Evangelical Covenant Church hymnody and hymnals
The Evangelical Covenant Church today consists of about 850 congregations in North America and Canada. While non-creedal, it bases its beliefs firmly in scripture, and explains its applied doctrine by means of six affirmations that connect it to the larger evangelical Protestant community:
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.
The term ‘Covenant’ refers to an agreement between believers, rather than to an understanding of theology...
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