{"id":8,"date":"2019-06-22T10:21:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T10:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralconf.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2019-06-29T06:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T06:50:20","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centralconf.org\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: #fff7f2;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:100px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Central Conference of Evangelical Covenant Churches unites, plants, and strengthens more than one hundred churches in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, eastern Missouri, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Learn more about the conference through our website or contact the Central Conference at-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #6a3262;\">4055 W Peterson Avenue, Suite 106, Chicago, Illinois, 60646, <a style=\"color: #6a3262;\" href=\"tel:7732673060\">(773) 267-3060<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #6a3262;\" href=\"mailto:info@centralconf.org\">info@centralconf.org<\/a> or Fax (773)267-2109.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:800px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">DOWNLOADS<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_2 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first button-one-box 1_2\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - 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This is a story of how one of the earliest conferences of the Covenant has joined together on a mission to learn together how to follow God\u2019s leading into unexpected and amazing places for 125 years.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_3_5 fusion-builder-column-5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-last 3_5\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-zoomin image-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centralconf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/about-inner.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"483\" alt=\"\" title=\"about-inner\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralconf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/about-inner-200x206.jpg 200w, https:\/\/centralconf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/about-inner-400x411.jpg 400w, https:\/\/centralconf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/about-inner.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: #f0f4ee;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:100px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_6 fusion-builder-column-6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first 1_6\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:16.66%;width:calc(16.66% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.1666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_2_3 fusion-builder-column-7 fusion-two-third 2_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:66.66%;width:calc(66.66% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.6666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #5b9b37;\">Learn more about the Central Conference in our four-part video series produced for the 2011 Annual Meeting.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_6 fusion-builder-column-8 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last 1_6\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:16.66%;width:calc(16.66% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.1666 ) );'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_2 fusion-builder-column-9 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first 1_2\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:50px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:360px; 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