continued to decline. Please
decide to renew and increase your commitment to the mission and ministry we share
together.

Local Church Giving to

the Coordinated Budget
(in Millions)

Your continued financial support makes all of these ministries possible. We are indeed in it together.
Celebrate 125 years
of mission and ministry
in the Evangelical
Covenant Church.

COVENANT
annual
meeting2OIO
St Paul, Minnesota June 24-27
www.covchurch.org/AM
 5101 North Francisco Avenue World Mission Ordered Ministry
Chicago, Illinois 60625 Curt Peterson, Executive Minister David Kersten, Executive Minister
www.covchurch.org phone 773-907-3345 phone 773-583-3211
phone 773-784-3000 www.covchurch.org/mission www.covchurch.org/ministry
fax 773-784-4366

Compassion, Mercy, & Justice Communication

Gary Walter, President Debbie Blue, Executive Minister Don Meyer, Executive Minister
Donn Engebretson, Executive Vice-President phone 773-907-3368 phone 773-907-3331
Dean Lundgren, Vice-President for Finance www.covchurch.org/cmj www.covchurch.org/communications

Church Growth & Evangelism Covenant Resource Center

David Olson, Executive Minister 800-338-IDEA (4332)
phone
Please note that Covenant Offices is
phone 773-907-3343 773-583-7398
fax
scheduled to move to a new facility in
www.covchurch.org/cge www.covchurch.org/resource-center
early 2010. Check the Covenant website
for updated contact information.
Christian Formation Covenant Bookstore
Doreen Olson, Executive Minister www.covenantbookstore.com
phone 773-583-0220

www.covchurch.org/formation

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