We are a regional conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), which is a rapidly growing multiethnic denomination 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 a faith with Jesus Christ, the importance of extending God's love and compassion to a hurting world, and the strength the comes from unity within diversity.
We are:
- Evangelical, but not exclusive
- Biblical, but not doctrinaire
- Traditional, but not rigid
- Congregational, but not independent
Leadership at the beginning can be extremely hard because you don't know who you are, what you're good at, or even how God has gifted you-but you know you're supposed to lead. As leaders emerge, it can be a struggle. It takes work, practice, experimentation, failure and evaluation to realize your potential and start using it.
