What
We Believe

Bethany Covenant Church is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC).

The ECC was founded in 1885 by Scandinavian immigrants. Today it is one of the most ethnically diverse denominations in North America.

The ECC is a fast-growing denomination in the United States. It has more than 850 congregations throughout the U.S. and Canada. These congregations are organized into 11 regions called conferences.

The ECC has mission partnerships around the globe in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East North Africa, joining the global church in extending the whole gospel across cultures and around the world.

The denominational offices are in Chicago.

The Covenant’s core beliefs are summed up in six affirmations.

  • We affirm the centrality of the word of God.

  • We affirm the necessity of the new birth.

  • We affirm a commitment to the whole mission of the church.

  • We affirm the church as a fellowship of believers.

  • We affirm a conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.

  • We affirm the reality of freedom in Christ.

At Bethany Covenant, we offer freedom to one another to differ on issues of belief or practice in areas where the Bible allows for a variety of interpretations.

As a Covenant church, we want to focus on what unites us rather than on what divides us.