COVENANTFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

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THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES,

"THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL

BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW.

ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST

THEREFORE, TO SEND OUT WORKERS

INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD."

MATTHEW 9:37-38

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FROM OUR PASTORSTo Our Church Members, Past and Present, as well as Friends of CFC:

Over 29 years ago, God planted Covenant Fellowship Church on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. One morning as Pastor Min was praying, God etched onto his heart the desire to produce workers for the kingdom of God (Matthew 9:37-38). It is with this vision that God has been working in the members of CFC but also through the members of CFC to become workers for God.

As we reflect back on 2018, we can see how God has been working faithfully in the members of CFC. Although the church has been in the same location since 1990, the demographics of CFC membership have changed since it first began. Many more out-of-state and international students can be found attending small groups and other church events as the admission of these students has increased at the University of Illinois. The number of non-university students also continues to grow as post-graduates settle down in the community to work and build their families. With the increase of post-graduates living in the community, the number of children attending our church also continues to increase. In addition to being a church with

many different age groups, we also have a diversity of ethnicities, with over twenty different ethno-linguistic groups represented at CFC. Although the demographics of the church have changed, through the preaching of God's Word and prayer, God continues to minister to the members of CFC.

God has also been working through the members of CFC to share His love with the world. Whether it has been through events such as the New Student Week Picnic or the Summer Festival, programs such as the Summer Missions Programs, or ministries such as International Student Connection, we are doing our best to share God's love with the world.

It is our hope and prayer that CFC will be a church that will serve and love the Lord maximally, so that God will be maximally glorified in and through our lives. We desire for every day we live to be the day that we love Jesus the most. Difficulties may come along the way, but through the Word and prayer, we will fix our eyes on the One who is and always be faithful. May God be praised!

Raising workers for His kingdom!

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leadership info

MINISTRIES

CURRENT STAFFRev. Dr. Min J. Chung, Senior Pastor

Rev. David Kang, Associate PastorCRH and GBS Area

Rev. Kevin (KJ) Kim, Associate PastorAFM and FAR/PAR Area

Rev. Sean Lee, Associate PastorISR Area

Rev. Tony Thomas, Associate PastorEthnic and ABEL Area

Pastor Tim Rhee, Associate PastorFAR/PAR Area

OFFICERSMary Cha*Ashley ChoSarah ChoiAaron ChunPeter Hahn*Jenna JooChris JoungJi JungGeorge KimJohn Kim*Andy LaiHaeran Lee

* Indicates Officer Meeting Attendee

Jae Lee*John Sooho LeeSharon LeeSharon Danbi LeeRoger MaoTravis Mui*Josue PernilloSusan SongPhilip Su*Charlie WanChristine Yu

Resource Ministries

AUDIO RESOURCE - Haley Mui

CHAIRS - Sam Mang

FOOD - Alexandra Park

HOSPITALITY - Christine Yu

HYMNS - Grace Moon

PASTORS’ LUNCH MINISTRY - YooC Park

SCRIBES - Sammy Yoo

SPECIAL PRAISE - Amos Chan

WELCOMING & VISITORS - Roger Mao

Committees

FINANCE - Ester Cha

MISSIONS - Rev. Sean Lee

WORSHIP - Dae Woung Kang

Creative Arts

DESIGN - Adrienne Strohm Kim

DRAMA - Sebastian Lee / Jon George / Andy Park

MUSTARD SEEDS - Dorothy Teng

PHOTOGRAPHY - Suge Lim

VIDEO - Joe Chen

Education

NURSERY - Yun Jung Yi

SUNDAY SCHOOL - Jinny Cho / Sarah Choi

YOUTH GROUP - Joe Tek Yun

Missions

SUMMER SCHOOL - Paul Han

SUMMER MISSIONS PROGRAM - Alexandra Park

OtherHEALTHCARE MINISTRY - Dr. Harold Yoon

LATINO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (LCF) - Josue Pernillo

INDIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (ICF) - Rev. Tony Thomas

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONNECTIONS (ISC) - JT Park

KOREAN-SPEAKING BIBLE STUDY (KOBS) - Wonhee Yun

TAIWANESE INVESTIGATIVE BIBLE STUDY (TIBS) - Matt Lee

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 PASTORS' LETTER

3 LEADERSHIP INFO

4-5 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

6 DEMOGRAPHICS

7 ATTENDANCE

8-9 EDUCATION PROGRAM

10-11 MISSIONS SUPPORT

12-14 SMP / SUMMER SCHOOL

15 FINANCE SUMMARY

16 STATEMENT OF FAITH

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SMALL GROUP DISTRIBUTION BY AREAS

