Sr. Pastor Tembila Covington
Ministers' Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity, President
Pastor Tembila Covington earned a
Bachelor of Arts in Religion & Philosophy from Shaw University
and a Master’s of Science in Agricultural Education from NC A&T
State University. She is a certified Christian Life Coach,
Pastoral Care counselor.
Elder Covington is the
founder and Senior Pastor of Crossing Red Sea Ministries in
Rockingham, NC since 2008. The church mission is to earnestly
seek and promote the unity of God’s people, Godly love, Respect
and Faithful Cooperation.
Born in California and raised in Burkina
Faso (West Africa). In Nov. 2007, she was ordained Minister, and
in Mar. 2010 she was ordained Elder. Food security is an
important part of her outreach ministry. For this reason, Ram In
the Bush Food Pantry was birthed in Spring of 2008. In the
summer of 2015, she initiated an annual summer youth book club
exposing them to many African American authors.
Elder Covington is employed at the NC Cooperative Extension,
Forsyth County Center as the Urban Agriculture Program
Assistant. The Program teaches limited resource adults both
agricultural and entrepreneurial skills that allow them to grow
produce, harvest and sell their own produce. The project was
developed in partnership with the Ministers' Conference of
Winston Salem & Vicinity (MCWSV) and the City of Winston-Salem.
Currently, serving as 1st vice president of the MCWSV, she has
been very active and instrumental in restorative social justice
and food justice. She continues to organize and build
relationships with the community both with the MCWSV and as a
FaithHealth Connector through Wake Forest Baptist Health Center.
She serves as a board member with:
H.O.P.E. of Winston-Salem (Helping Our People Eat)
Urban
Food Policy Council (City of WS)
Smart Start of Forsyth
County (NC)
She is a Corporate Volunteer with the
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce Bookworms Program, where she
reads to elementary students at Ashley Elementary School. She
was employed for 22 years as store manager for Walmart Stores,
Inc. and the proud mother of one daughter, Shani Paige
Nicholson. Pastor Tembila Covington is a servant leader
dedicated to the cause of serving in the body of Christ to all
people.