Evangelical Covenant Church
The Evangelical Covenant Church is a multiethnic, intergenerational fellowship of nearly 900 churches across North America, committed to joining God’s mission to seek more disciples among diverse populations and foster a more caring and just world. With ministry partnerships in over 60 countries, our growing mosaic of churches work together to share God’s love and embody Christ’s compassion in tangible, transformative ways.www.covchurch.org
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Search complete. 18 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Evangelical Covenant Church".
Oct 9, 2026
Jordan CooperGUEST
Yeah, sure.
Jordan CooperGUEST
So my, my background, I was baptized as an infant at a Presbyterian church, and then I was, in my childhood, I was at an Evangelical Covenant Church.
Jordan CooperGUEST
I don't know how familiar you are.
Jordan CooperGUEST
I don't know if they exist in Canada.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
My parents ended up in a very milk toast denomination.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
My dad became a pastor within the Swedish Covenant Church.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
Now just the Covenant Evangelical Church.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
Very Standard Christianity, you sing songs, you do good deeds.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
But I wanted something more, and so I went kind of searching for something more, and I kinda bashed my head against reality at some point and found a spiritual practice that, um, was from the inside out.
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Benjamin BoyceGUEST
We can, we can take responsibility for the problem, say, "We are fallen.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
I participate in this fallen world." But you don't...
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
The Catholic Church doesn't set up charities, modern Catholicism aside, but they don't set up charities to solve hunger.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
My parents ended up in a very milquetoast denomination.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
My dad became a pastor within the Swedish Covenant Church, now just the Covenant Evangelical Church.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
Very, um, standard Christianity.
Benjamin BoyceGUEST
You sing songs, you do good deeds.
Mike ChuGUEST
So I'll explain this a little simply for folks.
Mike ChuGUEST
The church that I am in, for example, and I'm actually pursuing a ministerial license and hopefully one day get ordained by this denomination, the Evangelical Covenant denomination.
Mike ChuGUEST
They are ironically a denomination that formed from what I would like to call burnt out Lutherans, right? Because this whole question about baptism, for example, became a big deal even amongst Lutherans that everyone kept fighting.
Mike ChuGUEST
Is this okay or not? Should we get baptized as children or should we get baptized as adults? Back and forth, back and forth.
John Van StanNARRATOR
sing God's praise than when we first begun.
Jeffrey AdamsHOST
Musical accompaniment provided by the worship team of the Evangelical Covenant Church, International Falls.
Jeffrey AdamsHOST
Vocal soloist was Valerie Peterson.
Jeffrey AdamsHOST
I can't believe we're doing this.