Belong. Believe. Become.

Our Story

Lakeside Covenant Church is a new gathering of friends and neighbors in the Chanhassen-Chaska area who desire to create space where we invite one another to Belong because we are loved by God, bring real questions, grow in faith, Believe in Jesus and Become more the people God dreamed us to be.  We are a part of the larger denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Pastor Steve Anderson sensed a movement from God to begin a new church in the southwest metro of the Twin Cities.  Steve had served on staff at Excelsior Covenant Church for over 18 years and also serves as the Chaplain for the Chanhassen Fire Department.  After sharing the vision for planting a church in the Chanhassen/ Chaska area, Excelsior Covenant supported this new movement with great excitement. As the parent church of Lakeside, Excelsior Covenant generously supports this new church plant through a variety of resources.

We invite you to join us and get a sense of who we are and how we will invite one another to Share Life, Pursue Jesus and change the world.  

Worship Gatherings: 10am @ Chaska High School | 545 Pioneer Trail, Chaska, MN 55318

What's In A Name?

Our Name

When we read about the life of Jesus in the first 4 books of the New Testament, Jesus invites people, ordinary-everyday people, to follow him. He lets them know they belong because they are loved. As people spend time with Jesus, experience his unconditional love, grace and mercy, they come to believe in him. When people spend time with him, they soon become more the people God intended them to be and experience true life. 

The invitation from Jesus to “follow me,” changes everything. This invitation often begins on the side of a lake (Lake Gennesaret—Sea of Galilee).  We desire friends and neighbors in our community to consider this invitation from Jesus that changes everything. May this invitation for them begin at...  Lakeside Covenant Church

What Do We Believe?

THE EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH

We are a multiethnic movement of 875 congregations in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world. The ECC values the Bible as the word of God, the gift of God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ, the call to extend God’s love to a hurting world, and the strength that comes from unity within diversity.

Lakeside Covenant Church is a church plant of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

The Covenant Denomination has six affirmations, which express the central beliefs that make up the core of what it means to be a Covenant church. These affirmations are: 

  • The centrality of the word of God

  • Necessity of new birth

  • A commitment to the whole mission of the church

  • The Church as a fellowship of believers

  • A conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit

  • The reality of freedom in Christ

To read more about the affirmations and the core beliefs of the Covenant follow this link.

Join us Sunday

Each Sunday we worship in-person or online at 10am. Join us!