We Choose Hope
in Troubled Times
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Challenge and Opportunity: What Is Next for the School of Restorative Arts?
Our community inside had very little control over where they would be sent, and they were typically not informed of their move dates until the very day. I cannot …
Called, Beloved, and Kept
This sermon was originally preached at Community Worship on August 28, 2025. I have said and will continue to say that the best apologetic for the Christian faith …
Purposeful Narrative? Covenant History Past, Present, and Future
It is an honor to be installed in the newly created Wilma E. Peterson Chair in Church History. It is especially poignant and fitting that this endowed position …
Events
From Stacks to Stories: The Covenant Archives at 90
01/14/2026, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
2025 marks the 90th anniversary of the Covenant Archives. Celebrate this milestone this academic year through a lunch and learn …
Covenant Midwinter Classes
01/26/2026
Courses meet in Chicago at the 2026 Midwinter Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Resilience in an Age of Permacrisis: Strengthening Ministry Leaders and Care Professionals
02/24/2026, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Caring for others can be demanding, particularly in a climate of instability, conflict, and limited resources. However, like other …
Programs and Degrees
Degree
Master of Divinity
The most comprehensive preparation for vocational ministry, designed to prepare lead pastors for ordination or for ministries such as teaching, counseling, and chaplaincy.
Certificate
Certificate in Spiritual Direction
Training in the practice of holy listening, spiritual discernment, and prayer in the Christian, Protestant tradition.
Regional Cohort
Master of Arts in Christian Formation
Preparation for ordination to specialized ministry service, with a foundation in Bible, theology, and focus on the discipleship ministry of the church.
Our World Needs Voices of Hope
Is God Calling You to Join Us?
Let’s tell the truth. Our times are struggling with finding faith, holding hope, learning to love like Jesus.
Yet the Good News is real. We need pastors and listeners, leaders and prophets more than we ever have. Our community holds on to hope—and we are dedicated to theological education that forms our head, heart, and hands. Join us.
Our learning community is unique—rigorous but humble, smart but emotionally mature, small but impactful.
We are rooted in the Living Gospel yet turned outward to a complex world.
—Dr. Dennis R. Edwards, Dean of North Park Theological Seminary and Vice President of Church Relations at North Park University
Resourcing Pastors and Congregations
We envision a faithful, healthy church for a just and flourishing world.
Our faculty teach to serve the church’s mission.
From inspiration for next week’s sermon to training congregations how to minister to those who have experienced trauma, our faculty are ready to train, equip, and serve—across the Evangelical Covenant Church and beyond.