The Evangelical Covenant Church

• Growing multiethnic denomination, 750+ churches in USA, Canada, World
• The Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America, 1885, Lutheran Reformation

Values

• Bible as the Word of God
• Gift of God's grace and spiritual life through faith in Jesus Christ
• Importance of extending God's love and compassion to a hurting world
• Strength that comes from unity within diversity

Belief & Practice

• Evangelical, but not exclusive
• Biblical, but not doctrinaire
• Traditional, but not rigid
• Congregational, but not independent

Mission Statement

• United by Christ in a holy covenant of churches empowered by the Holy Spirit
• Obey the Great Commandments (Matt 22: 34-40) and the Great Commission (Matt 28: 18-20)
  ...to love God with all of our heart, soul, strength, and mind
  ...to love our neighbor as our self
  ...to go into all the world and make disciples