In April of 1997 the Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic (PMA) of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) received Covenant Presbyterian Fellowship as a mission work of the PMA. In June of that year, seventeen members were received and recorded on the charter role of Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church (COPC).
On May 22, 1998, Dan Fincham was ordained and installed as the organizing pastor of COPC.
January 1, 2000, marked the birth of the Presbytery of the Southeast (PSE) of the OPC. The new presbytery was at that time composed of eleven organized congregations and seven mission works, one of which was COPC.
At a congregational meeting called on August 16, 2002, the members of COPC, New Bern, voted to petition the PSE to organize it as a new and separate congregation of the OPC. At that meeting two ruling elders and one deacon were elected to serve alongside an existing ruling elder. Dan Fincham was elected to serve as pastor of the organized church.
A meeting of the PSE was called for September 20, 2002, for the purpose of hearing and approving the petition to organize, to ordain and install officers, and to install the pastor. At the time of organization COPC had 71 members (49 communicants and 22 non-communicants).
The believers who began meeting as Covenant Presbyterian Fellowship gathered for a short time in homes. After being received as a mission work COPC met in several different rented facilities for the next seven years. In late 2003 the Lord wondrously and unexpectedly provided substantial funds toward building its present worship facility. Construction began in May of 2004 and was completed in time for the congregation to begin worshipping in its new facility in December of 2004.
On May 22, 1998, Dan Fincham was ordained and installed as the organizing pastor of COPC.
January 1, 2000, marked the birth of the Presbytery of the Southeast (PSE) of the OPC. The new presbytery was at that time composed of eleven organized congregations and seven mission works, one of which was COPC.
At a congregational meeting called on August 16, 2002, the members of COPC, New Bern, voted to petition the PSE to organize it as a new and separate congregation of the OPC. At that meeting two ruling elders and one deacon were elected to serve alongside an existing ruling elder. Dan Fincham was elected to serve as pastor of the organized church.
A meeting of the PSE was called for September 20, 2002, for the purpose of hearing and approving the petition to organize, to ordain and install officers, and to install the pastor. At the time of organization COPC had 71 members (49 communicants and 22 non-communicants).
The believers who began meeting as Covenant Presbyterian Fellowship gathered for a short time in homes. After being received as a mission work COPC met in several different rented facilities for the next seven years. In late 2003 the Lord wondrously and unexpectedly provided substantial funds toward building its present worship facility. Construction began in May of 2004 and was completed in time for the congregation to begin worshipping in its new facility in December of 2004.