The Evangelical Covenant Church is a growing denomination adhering to the affirmations of historical Christianity regarding the Bible. We believe the Bible is the Word of God and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct.

Five evangelical emphases are central to the life and thought of The Evangelical Covenant Church: 

:: The centrality of the Word of God. (II Timothy 3:16) 
:: The necessity of the new birth in Christ. (John 3:3, 14:6) 
:: The church as a fellowship of believers. (I Cor. 12:12-13) 
:: A conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.(Gal. 5:25) 
:: The reality of freedom in Christ. (John 8:31-32, Gal. 5:1)

The uniqueness of the Evangelical Covenant denomination lies in the practice of allowing individual believers the personal freedom to have varying interpretations on theological issues not clearly presented in Scripture.

(A Historical Statement from the Preamble of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Evangelical Covenant Church was revised in 1957.)

"The Evangelical Covenant Church has its roots in historical Christianity as it emerged in the Protestant Reformation, in the biblical instruction of the Lutheran State Church of Sweden, and in the great spiritual awakenings of the nineteenth century. The three influences have in large measure shaped its development and are to be borne in mind in seeking to understand its distinctive spirit."

"The Covenant Church adheres to the affirmations of the Protestant Reformation regarding the Holy Scriptures, the Old and New Testament, as the Work of God and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct. It has traditionally valued the historic confessions of the Christian church, particularly the Apostles' Creed, while at the same time it has emphasized the sovereignty of the Word of all credal interpretations. It has especially cherished the pietistic restatement of the doctrine of justification by faith as basic to its dual task of evangelism and Christian nurture, the New Testament emphasis upon personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, the reality of a fellowship of believers which recognizes but transcends theological differences, and the belief in baptism and the Lord's Supper as divinely ordained sacrament of the church. While the denomination has traditionally practiced the baptism of infants, in conformity with its principle of freedom it has given room for divergent views. The principle of personal freedom, so highly esteemed by the Covenant, is to be distinguished from the individualism that disregards the centrality of the Work of God and mutual responsibilities and disciplines of the spiritual community."

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