“Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.” -St. Francis of Assisi

We believe we are called to be the church, the hands and feet of Jesus, serving our local and global community. Covenant Church strategically partners with local, national and global organizations to: mobilize leaders, raise awareness, and build communities. We make a difference with our partners through various efforts. You can partner with us, pray for our missions efforts, give to further the Gospel into the world, or go and be the physical “boots on the ground,” as we say in Texas.

REACHING GLOBALLY

• Disaster Relief | Houston | Florida | California | Puerto Rico

• Center for National Renewal | Washington D.C.

• World Compassion Global

• Dream Center | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Nancy Lieberman Charities

• Surge Project

• Shoreline City Church | Dallas, TX

• Metro Life Church | Miami, FL

• Triumph Church | Beaumont, TX

• Grace Church | Houston, TX

• San Francisco Lighthouse | San Francisco, TX

• Restored Hope Ministries | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

• Follow the Water | Doc Lawson | Liberia, Africa

• The Garden of Gethsemane | Israel

• Faustino Brene | Havana, Cuba

• Kfar Tikva (Village of Hope) | Israel

• Dream Doctors | Israel | Dallas, TX

• Sherry Ifft | Asia

• David & Cludia Albrecht | Managua, Nicaragua

• Mark & Michelle Moore | Ephesus, Turkey

• Elevate X | James Matthews | Kochi, India

It was incredibly saddening to have to throw away so many memories,

possessions, and photo albums that were moldy or non-repairable. I was

blessed enough to have been able to pull apart some pictures that were

still wet in an attempt to save them! I have never fully understood the

phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” until now. I feel like I know

this family’s entire history just through these photos. I’m so blessed to be

down in Houston with @eightdaysofhope on behalf of @covlive.” -Annabelle

Martinez

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DISASTER RELIEFHOUSTON/FLORIDA/CALIFORNIA/PUERTO RICO

Covenant Church has been active in mobilizing volunteers to assist in RESCUE and RECOVERY efforts by providing disaster relief.

These mission efforts have been and will continue to REBUILD homes, churches, and communities.

We are partnering with churches in Houston, Florida, and California who are delivering daily assistance by being the “Boots on the Ground.”

The Center for National Renewal is a Christian, interdenominational, non-partisan organization in Washington D.C. that seeks to catalyze ideas and influencers through prayer, dialogue, and education for the work of national renewal, humanitarian responsiveness, and the common good.

Their core values are Centrality of Christ, Civility of Exchange, and Convergence of Diversity, followed by their strategies which are Prayer, Reconciliation, Education, and Influence. They are an initiative of Churches in Covenant, an international network of churches and ministry leaders, and representing over 240,000 members.

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At World Compassion, their mission is about taking the message of Jesus Christ to nations that are hostile to the Gospel and empowering local bodies of believers to support the spiritual and physical transformation of lives in places such as China, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, and Myanmar. World Compassion is made up of people who believe they can do the impossible.

They understand no nation is closed to the permeating love of Christ, and are fully committed to reaching beyond cultural barriers and unsafe borders. World Compassion meets immediate needs for people, trains up leaders, and utilizes local connections. Most importantly they take the time to invest in the people of the region.

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DREAM CENTER

Philip and Renee Murdoch, with Light to the Nations, purchased a 6.3 acre site in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. They’ve opened the Rio Dream Center as a focal point in building others and assisting them to achieve God’s destiny for their lives.

They offer job training, work ethics classes, food and clothing distribution, eyeglasses distribution to children, soccer school, swimming lessons, ballet, music school, and housing for women rescued from human trafficking. They have a fully functioning dental clinic for the community, and have started building their volunteer base to house a medical optometrist clinic! The auditorium they are currently in is their 5th campus with another one on the way.

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The Nancy Lieberman Charities is an organization

committed to promoting and developing healthy

lifestyles and educational opportunities for young

girls and boys. Students are supported with

basketball camps, clinics, Dream Courts, college

scholarships, and school supply programs,

throughout the United States.

The Dream Courts aim to make basketball more

accessible to kids, as well as to provide a

safe environment for kids to play. Dream Courts

offer children in underprivileged communities

an inexpensive recreational alternative, a safe

place to play basketball, interact socially, and

learn the importance of teamwork and good

sportsmanship.

Covenant Church has currently supported two

Dream Courts. The first, in Carrollton, with its

grand opening on November 20, 2017, at 6 pm

at Martha Pointer Park (2100 Rockwood Dr.,

Carrollton, TX 75007), and the second in Flagstaff,

AZ, opening in 2018.

