What We Believe as Members of the Evangelical Covenant Church
What is a Covenant Church?
• Evangelical, but not exclusive
• Biblical, but not doctrinaire
• Traditional, but not rigid
• Congregational, but not independent
The Covenant Mission
Christ unites us in a holy covenant of churches empowered by the Holy Spirit to obey the Great
Commandments and the Great Commission:
• to love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind;
• to love our neighbor as ourselves, and
• to go into the world and make disciples.
We emphasize:
1. The centrality of the Scriptures, the old and New Testaments, as the authoritative Word of God and
the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct.
2. The necessity of the new birth for entrance into God's kingdom, and the importance of continuing
growth in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ for sound spiritual health.
3. The Church as a fellowship of believers, characterized by mutual participation in and sharing of
the new life in Christ. Membership is by confession of personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
It is open to all believers.
4. The ministry of the Holy Spirit, who with the Father and the Son calls the church into being, empowers
its witness, guides its mission, and supplies the gifts needed by the Church and its members to exalt Christ.
5. The reality of freedom in Christ, who delivers us from the power of sin and moves us by his grace into a
whole new experience of obedience and life.
Our Affiliation:
Our congregation is affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church, a rapidly growing multi-ethnic denomination of more than 750 congregations in the United States and Canada with ministries
on five continents of the world. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the ECC values the Bible
as the Word of God, the gift of God's grace and ever deepening spiritual life that comes through faith in Jesus Christ, the importance of extending God's love and compassion to a hurting world, and the
strength that comes from unity within diversity.
Learn more about the Evangelical Covenant Church -- www.covchurch.org
There are 11 Regional Conferences of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Canada and
the continental United States.Pine Valley Covenant Church is part of the Northwest Conference, a group of 130 churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Northwest Conference
Superintendent: Jim Fretheim
Conference office: 3106 47th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406
phone: 612-721-4893
fax: 612-721-4895
email: nwc@isd.net
www.nwc-cov.org
Organized: 1884
Number of churches: 131
Northwest Conference School:
Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northwest Conference Bible Camps:
• Adventurous Christians/Covenant Wilderness Center, Grand Marais, Minnesota
• Bluewater Covenant Bible Camp, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
• Covenant Park Bible Camp, Mahtowa, Minnesota -- www.covenantpark.org
• Covenant Pines, McGregor, Minnesota
• Lake Beauty Covenant Bible Camp, Long Prairie, Minnesota
Pine Valley Covenant Church
55 Armory Road
Cloquet, MN 55720
218-879-5919
info@pinevalleycovenant.org
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