Brantley Johnson

Brantley Johnson grew up in Jackson/ Madison, MS. After moving to Starkville in 1999, he shortly became involved with New Covenant Church. Brantley has been married to his wife, Leigh, for 23 years. They have three sons: Wyatt(19), Luke(17) and Jack(15). Brantley has been involved in leadership at New Covenant Church serving on the council since 2013. He has owned and operated Climate Control Heating and Air since 2006.

Sterling Dahl

Sterling Dahl is the Finance Ministry Leader and is married to Amanda and they have 2 sons, Hayes and Sutton.

Jack Redwood

Jack Redwood grew up in Columbus, MS and began attending New Covenant Church as a college student in the late 1990s. He and his wife Emily have been married for 13 years and have three children. Jack serves New Covenant as part of the leadership and worship teams and also operates Redwood Roofing.

Josh "T" Taylor

Josh "T" Taylor has been married to Lynn for twenty years and they have two children, Sophie and Hayes. He works with Kent Precision Foods as the Senior Quality Assurance Manager. He serves New Covenant Church as the Grounds/Facility Manager and Council Member.

Philip Murphy

Serves in Worship Leadership and is the proud father of four. Philip has been a lifelong member of New Covenant and is passionate about helping the next generation of worship leaders cultivate their love of God through music.

Bill Murphy

Former Pastor

He and Debbie both have deep roots in Starkville. He pastored New Covenant for 33 years. They have five children and 13 grandchildren. They love our City and University.

Dean Jordon

Dean and Autumn have also been around since we started in 1972. They both got involved while students at MSU. They lived and raised their six children for many years in Congo. When not traveling and teaching in Africa, they are here encouraging, serving and enjoying their 15,16,17 or whatever grandchildren (The number keeps growing). Oh yeah, and Autumn is working on her PhD in her "spare" time.

Phil Aman

Philip Aman is married to the former Gabrielle Gay Frazier of Louisville MS. They have two children Bradie and Bradley. They also have three grandchildren. Philip’s vocation is a veterinarian. He has practiced in Louisville, MS and in his home town of Tampa, FL prior to his current position as Supervisory Public Health Veterinarian with the Food Safety Inspection Service of the United States Dept of Agriculture.

Doyes Holland

Doyes and Kay embody what NCC is all about. Members since our founding, they continue tirelessly loving and serving God's people and showing hospitality. Come to one of our church dinners and they will give you all the Bop's Custard you can eat! They have three children and four grandchildren.