ABEL CRH FARPAR ISR

ALLEN, BUSEY- EVANS, LINCOLN AVE RESIDENCE

HALLS

CHAMPAIGNRESIDENCE HALLS

FLORIDA AVERESIDENCE HALLS

PENNSYLVANIAAVE RESIDENCE

HALLS

ILLINOIS STREETRESIDENCE HALLS

AFM GBS ETHNIC/ISC

ADULT & FAMILY MINISTRY

GRADUATE BIBLE STUDY

ETHNIC MINISTRIES/

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

CONNECTIONS

church membership

Rev. Tony Thomas

92 TOTAL

Rev. KJ Kim

154 TOTAL

Rev. David Kang

101 TOTAL

Rev. Tony Thomas

199 TOTAL

Rev. David Kang

289 TOTAL

Rev. KJ Kim,Pastor Tim Rhee

253 TOTAL

Rev. Sean Lee

165 TOTAL

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CHURCH MEMBERSHIP1,429 PEOPLE

UNDERGRAD SG

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demographics

YEAR DISTRIBUTION

RACE/ETHNICITY

Throughout the year, CFC has a number of events and meetings which are geared towards strengthening and training up its members to become Kingdom workers in both their present and future callings. Being in Urbana-Champaign, the church cycle follows the academic (August–May) and summer (June–August) school schedules. The chart below reflects participation in various church-wide events during 2018.

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SPECIAL EVENTS ATTENDANCE

attendanceWEEKLY MEETING ATTENDANCE

education programsOur congregation now consists of a number of newborns and toddlers on up. CFC provides programs starting from Nursery (ages 1-3), Sunday School (grades Pre-School – 5th) and Youth Group (Middle School and High School). The aim of these ministries is to provide a Christ-centered environment to raise up a generation of kingdom workers.

YOUTH GROUPContact Person: Joe Tek Yun, Eddie Lee

13 volunteers88 Students

The Youth Group serves middle school and high school aged students with a vision of raising up kingdom workers among the next generation. Our schedule includes weekly Lord's Day Worship, Friday Night Lights (a gathering for activities led by our student ministries, bible studies, seminars and/or prayer meetings), monthly hangouts, and retreats throughout the year.

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SPECIAL BIBLE STUDIES

APOLOGETICS - Rev. David Kang

EVANGELISM - Rev. Sean Lee

MARKETPLACE BIBLE STUDY - Dr. Min J. Chung

MISSIONS BIBLE STUDY - Rev. Sean Lee

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY I & II - Rev. Tony Thomas

UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE - Rev. KJ Kim & Rev. Sean Lee

INVESTIGATING CHRISTIANITY - Peter Hahn

Contact Person: Jinny Cho, Sarah Choi

20 volunteers81 students

The Sunday School ministry is a partnership with families in planting seeds of the gospel into young hearts and minds. Our hope and prayer is that God will raise up seedings that will sprout up through laying building blocks of faith through the Word and encouraging a heart of worship and relationship with Christ at an early age (Isaiah 61:11). The weekly schedule includes Worship, a Bible Story and small group discussion for ages PreK-5th grade each Sunday during the 12:30PM service. We are currently using Lifeway's Gospel Project curriculum.

NURSERYContact Person: Yun Jung Yi, Sarah Han, Yunsu Yu 11 volunteers18 students

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The Nursery ministry provides care for one- to two-year-old children during the 12:30PM service on Sundays when there are 2 services. During this time, the children eat lunch and have play time. The two-year-old children also have “Story Time,” which is a short worship time with a Bible lesson, prayer, songs, and an activity.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

NORTH AMERICAAaron and Julie Otis

(Ucluelet, BC Canada)

Global Partners USA

KIM-NET

KOSTA

Mission to North AmericaRev. Henry Koh

SIM USA

MIDWEST USAThe Redemption Church

Rev. Jong Park (IL)

Restoration Community ChurchRev. Brian Park (IL)

Campus Crusade for ChristUnChong and Scott Burkey (IL)

Urbana Theological Seminary (IL)

Covenant Life ChurchRev. Jung Lee (MN)

Harvest Church of MadisonRev. Paul Chi (WI)

GRIP Outreach for Youth (IL)

WEST USAOpen Worship Church

Rev. Jim Han (WA)

