Global Missions



Global Missions exists to connect the people of First Covenant to the global work of God through ministry opportunities, missionary support, and humanitarian and relief efforts at home and abroad.

For more on our partnerships locally, visit our partners page.

Our Missionaries

First Covenant's missionaries are one way that we live into our value "Missional Outlook," impacting lives around the world.

Covenant World Relief & Development

Covenant World Relief and Development (CWRD) is the humanitarian aid ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), and contributes funds around the world in areas of disaster relief and community development for the most needy and vulnerable people in the world. Every year First Covenant participates in raising funds for CWRD.


Projects funded by CWRD are designed to be sustainable over the long term: training and empowering local people to sustain the work. Disaster relief teams are positioned around the world and ready to respond immediately in the event of disaster, both at home and internationally. CWRD is administered and overseen by individuals in the ECC. Overhead costs are relatively low and ensure that 100% of every gift goes directly to CWRD, with at least 90% of every gift going directly to ministry projects.


CWRD’s projects include: hunger and nutrition, clean water, education, disaster relief, refugee care, microenterprise funding, human trafficking and abuse prevention, peacemaking and more.

MINISTRY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)


  • Covenant Kids Congo

    Did you know that the Evangelical Covenant is the only denominational partnership for World Vision? The Covenant’s longstanding presence (over 80 years!) and growth in the DRC, coupled with World Visions’ sustainable community development model has resulted in a great partnership lived out in the city of Gemena with Covenant Kids Congo (CKC) and Team World Vision (TWV), creating a holistic framework for sustainable community development:


    CKC is the ECC and World Vision’s child sponsorship ministry. Child sponsorship funds directly impact the child being sponsored as well as their community through infrastructure for clean water, health, agriculture, education, and economic development. 


    To date, over 40 children have been sponsored by First Covenant members through CKC.


    learn more about child sponsorship with CKC

    follow the Covenant Kids Congo Blog

    be inspired by the Young People’s Parliament in the Congo

    view June 2020's Karawa Hospital Report

  • Team World Vision (TWV)

    First Covenant’s TWV funds raised by marathon and 6K runners go directly to sustainable water development in Gemena! To date, over $200,000 has been raised for clean water initiatives in Gemena.