Our Church
Good Shepherd Covenant Church is a fellowship of those who are
discovering together the joy of God's love. Entrusting ourselves to our
Creator as He has shown Himself in Jesus Christ, we are finding that God
gives our lives meaning, purpose, and direction.
As a part of a unique denominational family called the Evangelical
Covenant Church, we have no creed but the Bible itself and no defining
commitment other than to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
We gather as a whole for worship and in smaller groups for Bible study
and various programs designed to help us grow in Christlikeness of
character: love, faithfulness, graciousness.
There is a place for you in the heart of God and in the family of the
Good Shepherd's Covenant Church!
The Evangelical Covenant Church
The Evangelical Covenant Church, our denominational home, has grown out
of Scandinavian Lutheran roots. The Covenant was born in Chicago in 1885
when a group of small congregations made a covenant to support and
encourage one another. Most of the early Covenanters were Lutheran
Pietists, which means they shared two simple commitments, to be devoted to
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and to be always attentive to the Bible as
the Word of God.
To this day we have no creed for formal statement of faith, which helps
us to be open to and respectful of a wide variety of fellowships seeking
to honor Jesus Christ. We still live by the keynote message at our 1885
founding conference: "I am the friend of all those who fear God" (Psalm
119:63). |
