WHo We Are
The Story of Galesburg Covenant Church
Through these many years and still today, we seek to reach out to our neighbor in Jesus’ name.
- welcoming everyone God leads to us
- sharing the joy of life in Christ lived out in community with his people
- addressing spiritual needs for meaning and purpose through opportunities to engage in worship, prayer, devotional study, and helpful service in this world God loves
- seeking to help each individual to develop a positive, mature, personal commitment of faith in Jesus
- providing a place to exercise that faith in Christian service and caring, both in our church and in our community
- lending support and help in times of special crisis or need
- actively supporting God’s mission at home and beyond in partnership with our regional conference and denominational family
Our Misson & Beliefs
Our affiliation with the Evangelical Covenant Church gives insight to the essential nature both of our local congregation as well as this network of churches in our denominational family.
Evangelical… reflects our commitment to the Good News of God’s forgiveness offered to all people in Jesus Christ. Having felt our own lives changed by God’s loving concern shown in Jesus Christ, we would wish to help others hear and be touched by this Good News as well.
Covenant… refers to the sense of family commitment to one another that comes with sharing the same experience of faith in Christ. We are in it together, brought and kept together by knowing God as Father and Jesus as our help and our friend.
Church… testifies to the fact that we are one local expression of Christ’s living presence at work in the world he loves. Church is not defined by the brick and mortar of a building, but by the presence of Jesus Christ in the midst of girls and boys, women and men, called together to be part of his world-wide body of believers.