About our Founder and Pastor
Apostle Robert Covington was called to ministry at the age of 18. He began preaching the Gospel in his 12th grade classroom, when a teacher assigned the students to do an impromptu speech, at the very moment he stood and spoke to his fellow students about the End of Days and the importance of having Jesus Christ as their savior. Immediately many of their hearts were pricked and lives were changed. Years later he ran into many of them, they expressed the profound impact his life had on theirs, and many of them have become Christians and ministers themselves. They account his words in that classroom, on that day, to have been the beginning of many changes in their lives. Upon graduating from high school, he began worshipping with a small community church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, under the direction of an Apostle. During the next 10 years, the Lord would use this time to invest his anointing and power into his life and begin the making of this Apostle of God. (Apostle Robert L. Covington). It was also during this season of his life that he would meet his wife Ramona and begin their lives together.
They each sat under the tutelage of other Apostles and Prophets of God; mighty men and women of God such as Apostle Maurice Johnson, Apostle Frank Johnson, Apostle Theodore Herring, Bishop/Prophet Bernard Jordan, Arch-Bishop Benson Idahosa, Dr.'s Mack and Brenda Timberlake, Dr. Lester Sumrall, Mike Murdock, Fuchsia Pickett, Apostle Turnell Nelson, Prophet Leland Davis and so many more. These men and women served as mentors and teachers in their lives. It was the principles and not only the personalities which God used to trained them that meant so much. Principles such as integrity in ministry, character development, studying the Word of God, faithfulness in marriage, ministry and other relationships, how to follow leadership, the importance of wisdom, the importance of a personal prayer life and learning to seek God for His will, importance of self discipline, proper discipline of others, (you cannot discipline where you have not trained), the power of fasting, how to properly function in the Gifts, the wisdom of giving, the importance of vision, goal setting and understanding your call. There is no way that we could in total share all that was imparted to this man and woman of God; but the impartation now speaks through the Covington's today. They are both teachers and preachers! There is not a moment that you will be in their presence that you will not learn something.
The Covington's have shared their lives together for the last 31years, both in good times and in bad; yet you are likely to see them even to this day holding hands or embracing one another. This is a relationship, which has been blessed by God. They have stood together through many victories, test and trials. The Lord blessed them with three very wonderful children: Latoya, Crystal and Robert Louis. Each of their children is a very gifted individual in their own right, and God is not through with them yet! The Lord also blessed them with a son in law by the name of Cedric, which once served in their ministry and eventually married their oldest daughter Latoya. They each gave them three great, energetic Grand Children; Daniel, Essence and Josiah; which come to stay with their grandparents each summer. When school is out, they cannot wait to come be with Poppy and Grandma. The Covington's are family people. In addition, they encourage families to be healed and to love one another. They also, have an extended family that reaches around the world, of many ages, nationalities and tongues. Apostle Covington and his wife Ramona constantly teach wholeness and maturity to the Body. They are people of Vision and Faith. If there is anything that can be said of these two is that, they truly trust the Lord!
