How is Pine Lake Covenant Governed and Held Accountable?
Our Government
"... with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone."
Ephesians 2:20
Pine Lake Covenant Church is a member congregation of the
Evangelical Covenant Church 
and its regional conference, the
North Pacific Conference . Covenant churches utilize a congregational form of church government.
The local church has complete responsibility and authority for local church
decisions.
Officers are elected by the congregation from its active membership.
Church officers include a Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, and Financial Officer.
They sit on the church Leadership Team along with the senior pastor, who is an
ex-officio member of the Team. Other pastoral staff serve as advisory
members. You can read our
Constitution here 
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Congregational business meetings are held at least semi-annually. The
membership votes on the following:
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Any constitutional changes
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Electing Leadership Team members
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Adopting the annual church budget
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Calling pastoral staff
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Approving construction loans and land purchases
Our History
Pine Lake Covenant Church began its ministry in 1981. The congregation was
established by our parent denomination, the
Evangelical Covenant Church
and its regional conference, the
North Pacific Conference . The church was jointly sponsored by several local Covenant churches who
sent families to join in the beginning of this church. Generous financial
support was given to us from the denomination and regional conference during our
initial years of development.
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