SURGE PROJECTCHURCH PLANTING

The Surge Project is focused exclusively on planting reproducing churches that start Christian communities and train disciples across the globe. Their needs-based initiatives tackle issues like orphan care, water wells, and medical aid. Out of every 100 churches the project plants, 99 are “Significant” churches in rural areas. A local pastor who is fluent in the language in rural areas is supported in the first year to travel into the rural area, create an opportunity for bi-vocational income, and build a local church. Covenant Church has partnered with the Surge Project social entrepreneurship opportunity by purchasing motorbikes for pastors. The motorbike enables the pastor to travel into and around the community, create bi-vocational income because it is a means to create a taxi service, and ultimately build a church. Currently, Covenant Church has supported 30 pastors with motorbikes and helped them build 30 churches. The Surge Project churches have over 1.1 million people in attendance each weekend in more than 22,000 churches.

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LOCAL CHURCHES

Shoreline City Church Dallas, pastored by Earl and

Oneka McClellan, is a local evangelical church in the

Dallas metroplex. Shoreline’s motto is, “Come as you

are.” Covenant is partnering with the growing church

to help expand their current building to accommodate

the growing needs of this thriving church.

Steve and Mary Alessi pastor Metro Life Church in

Miami, Florida. Metro Life’s vision is to impact the lives

of others through solid and strong relationships, both

within the church and in the community by impacting

everyday life everywhere. Covenant Church has

partnered with Metro Life to provide rescources to

victims of Hurricane Irma.

Randy and Renee Clark & Randon

and Lindsay Clark pastor Triumph

Church. Triumph’s mission and

purpose are to help everyone

discover their divine destiny and

make an impact in Southeast

Texas. Covenant Church has

helped provide recovery and

relief during Hurrican Harvey.

We will continue to partner with

Triumph as they rebuild their

community.

Grace Church is pastored by

Brett and Gizelle Jones & Scott

and Melanie Jones. They were

the “boots on the ground” during

Hurricane Harvey, opening up their

church to emergency responders

and recovery volunteers. Covenant

Church will continue to partner

with Grace Church to rebuild their

communities and surrounding areas

affected by the hurricane.

Jeff and Julie Garner pastor San

Francisco Lighthouse. They are a

diverse community of disciples

of Jesus’ teachings and way of

life in the tradition of the Beloved

Disciple. Lighthouse practices

discipleship and working together

for the betterment of their

community, neighborhoods, and

networks.

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I want to give all the thanks and glory to my Lord and Savior for all that

He has done for me. I was broken, at a point in time of my life where I felt

like there was nothing to live for, but His grace saved me. I was raped

at the age of 13, and it escalated from there. I became promiscuous

and felt the need to always be with a man. I turned to stripping, which

resulted in getting pimped out. This was the hardest thing in my life to

go through, but the ministry of Restored Hope helped me to overcome

these hardships of my life.

God has worked through me to become a stronger woman and to

overcome the turmoil that was going on in my life. The ministry helped

me to see who I am in Christ and actually believe that I’m worthy and not

worthless. I thank the Lord for restoring me and allowing me to overcome

the hardships that were going on at that point in time of my life. God

restores everything which was lost, and I can’t explain the joy that He has

given me throughout this journey. -Tyreesh

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RESTORED HOPEMINISTRIESDALLAS / FORT WORTH, TX

Sam and Sherry Pollinzi lead Restored Hope Ministries in the Dallas metroplex. Restored Hope’s first objective is to rescue young women and their children trapped in sexual slavery, trafficking, and domestic violence. They have a 16-unit apartment and are going forward with their purpose by reuniting families that were broken by trafficking, the Criminal Justice system or domestic violence. At their facility, they focus on putting the families back together and restoring parent-child relationships.

The program provides 12-to-16 months of transitional housing with spiritual and physical self-help programs. These programs consist of Celebrate Recovery, Financial Peace University, Group-Talk, computer skills classes, budgeting, GED, parenting, legal services, medical and dental services, dance and exercise classes and job preparedness classes. Each lady is provided a mentor and a professional counselor that stays with them until graduation and beyond.

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EACH STEP OF FAITH YOU TAKE TO PARTNER WITH COVMISSIONS WILL HELP US AND OUR PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL FURTHER, PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AND REACH MORE PEOPLE!

CONTINUE EARNESTLY IN PRAYER, BEING VIGILANT IN IT WITH THANKSGIVING; MEANWHILE PRAYING ALSO FOR US, THAT GOD WOULD OPEN TO US A DOOR FOR THE WORD, TO SPEAK THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST. COLOSSIANS 4:2-3 NKJV

GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU; AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE.” AMEN. MATTHEW 28:19-20 NKJV

GARDENOFGETHSEMANE

The Garden of Gethsemane is the olive garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed, and His disciples slept the night before Jesus’ crucifixion. Admission to the Garden of Gethsemane is free, and maintenance of the Garden in years past was funded solely by the donations of visitors to the site. The importance of the Garden to the State of Israel as a tourist site cannot be overstated. Beginning in 2015, Covenant Church assumed the unique and excellent privilege of funding 100% of the annual maintenance costs of the Garden of Gethsemane.

