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Reverend Victor E. Covington
Rev. Victor E. Covington is a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey and is happily married to Jennifer Kapangama Covington. They have one daughter, Angeline.
Rev. Covington was educated in the Atlantic City public school system and served six years in the United States Army as a Dental specialist. Rev. Covington was called to preach the Gospel while serving as the Director of Youth Ministries at the Faith Baptist Church of Pleasantville, NJ.
Rev. Covington studied at the Philadelphia College of Bible-South Jersey Campus. Having a passion for urban ministry he was employed as a chaplain for the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in the Department of Men’s Ministry, while concurrently serving in his home church as Assistant -to-the-Pastor.
Rev. Covington was later called from home missions to the foreign mission field of Malawi, Africa. In Malawi he served as the Pastor of the Blantyre Baptist Church and Christian School, an international, multi-cultural evangelical ministry.
- While on the African mission field of Malawi, Rev. Covington was privileged to minister in various capacities including:
- National Director of Missions for the Baptist Convention of Malawi
- Board member of Jesus Alive Center Bible Institute
- Lecturer at the World Mission School of Missions and The Evangelical Bible College of Malawi.
- Rev. Covington was the pioneer of an indigenous Christian Education Curriculum for Elementary Education relative to Malawian students. This project continues today.
He continues to work in partnership with the Church in Malawi, driven by the vision of developing and building a Christian High School.
Rev. Covington has discipled and mentored six sons in the Gospel Ministry.
Rev. Covington currently serves as the proud Pastor of the Union Missionary Baptist Church in Albany, New York and the Chairman of the Crenshaw Memorial Development Corporation.
His Philosophy for ministry is “Bring In-Build Up-Send Out”
His Motto is “Where there is breath - There is hope.”