For several years the youth ministry at Covenant Christian Community Church (which went by the name "C4") raised money to travel and serve a BIC church in Nicaragua by running a VBS program. The Covenant Church family eagerly supported this ministry, which was initiated and led by Trent & Erin Simons. Transitions in both staff and lay leadership led to this beloved ministry concluding in 2015.
Since that time, Covenant Church has contributed financially to special global concerns, supported the ministry of the BIC in Nepal through the Nepal Peace Project, and sponsored six refugees from Syria with the help of Mennonite Central Committee. We have not, however, engaged in any regular connection with the global church. We feel, after eight years, that now is a time to consider changing that!
Our desire is not to have a place where we can "do missions trips" and come home. We believe that the healthiest engagement is one of partnership – a relationship with specific people in a specific place. We are prayerfully considering who God may be leading us to build lasting connections with, who we can learn from, and who we might mutually serve. A conversation with BIC Canada-Global led to conversations with the President of BIC Cuba, Luis Hernandez. We learned that it has been a prayer of his for a long time to have churches in Cuba connected to sister churches elsewhere in the world in this way. After hearing some of what we shared about ourselves, he recommended we consider a partnership with a small church in Santa Clara, Cuba.
In November of 2023 two representatives from Covenant visited Santa Clara and were immediately convinced that this partnership was a good thing. Through ongoing conversations with the church in Santa Clara, our Covenant family, and the BIC leadership in both Cuba and Canada, we are pursuing building this relationship.
Visit the "Initiatives" page on this site to find out about the next step in this partnership!
We welcome financial contributions to help us support the church ministry in Santa Clara and to help send our own Covenant people to do ministry alongside the church there. To contribute click "Donate" in the menu.