First Covenant Church is a community of Jesus' followers who seek to love God and love our neighbors in our community of Superior, WI, and all around the world.
We represent a wide spectrum of ages, histories, and backgrounds but we come together each Sunday to be united as the Body of Christ. While we are an imperfect group, we seek to faithfully live into our calling as God's Children and to play our part in the story of God's work to make all things new.
We represent a wide spectrum of ages, histories, and backgrounds but we come together each Sunday to be united as the Body of Christ. While we are an imperfect group, we seek to faithfully live into our calling as God's Children and to play our part in the story of God's work to make all things new.
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First Covenant Church is a part of the Evangelical Covenant Church, 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 Evangelical Covenant Church is:
More information on the Covenant's beliefs and affirmations can be found here. |
Pastor Luke Oliver
Pastor Luke came to First Covenant in September 2014. Luke grew up in the great state of Washington and went to college in Santa Barbara, CA. He completed his seminary training at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL, with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Nonprofit Administration. He also previously earned a Master of Theology in Biblical Studies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Luke loves teaching God's Word. He has taught classes in Biblical Hebrew, New Testament, Biblical Ethics, and more at North Park Seminary, North Park University, and Alaska Christian College. In April 2015, he traveled to Nome, AK, to teach a course on the New Testament to Alaska Native pastors as part of the Western Alaska Ministry Training program (for the Alaska Conference of the ECC).
Luke is married to Carolyn and is dad to Amos and Iona.
You can contact Pastor Luke at luke@firstcovenantsuperior.org.
Pastor Luke came to First Covenant in September 2014. Luke grew up in the great state of Washington and went to college in Santa Barbara, CA. He completed his seminary training at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL, with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Nonprofit Administration. He also previously earned a Master of Theology in Biblical Studies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Luke loves teaching God's Word. He has taught classes in Biblical Hebrew, New Testament, Biblical Ethics, and more at North Park Seminary, North Park University, and Alaska Christian College. In April 2015, he traveled to Nome, AK, to teach a course on the New Testament to Alaska Native pastors as part of the Western Alaska Ministry Training program (for the Alaska Conference of the ECC).
Luke is married to Carolyn and is dad to Amos and Iona.
You can contact Pastor Luke at luke@firstcovenantsuperior.org.
Leadership Team
First Covenant is led by a Leadership Team of members elected by the congregation to serve two-year terms. Our current team includes:
First Covenant is led by a Leadership Team of members elected by the congregation to serve two-year terms. Our current team includes:
- Ulla Gustaffson-Carlson
- Nels Hursh
- Sandy Petzold
- Kathy Skandel
- Sally Thompson
- Pastor Luke