Carllee Stewart
Baritone

    Carllee Stewart began his singing career at the age of five on the WCLG radio program “Living by Faith,” Morgantown, WV.  Five years later, he starting singing with the “King’s Kids” trio, based in Fairmont, WV.  He began as a tenor, then moved to lead, and now focuses on baritone. 
   Carllee has traveled with several groups, including “The Revelations” (later called “The Starkey Family”), “The Christian Heirs Quartet” (first as bass guitarist and later as baritone singer), “The Messengers Trio” (rhythm guitarist and baritone), and “Saved by Grace” trio out of Grand Junction, Colorado.  For a short period of time, he also traveled with the “New Suwannee River Boys” as a fill-in baritone. 
   Carllee’s passion for Southern Gospel music started when he heard his first quartets, “The Florida Boys” and “The Blackwood Brothers Quartet” at an all-night sing in Morgantown, West Virginia.  He thought this was pretty cool, considering he was only nine at that time and had never been allowed to stay up all night before.  Enraptured by the harmony, he listened to WWVA’s “Gospel Hour” program and began to learn harmony from the music he heard on the air. 
   Carllee’s mission as part of “New Covenant” is first, to put Jesus Christ first and foremost in all that he does, and second, to make disciples of Jesus Christ through his music and witness.  He has written 250 Southern Gospel songs, some of which are being added to the New Covenant repertoire.
   Carllee lives in Philippi, West Virginia with his wife, Dotti, who is a United Methodist Minister.  He is currently the baritone in “New Covenant,” a position he hopes to hold forever. 

 Rick Campbell
 Lead

   Married to his high school sweetheart, Bonita, Rick was born in Logan County of West Virginia, the son of a Baptist minister.  As such, he was brought up and saved in his father’s church at the age of 9.  He also enjoyed the great privilege of being both baptized and married by his father.  His life has always revolved around the church.  His mother is the daughter of a music teacher and Rick says, “My fondest memories as child are of visiting my grandparents and listening to the music.  
My mother’s family all sang and played instruments and what a thrill it was to go there and here them.  A family group, The McClures, performed regularly on the radio during the 50’s.”   Also a big fan of the former TV show “The Gospel Singing Jubilee”, Rick comes by his passion for Gospel Music very naturally. 
   After being involved in organized church music for most of his life, Rick began performing as a soloist and doing duets with his oldest daughter in the 80’s.  He also sang with the Sunrise Gospel Group and contemporary group Shine while living in North Carolina during the 80’s and 90’s.  Retuning to West Virginia in 1995 Rick continued his solo performances but also sang with the praise and worship team at his local church and joined the local mixed group Sweet Surrender.  Finally, in 2007, he was able to fulfill his lifelong dream of singing with an all male group when he was invited to join New Covenant during a re-organization.  “I am so honored to have been able to serve the Living God through music for all these years”, Rick says.  “And I have been especially blessed to serve alongside these two incredible Christian men, Larry and Carlee.” 

Rick has been married to Bonita for 38 years.  They have two daughters and 4 grandchildren. 

Larry Rowley
 Tenor

     For me it all started in the late 1950s around an old warm morning coal stove on Saturday night after church when it seemed like everybody from church came to my grandmother’s house. Everyone brought guitars, banjoes and mandolins and we would sing gospel songs until the wee hours of the morning.  I would stand beside my mother and her sisters and sing the high alto notes.  That is my fondest memories. I love to sing gospel music.  It has always been my dream to travel with a group and sing to people all over the country and I thank God for allowing me to do that for the last 30 years and if it be His will He will allow me to sing until he takes me home.
      I thank God for my wife, Johanna, my daughter, Kristy who gave us our first grandchild, and my son, Christopher.  They have stood beside me and allowed me to do the very thing that God has called me to do.  Johanna travels with me almost all the time and she too has learned to love southern gospel music.  From her beautiful smile while sitting in the congregation I know this is exactly where God wants us to be and from time to time she gives me the high sign when I get to talking a little long.  It is my hope that our ministry will bless hearts and lift the name of Jesus to the lost and dying world.
     Over the past 30 years I have had the privilege to sing with groups such as the Gospeliers, the West Virginia Curriers and In 1983 was one of the founding members of New Covenant.  I have also sung with several other groups and do solo work in my home church, Jones Memorial Baptist Church of  Beckley, WV.  May God bless you and please keep us in your prayers that wherever God leads us we will be willing to go.