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June, 2008

Dear Ministry Partners,

As you head into the summer months I want to ask that you would take just a few moments to hear about some of the things that God is doing in and through the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada.

As a community of church communities (if I may borrow from former Prime Minister Diefenbaker) we have sought to focus our ministry through four priorities:

• Mission (Global and National)
• Leadership Development
• Discipleship/Spiritual Formation
• Compassion/Mercy/Justice

I want to tell you about some of the happenings related to Mission and Leadership Development.

I have been made aware in new and fresh ways that the mission of the church really is the business of God’s Spirit. In the last year we have had contacts from at least 3 new persons or groups interested in a connection with the Covenant. What is so encouraging to me is that we have not gone out looking for these folks in any way; God has brought them to us in various ways. One of the clearest illustrations to me was when I was in Calgary to speak at the Kensington Road Church. A Korean woman, Mi Young, came up to me and said that she had wanted to make connection with me for some time. Mi Young had taken courses with my wife at Providence Seminary so she knew of me but we had only casually met. Mi Young is now living in Cochrane, Alberta outside Calgary and had just decided that she should go “check out” the Covenant church in Calgary. She had no idea that the person she wanted to have a conversation with (about planting a Korean church with the Covenant) was scheduled to be at the church that morning. Coincidence…I think not! Pray that we would grow in our understanding of who God wants the ECCC to become.

At our June Executive Board meeting we awarded the first Neil Josephson Leadership Award to Faith Covenant Church, Winnipeg. The church will be reporting to the ECCC at next year’s Annual Conference about the plan and how the implementation of that plan happened throughout the year. Faith Covenant will also be charged with choosing next year’s award winner. A wonderful connection between the pastoral leadership and Neil is the fact that all three on the pastoral staff were influenced by Neil during their time at Covenant Bible College. Neil has committed to contact the church (and future award winners) to not only pray for their efforts but also to offer any assistance and help he can give.

These are only a few small illustrations of what is taking place as the Lord is at work. Please join me in praying for an ever increasing activity of God’s Spirit.

Yours in Christ,

Jeff Anderson



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