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Efrain (Brother E)
Alicea Signs Church Planting Agreement with Evangelical Covenant Church
Swanzey, NH, Saturday, July 9, 2011
Efrain Alicea signed his church planter agreement for the
Elements Church in the Bronx on Saturday, July 9, 2011. Along with Rev. Jason Condon, Associate
Superintendent & Director of Church Planting for the East Coast Conference
of the Evangelical Covenant Church and Rev. Howard Burgoyne, Superintendent of
the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Efrain signed as
the board members of the East Coast Conference witnessed and celebrated this beautiful
new partnership.
“I'm SO excited y’all to be a part of Covenant. When we
went to assessment Erika and I looked at each other and said, ‘We're already
Covenant. It's just not official.’ Meaning...the heart of ECC was already in
our hearts! Today is a huge day and I look forward to what God has planned for
us! We really feel like we’re
home!”
The Elements is an urban church in the Bronx, New York
whose mission is to, “Lead the urban culture to Christ by cultivating
relationship.” The pastor, Efrain
Alicea, aka Brother E, planted the church out of his home in 2008 and has seen
lives changed as a result of the ministry.
The
Evangelical Covenant Church is a rapidly growing multiethnic denomination in
the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world.
Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the ECC values the Bible as the word of
God, the gift of God’s grace and ever-deepening spiritual life that comes
through a faith with Jesus Christ, the importance of extending God’s love and
compassion to a hurting world, and the strength that comes from unity within
diversity.
The Elements Church is located at 2901 Bruckner Boulevard,
Bronx, NY 10461. Services are
Wednesday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 12:00 noon.
Tel:
718-670-3288.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elementsbx
.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/elementsbx