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KFAR TIKVAVILLAGE OF HOPE

Kfar Tikva, the “Village of Hope” is a unique community located in Israel’s Lower Galilee region and is home to 200 adults with developmental and emotional disabilities whose ages range from 20 to 74. Kfar Tikva has a staff of 85 with 20 full-time volunteers from Israel and abroad. Kfar Tikva was established in 1964 by Dr. Siegfried Hirsch.

His vision was to create an environment where adults with special needs can live active, productive lives filled with opportunities for personal growth, communal camaraderie, and meaningful opportunities to integrate into the community at large. The community has grown and evolved significantly since its founding but has carried Dr. Hisch’s vision forward to today, and it remains the guiding principle of the unique community that is Kfar Tikva.

Kfar Tikva believes that people with special needs should have as much choice as possible with respect to how they spend their time and offers a wide range of classes, sports activities, workshops and dramatic performances.

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The Dream Doctors Project is a unique program that provides medical clowns, “Dream Doctors,” who are integrated into hospitals in Israel to bring comedic and therapeutic impact to children undergoing treatment and medical care. The Dream Doctors raise the spirits and the hopes of the children and even have a morale-boosting effect on the hospital staff and caregivers as well.

Dream Doctors are medically trained to participate in more than 40 various medical procedures including taking blood samples and other complex procedures such as injections directly into the joints, burn therapies, and accompanying child victims of sexual abuse during examinations. Scientific research studies have proven that the presence of a medical clown helps reduce the anxiety of the child, patient, and family, lessens pain and alleviates depression, and sometimes makes it unnecessary to use sedation.

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Doc Lawson with Follow the Water, is working in Liberia with partners Donami Sport, the YMCA and The Last Well to bring resources, community through grassroots efforts, and water to all people in the nation. The mission of The Last Well is to bring clean water and the Gospel to all of Liberia by 2020 for every man, woman, and child. The mission of Donami Sport is to bring soccer and Christian values to every child in Liberia by 2030.

Follow the Water brings The Last Well and Donami Sport together to reach EVERY CHILD in Liberia with clean water and soccer. In Liberia, 100 people die a day from lack of water; 60 of them are children. With every donation, Doc Lawson and Follow the Water positively affect the community by sponsoring soccer camps for children and building water wells for each village. Currently, half of the nation has been provided access to water, with 900,000 more citizens to reach. the Doc believes new life springs up when people have access to clean water, and then, community programs, churches, and ministry follow.

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FAUSTINO BRENEMOBILIZING LEADERS,BUILDING & PLANTING CHURCHES

HAVANA, CUBA

The ministry in Cuba is growing exponentially! The unified team takes part in building the churches, supporting the ministry through a variety of work projects around the church, and empowering the leaders and local pastors. Both men and women with a servant’s heart, those with construction experience and all laborers who are committed to advancing the local church in Cuba are continuing to make an impact on the approximately 11 million people living there.

SHERRY IFFTASIA

Sherry Ifft is a missionary that felt called to reach the lost in Asia. She has been integral in planting 400 plus churches in areas where Christianity is forbidden. Sherry is fearless and full of faith to continue to spread the Gospel in Asia, specifically through reaching children.

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David and Claudia are church builders in Nicaragua and work together with United Team International for outreach projects, which help further their impact. David and Claudia have an ongoing mission in the nation of Nicaragua. Almost thirty years of civil wars, natural disasters, economic crisis, and political turmoil has served its purpose of tilling the ‘soil.’ They are, and have been, preparing the hearts of the people of Nicaragua to receive the ‘seed’ of the Word of God into their lives and produce a great harvest.

DAVID & CLAUDIA ALBRECHT ELEVATE NICARAGUALOCAL CHURCH/ MOBILIZING LEADERS

Located in the gateway to the east, the Church in Ephesus finds itself in a unique environment. Over the last several years, Mark and Michelle Moore have been providing assistance for over 400 displaced refugees who have fled their country due to terrorist threats, while also building a local church.

Additionally, they launched a leadership development program called “Phillip,” in the capital city of Ankara, which hosts students from around the world.

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Elevate X’s mission, and passion is to empower the gospel-minded entrepreneur to occupy places of influence so they can be agents of God’s redemptive plan for this world.

They believe entrepreneurs broadly include founders of for-profit and non-profit businesses, church planters, artists, athletes, moms, or anyone who pursues their vocation with initiative and creativity, born out of their relationship with Jesus.

Elevate X works alongside India’s NBA Development League, India’s School of Business, and governing representatives to influence the landscape of India. Entrepreneurship influence refers to evangelism targeting secular and cultural environments.

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G O L O C A L

No matter where you live, you can have an impact on your community. We are involved in neighborhood-specific efforts to share the love and goodness of God with those we encounter in our community. We strive to create a safe environment as well as programs and initiatives that introduce our neighbors to the love of Christ and His plan for their lives.

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