The Covenant Denomination
The Evangelical Covenant Church believes in:
- The centrality of the Scriptures - Old and New Testaments - as the authoritative Word of God, and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct;
- The necessity of the new birth for entrance into God's Kingdom, and the importance of continuing growth in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ for sound spiritual health;
- The Church as a fellowship of believers, characterized by mutual participation in and sharing of the new life in Christ;
- The ministry of the Holy Spirit who, with the Father and the Son, calls the Church into being;
- The reality of freedom in Christ, who delivers us from the power of sin and moves us by his grace into a whole new experience of obedience and life.