Movement Church of the CrossPastor Charles Kim (AZ)

Dr. Peter & Joann Kim (AZ)

All Nations Onnuri ChurchPastor Hoyoung Moon (CA)

OC InternationalRev. Daniel Oh (CO)

EAST USAMissio Seminary (PA)

Rev. I.J. Kim (VA)

AFRICAHolistic MissionsRev. Eun Yong Lee (Africa)

Rev. Paul Kwang Suk Park (West Africa)

EMARev. Jong Ahn (Burundi)

EMARev. Jong Pyo Im (Kenya)

Gebre Ighzabiher Kahsai (Kenya)

EMAEun Bin Koh (Kenya)

EMASook Ja Suh (Kenya)

MIDDLE EAST6 missionaries*

CENTRAL ASIA2 missionaries*

EAST ASIA2 missionaries*

Christ Bible InstituteDr. Michael Oh (Japan)

EMA Rev. Young Dae Kim (Korea)

Global Partners Rev. Yong Joong Cho (Korea)

SIM Rev. Kyung Sul and Hye Won Kim (Korea)

SEED International Dr. Chandler Im (Japan)

SEED International Rev. Man Sook and Esther Kang (Japan)

SOUTHEAST ASIA21 missionaries*

EUROPE4 missionaries*

*names not listed for security reasons

missions support

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NORTH AMERICAAaron and Julie Otis

(Ucluelet, BC Canada)

Global Partners USA

KIM-NET

KOSTA

Mission to North AmericaRev. Henry Koh

SIM USA

MIDWEST USAThe Redemption Church

Rev. Jong Park (IL)

Restoration Community ChurchRev. Brian Park (IL)

Campus Crusade for ChristUnChong and Scott Burkey (IL)

Urbana Theological Seminary (IL)

Covenant Life ChurchRev. Jung Lee (MN)

Harvest Church of MadisonRev. Paul Chi (WI)

GRIP Outreach for Youth (IL)

WEST USAOpen Worship Church

Rev. Jim Han (WA)

Movement Church of the CrossPastor Charles Kim (AZ)

Dr. Peter & Joann Kim (AZ)

All Nations Onnuri ChurchPastor Hoyoung Moon (CA)

OC InternationalRev. Daniel Oh (CO)

EAST USAMissio Seminary (PA)

Rev. I.J. Kim (VA)

AFRICAHolistic MissionsRev. Eun Yong Lee (Africa)

Rev. Paul Kwang Suk Park (West Africa)

EMARev. Jong Ahn (Burundi)

EMARev. Jong Pyo Im (Kenya)

Gebre Ighzabiher Kahsai (Kenya)

EMAEun Bin Koh (Kenya)

EMASook Ja Suh (Kenya)

MIDDLE EAST6 missionaries*

CENTRAL ASIA2 missionaries*

EAST ASIA2 missionaries*

Christ Bible InstituteDr. Michael Oh (Japan)

EMA Rev. Young Dae Kim (Korea)

Global Partners Rev. Yong Joong Cho (Korea)

SIM Rev. Kyung Sul and Hye Won Kim (Korea)

SEED International Dr. Chandler Im (Japan)

SEED International Rev. Man Sook and Esther Kang (Japan)

SOUTHEAST ASIA21 missionaries*

EUROPE4 missionaries*

*names not listed for security reasons

MISSIONS SUPPORTED BY CFC

The vision of CFC is Matthew 9:37-38, to produce Kingdom workers. To this end, we partner with a number of workers by supporting them through prayer and finances. Listed below are various seminarians, ministries, and missionaries CFC supports.

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JAPANTeam Leader: Rev. Tony Thomas & Rev. David KangMay 29 - June 1912 participants

The purpose of this trip was to enable college students and working professionals of our church to serve in a cross-cultural ministry context in Osaka, Japan alongside J-House Church, whom we've partnered with since 2004. Part of our time was spent visiting a local college campus and sharing the Gospel with different students, and connecting them to the local church. The other part of our trip was spent focusing on building up and strengthening J-House by doing inductive Bible studies, leading prayer groups, and training at the leadership level.

missions: smp & summer school

SUMMER MISSIONS PROGRAM

In addition to supporting people serving as full-time workers overseas, CFC also participates in the Great Commission by sending out short-term teams in the summer. Participants began preparing for SMP in February 2018, learning about the culture, raising support, and most importantly, laying a foundation of prayer.

