Rev. Harold Hendren

Senior Pastor

Rev. Harold Hendren became the third Senior Pastor of New Covenant in July 2011. Harold comes from a rich pastoral United Methodist tradition, as he is a third-generation United Methodist pastor. He is a graduate of Florida Southern College and Emory University. He has been a member of the Florida Annual Conference since 1988. His roots of being the Associate Pastor of First United Methodist Church in downtown Miami and doing extensive work with the homeless gave him a deeper understanding of poverty.

Over the past decade, Harold has developed a passion to grow the church. Through New Covenant’s digital ministry, he sees a greater opportunity to connect with more people within our community and around the world. He has deep desire to share Christ’s love through worship and missions. He takes to heart New Covenant’s vision of “Being the hands, feet, and voice” of Christ.

Harold is responsible for “visioneering” (engineering a vision) at New Covenant. He also is very intentional in developing strong leadership within the church staff and congregation. He is very intentional in developing spiritual formation through dynamic practical preaching that speaks the truth of Christ into our everyday lives.

Harold and his wife Donna have five adult children and one granddaughter. Donna is a first-grade teacher and a “Local Pastor” within the Florida Conference. He loves the outdoors. He is an avid marathon runner, bass fisherman, and Utah hiker.

Rev. Ellen Pollock

Associate Pastor, Discipleship & Care

Pastor Ellen was born and raised in Memphis Tennessee and lived there for 37 years, earning her Bachelor’s of Business Administration at University of Memphis and working for a large corporation in Sales and Marketing. When she married her husband, Sean, they truly became ministry partners, as he has served at many large United Methodist churches in the Southeast. They have two wonderful 4-legged kids that have fur and wagging tails.

Ellen accepted the call to full-time ministry in 2007 and decided to pursue ordination as a Deacon through the United Methodist church. She declared her candidacy while under the Arkansas Conference but transferred to the Florida Conference when she and Sean moved in 2014 to serve at New Covenant. Ellen graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary in early 2015 with a Master’s in Christian Ministries, which focused on the Deacon study requirements, as well as Christian Education. From September 2014 until January 2019, she served in Congregational Care here at New Covenant. She currently serves as the Associate Pastor of Discipleship and Care. Ellen was commissioned in June 2019 as a Provisional Deacon, an exciting fulfillment of her call to ministry.

The heart of Ellen’s ministry is what we are all called to do by loving God and loving people. She realizes that every one of us is made by our Creator, who gives us great love. Our job is to love one another, which is why she loves this quote from Thomas Merton: “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”