Covone Ministries

Missionaries and Christian Coaches

Phil and Jami

Phil and Jami are missionaries to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and are Christian Life Coaches.

As soon as Phil and Jami were married in 2003, God began to use them in ministry. Since Phil grew up in central Mexico as a missionary kid, he had a love for the Mexican people which Jami quickly began to share. In November of 2005, Phil and Jami planted Iglesia Bautista Luz y Verdad (Light and Truth Baptist Church) in Stockbridge, GA where Phil  was the pastor for over nine years. 

On a trip to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, where Phil preached for some Mexican pastors, God called them to be full-time missionaries there. Phil and Jami sold everything they had, spent one year raising their support, and on August 31, 2015, Phil and Jami moved to San Luis Potosi.

The challenges have been many, from demonic presence in some areas where Phil and Jami were starting Bible study groups, to Phil losing a son to cancer, to Jami being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, and Phil going through grueling throat cancer treatments…

Phil and Jami are continuing as missionaries to San Luis Potosi while they make regular visits to their doctors and for tests. But Glory be to God, they are both cancer-free!

About Phil

Phil is the son of Patrick and Imogene Covone who were missionaries to the Huasteca Indian Region in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, for thirty five years.

Both Pat and Imogene have gone home to be with the Lord. Phil spent the first twenty one years of his life in Mexico where he learned to read, write and speak the Spanish language fluently and learned the Mexican culture.

Although Phil grew up in a loving, Christian home, he did not surrender his life to God’s will and purpose until September 18, 1997 with Pastor Jimmy Boggs in Walhalla, South Carolina. In 1998, on a mission trip to Jonestown, Mississippi, Phil heard God’s call to ministry, and his career in ministry began. 

Phil has served the Lord in several areas of ministry including leading a Hispanic ministry, pastoring a mission church, and now as a missionary to San Luis Potosi, Mexico. His greatest pleasure is leading someone to the arms of Jesus.

While continuing to lead the disciple-making work in Mexico, Phil has also answered God’s call to use his varied experiences and skills in another capacity. Phil is a Christian Life Coach, helping men remove obstacles in their lives, and formulate action plans that will enable them to move forward in God’s plan and purpose for them.

About Jami

Jami grew up in Georgia with loving parents. At the age of 16, she gave her life to Christ and was baptized at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Conyers, Georgia.

Soon after, God called her to a career in education, and she enjoyed teaching children and teens for 33 years. Teaching and administration has been Jami’s passion, and has served to prepare her for a future in ministry and missions.

After marrying Phil in 2003, Jami was able to participate in several short-term mission trips to Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic, which introduced her to the Latin American culture. In 2005, Phil and Jami planted a Hispanic church in Georgia where she learned a lot more about the Latin American culture, and became prepared for full-time missions.

Ever since moving to San Luis Potosi, Mexico as missionaries in 2015, her passion is to minister to teenage girls and women, and to share with them their value and hope in Jesus Christ. Jami also enjoys her calling to serve women in one-to-one and group coaching.