Administration Team: Rev. Sean Lee, Alex Park, Venus Fan, Christopher Cha, Roger Mao, Finance - Christine Yu & Miji Kwun

23 participants 6 volunteers

SMP FINANCE SUMMARYIncomeDonations Received Japan $26,726.15 Kenya $34,995.58Easter Dinner $7,403.31Program - General $835.00Program Fees $575.00TOTAL INCOME $70,535.04

ExpensesTeam Expenses Japan $19,807.33 Kenya $29,909.17 Middle East $5,570.36Program Expenses $5,938.38TOTAL EXPENSES $61,225.24

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SHORT-TERM MISSIONS

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SHORT-TERM MISSIONS

KENYATeam Leader: Rev. Sean LeeMay 30 - June 2811 participants

We partnered with Missionary Lee, a missionary we have been working for over 25 years. In our time there, we supported local churches and a local school. Our ministry consisted of Vacation Bible School for children, revival meetings and house to house evangelism. One of the weeks, we helped disciple about 150 teenagers by studying the Bible together and sharing testimonies.

MIDDLE EASTMEDICAL TEAMTeam Leader: Harold Yoon & Danny LeeMarch 16 - March 255 participants

CFC followed up on the previous year's English teaching team with a medical team that partnered with Joe and Joyce Lee, full time missionaries sent by our church. We provided primary health care to refugees in the capital city and also an outlying city. We saw Syrian, Yemeni, and Sudanese refugees, who are mostly without status and therefore lack access to doctors. We saw 400 patients in 4 clinic days, giving medicine, injections, and spine manipulations. We were able to pray with them in the name of Jesus. We learned that many are open to knowing more about Jesus, yet the stigma and strong Muslim culture fight against a more effective witness. Pray that Joe and Joyce will follow up with many of these contacts, through their local church, and that one day Jesus' name would be freely proclaimed.

SUMMER SCHOOLOverseeing Administration: Paul Han, Sarah Choi, Mike Park, Chris Joung (Volunteer Coordinator), Paul Chae (Finances) [Rev. KJ Kim, Education Pastor] June 18 - July 20 (Teacher Training Week: June 11-15)

21 teachers52 volunteers123 children

From our humble beginnings with a small group of Sunday School students, CFC Summer School has become a five-week program, which includes many children from the community as well. We continue to strive for a quality program (four week academic and one week VBS curriculum) through which we actively participate in domestic missions. Our purpose is teach and train all attending children the Gospel to ultimately impact generations to come.

SUMMER SCHOOL FINANCE SUMMARY

Income $43,391.26 Expenses $34,859.23 Outgoing Donations $9,407.53

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EXPENSESGeneral Operations Operations Events $91,011.86 Fees $2,062.82 Ministries $10,231.68 Property Buildings $17,463.67 Vehicles $61,682.63 IT $6,445.94 Total Operations $188,898.60

Personnel Payroll Expenses Education $22,800.00 Insurance $74,468.66 Salaries $190,192.70 Taxes $733.79 Total Payroll Expenses $288,195.15

Conferences $6,088.30 Meetings $3,821.05 Travel $35,276.05 Other $850.00 Total Personnel $334,230.55

Missions Domestic Once $10,000.00 Domestic Regular $19,800.00 Overseas Once $46,864.34 Overseas Regular $41,800.00 Mercy $4,207.50 Total Missions $122,671.84

Other Accounts Summer School $34,859.23 SMP $61,225.24 Youth Group $1,045.47

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EXPENSES

finance summaryINCOMEGeneral Operations Giving Donations $27,793.67 Tithes/Offering $1,202,059.64

$1,229,853.31

Other Accounts Summer School $43,391.26 SMP $70,535.04 Reserve $2,409.80 Youth Group Cash Fund $1,682.00

Total General Operations

Total Income $1,347, 871.41Total Expense $741,885.46

NET INCOME $605,985.95

INCOME

WE BELIEVE...... the Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original manuscripts, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

... in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

... that Jesus Christ is the true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, arose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of God the Father; He is our High Priest and Advocate.

... that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore totally lost, unable to save himself, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can he obtain salvation and eternal life.

... that only those whom God calls in His grace, through no choice of their own, will express faith in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

... that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only those who receive Jesus Christ through faith and repentance become children of God.

... that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances to be observed by the church during that present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.

... that the true Church is composed of all regenerated believers who are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the Head.

... in the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this hope has a vital bearing on the present personal life and service of the believer.

... in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

statement of faith

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