Covenant News
EuroConference Provides Forum for Sharing Ministry
MALAGA, SPAIN (April 25, 2002) - Covenant missionaries gathered for the fifth annual Covenant Missionary EuroConference earlier this month with Cheri Auman and O'Ann Steere, Mike and Char Hayes and David Stockamp as special guests.The conference provided an opportunity for participants to share their unique ministries in various locations.
In the coming weeks, Covenanters from California and Washington will be meeting with Eugenio and Pia Restrepo and Richard and Jan Epps-Dawson in Spain to explore development of a new ministry to Muslims in Europe. Churches in Malaga and LaCoruņa (a cell church plant), with leadership from the Restrepos and Roberto and Nancy Reed, continue to experience growth. Leaders are being developed, people are being baptized and evangelistic efforts are contextualized and adventurous, said conference spokesperson Jan Epps-Dawson.
In France, missionaries Francisco and Stephanie Ramos and Kathy Choi are working out details for a new ministry to bring the gospel and art to communities during 2003. Local churches will be engaged and challenged to present the gospel in their own context using art and the Bible as the springboard.
Covenant missionaries in the Czech Republic have strengthened that country's spiritual life by contributing to the establishment of an international school and a theological seminary, with missionaries serving on the boards of both institutions. In Germany, Covenant missionaries have developed a new emphasis on holistic ministry through local churches. This ministry complements the German partnership established in that country some years ago.
Covenant churches and pastors continue to seek new relationships in Eastern Europe. Individuals with information that could prove valuable in building that process are asked to contact Jan Epps-Dawson by email at eppsdawson@t-online.de.
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