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WHO
WE ARE The
Pacific Southwest Conference is a mission region of the Evangelical Covenant Church
encompassing Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. We seek to support
ministries to and with all ages reflecting the diversity of race, culture, and
class within our region. We affirm the Covenant's identity, biblical mission,
enduring commitments, and core beliefs. WHY
WE EXIST We
exist to discern God's Kingdom building movement and align our resources to support
opportunities for planting, adopting, and developing healthy, reproducing congregations. OUR
VISION FOR MISSION Our
vision for mission is to be a mosaic of churches working interdependently to reach
the unchurched and equip believers to transform lives and communities. OUR
MISSION PRIORITIES  Church
Planting - Initiating and nurturing new church plants in partnership with
existing churches.
Church
Development - Resourcing local churches in visioning, staffing, structuring
for mission,
and equipping leaders. Church
Outreach
- Resourcing local churches in evangelism and community
transformation
ministries. OUR
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, 2006 - 2010
- Compassion
and Justice Ministries - resource churches in planning and implementing sustainable
community transformation ministries
- Leader
Formation - call forth, equip, and release emerging leaders and current leaders
in church plants and existing churches
- Immigrant
and Multicultural Ministries -
develop immigrant, ethnic, and multiethnic/multicultural ministries reflecting
God's concern for justice
- Mission
Expansion -
intentionally plant churches in partnership with existing churches and other organizations
- Breakout
Ministries - coach pastors and lay leaders to envision and guide development
of healthy, reproducing churches
OUR
STRATEGY We
seek to facilitate connections among pastors and congregations within geographic
clusters and develop partnerships with and among congregations, conference centers,
and Covenant institutions in our region to advance Christ's mission. 
HISTORY
AND SCOPE OF ORGANIZATION
The
Pacific Southwest Conference of The Evangelical Covenant Church was informally
organized in 1902, a regional association of Covenant churches formed to carry
out ministries that are more effectively and efficiently done together rather
than independently.
The Pacific Southwest Conference is organized into
three operating divisions currently headquartered at the administrative office
in Concord, California. The PSWC owns and operates two conference centers: Mission
Springs Conference Center in Scotts Valley, California and Alpine
Covenant Conference Center in Blue Jay, California.
The Pacific Southwest
Conference of The Evangelical Covenant Church is incorporated in the state of
California. All Conference financial activities throughout all three divisions
are fully disclosed and certified in audited financial statements. February
22, 2001 marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Pacific Southwest
Conference. Read about the first 25 years of the Covenant Church in California
by clicking the links below: South
San Joaquin Valley
Southern
California
San Francisco
Bay Area
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