The following is from the “Report of the Covenant College to the 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America”:

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Covenant College community, I offer this annual report as testimony to God’s blessing during the 2007-2008 year.

Amid all the good news and challenges, our core aim is outlined in our three-pronged purpose for our students:

-that our students would be graciously and thoroughly grounded in Jesus Christ, finding their identity in
him as Savior and King

-that our students would be permeated with a biblical frame of reference, orienting every dimension of
their study and their lives in light of God’s inerrant Word;

-that our students would be equipped to work and serve in their God-ordained callings as courageous
servants of the King, bringing his transforming truth and grace to bear in every nook and cranny of
the creation.

This purpose, in support of our mission, provides the focus and direction for every facet of the college, and we pray that God will continue to enable Covenant College to serve our growing number of students according to this purpose.

In my annual summary assessment report to our Board, I emphasize the core purposes of Covenant College in evaluating how we’re doing :

First, according to our mission statement, Covenant College exists to provide post secondary educational
services to the Presbyterian Church in America and the wider public.

Second, according to our purpose statement, Covenant College seeks to nurture growth in our
students in terms of identity in Christ, biblical frame of reference, and Christ honoring service.

Third, Covenant College is committed to the Bible as the Word of God written, accepts as its most
adequate and comprehensive interpretation the summary contained in the Westminster Confession of
Faith and Catechisms, and affirms the preeminence of JesusChrist in all things.

While assessment according to such purposes is often challenging, I can affirm that Covenant College is on track with regard to these three central purposes. We serve a growing number of students from PCA and like-minded backgrounds; we teach and mentor students in light of the glory and grace of Jesus Christ and the call to faithful obedience; and we are wholeheartedly committed to the faith once for all delivered to the saints, revealed in the Scriptures and wonderfully summarized in the Confession.

In presenting this report to the General Assembly, I am keenly aware of God’s gracious and majestic sovereignty in all the affairs of the College and its work and ministry. The 2007-2008 year included wonderfully encouraging pictures of vibrancy and growth — in people, programs, and property – all of which point us toward the years ahead with great expectation. The year also brought unexpected challenges, which have carried over in dramatic ways to the current fiscal year, and which point us to our true and trustworthy foundation – the Lord’s faithfulness in all circumstances. As the fall of 2008 unfolded, the global economic situation seriously deteriorated, with mounting concerns for enrollments, fund-raising, and budgets throughout the higher education world. God’s blessing to Covenant has abounded thus far: Not only have we not experienced the debilitating losses that other institutions have seen, but our year-end 2008 giving was strong, and our spring 2009 enrollment was right on budget. We thank God for generous friends and families who embrace the value of a Covenant education.