Covenant Christian Reformed Church stands in the historic tradition of Reformed churches, founded upon and committed to the belief that Christ is the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer of all things (Colossians 1:15-20) and that the true meaning of our existence can be found only in a faithful response to his Word. As part of the Church universal—stretching over time and space—our primary calling is to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed. This gospel is the good news that though this world experiences the brokenness of sin in every area of life, healing and restoration arrives through Christ’s redemptive work.

Covenant CRC is a community of believers gathered through grace and called to a ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18) that finds expression in our love for one another, for our community, and for the world. We proclaim the gospel as part of the worldwide church and our Reformed fellowship. With the contemporary testimony Our World Belongs to God (Article 43), we proclaim,

Jesus Christ rules over all.
To follow this Lord is
to serve him wherever we are
without fitting in,
light in darkness,
salt in a spoiling world.

We pray and work as members of the kingdom of God—which is already among us.

Our life together is centered in our corporate worship, where in word and sacrament we are nurtured into new life as God’s people. It extends as well to our education and outreach programs, to the stewardship of our gifts and resources, and to our welcoming and inclusive fellowship.

We believe the Bible is the authoritative Word of God. Through it we learn that God is the creator of all, and all that He made was good. We also learn that man was made in God’s own image and given a free-will. Man chose to disobey and his disobedience caused all of creation to be affected. Sin has affected every aspect of life and our only hope for redemption is by and through the One who made us.

God set about to redeem us and His creation by unfolding His plan to send His Son into the world to be payment for our sin. By Christ’s death on the cross and resurrection from the dead, sin and death have been conquered! Christ’s victory set into motion the restoration of all of God’s creation and as His children we are a part of that work until Christ returns when all of creation will be restored.

To learn more about what we believe go to: http://www.crcna.org/pages/beliefs.cfm

On June 7, 1973, discussion began on starting a third Christian Reformed church in Sioux Center, Iowa. The first service of the new “Third CRC” was held on August 12, 1973, in Sioux Center Christian School’s gymnasium and by September of that same year 49 families signed the “Declaration of Intention to Affiliate with the Third CRC.” By March, 1974 the name, Covenant Christian Reformed Church, was adopted by the congregation. We continued worshiping in the SCCS gym until we purchased the building we currently worship in from First CRC. We moved from the gym to our present meeting place in February, 1982. In November, 1997 our congregation held a ground-breaking ceremony for an extensive addition/remodeling project. By November of the following year we were able to worship in our newly remodeled sanctuary and by early 1999 the entire building was in use.

Our Pastors:

Dr. Franklin Steen, our first pastor, served our congregation from January, 1975 until October, 1981.

Rev. Gilbert Kamps became our second pastor in July of 1982. He led our congregation until he left to serve another congregation in December, 1987.

Rev. Harry Weidenaar became our third pastor in August, 1988. He left in March, 1992 after accepting a call as pastor of another church.

Rev. Daniel De Groot served as Covenant’s fourth pastor beginning in July 1993. Pastor Dan left Covenant in August, 1999 to serve in another capacity.

Rev. Herman Van Niejenhuis accepted Covenant’s call to be our fifth pastor and was installed in July, 2000. He retired in June of 2012.

Rev. Kory Plockmeyer began serving as Covenant’s sixth pastor on September 15, 2013 and left in October, 2017 to serve another congregation.

Rev. Joel Kok became our Seventh Pastor at Covenant in December of 2018.

“Covenant” was chosen as our congregation’s name because this word best describes our relationship with God— a partnership—formed and sustained by Him.

A “covenant” is simply a “treaty,” or an agreement made between two people. As image bearers of God we are in “covenant” relationship with Him as well as with each other. This is significant in how we are to interact with one another and determines how we agree to live as fellow believers.

At baptism we “promise to receive [all] children in love, pray for them, help instruct them in the faith, and encourage and sustain them in the fellowship of believers“ (from “Baptism of Children,” Psalter Hymnal, p.961). In our daily interaction with our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ we are continually challenged to carry out our promise to love, encourage and pray for each other as we seek to live our life to the glory of God.

While it’s hard for us as broken people to always carry out the promises we make to each other we take great comfort in the fact that God’s promises made to us never fail. He is a covenant-keeping God!