Christ Covenant Church offers various pastoral internships throughout the year for seminary students pursuing a career in ministry. Below are our current Christ Covenant Church pastoral interns.
Sam Cheek
Sam grew up in Bristol, United Kingdom and became a Christian in his later teenage years through the faithful witness of high school friends and then the local church. Soon Sam sensed the call to ministry and had a growing desire to share the gospel through children’s work and evangelism. He then moved to York to study at university, where he met his wife, Rose. After graduating, they got married and Sam worked for a year as a church intern before pursuing a career in teaching for eight years. They have three young children, Ralph, Fred and Violet.
In York, Sam first began exploring Presbyterian theology and decided to pursue ministry as part of the International Presbyterian Church (IPC). He is grateful for the opportunity to study for the M. Div. at RTS and serve as an intern at Christ Covenant and plans to return to the United Kingdom and eventually plant a church with the IPC.
Connor Curtis
Connor grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in a home that loved Jesus and his church. He came to faith at a young age and began to grow more deeply in high school through the influence of his parents, his youth pastor, and godly friends.
He attended Auburn University, where he studied Industrial Engineering and was actively involved in Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) and RUF‑International. After graduating, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to complete the Fellows Program at Second Presbyterian Church as he discerned whether the Lord was calling him to vocational ministry or engineering.
Following a year working in engineering, Connor sensed a clear internal call to ministry and joined the youth staff at Briarwood Presbyterian Church, the church where he grew up, serving under his former youth pastor. After three years in that role, Connor moved to Charlotte in the summer of 2025 to begin his M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary with the goal of becoming a pastor after graduation.
Luke Engstrom
Luke is originally from Charlotte and grew up at Christ Covenant in a Christian household. He graduated from Wheaton College in 2025 with a B.A. in Philosophy, Political Science, and Spanish and was on the soccer team. While at Wheaton, he was an intern and served in youth ministry for four years at Christ Presbyterian Church Wheaton (PCA). Luke moved back to Charlotte in the fall of 2025 to pursue an M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary. After graduating, he plans to pursue pastoral ministry.
Luke Fagerson
Luke grew up in Medway, Massachusetts, in a wonderful Christian family and church, but it wasn’t until his senior year of high school that he came to know the grace of Jesus Christ in the gospel. He attended the University of New Hampshire, where he played Division I soccer and led a Christian athlete group. During this time, he sensed a call to pastoral ministry, confirmed by godly men of his local church.
In the summer before his senior year, Luke played for the Charlotte Eagles USL2 team and was mentored at Christ Covenant Church by Pastor Eric Russ, an experience that sanctified him greatly and strengthened his desire to pursue seminary training. After finishing his 4th season of college soccer, Luke chose to forgo his remaining eligibility in order to begin an M.Div. degree at RTS Charlotte. He hopes to serve as a pastor in New England after graduation.
Ty Hall
Ty grew up in Clovis, California, where he was raised in a Christian home and church. It wasn’t until going to college in Phoenix, Arizona that he recognized both the depth of his sin and the grace of God toward him in Christ, resulting in a radical change in his lifestyle and priorities. At this time, he met his wife, Sabrina, and began to aspire to pastoral ministry.
Ty worked in college admissions for a year before being hired at his local church to direct their college ministry and began seminary online through The Master’s Seminary. After two years at this non-denominational Bible church, Ty and Sabrina came to Reformed theological convictions, leading them to look for a new church, job, and seminary. Following a summer interning at an OPC in Scottsdale, Arizona, they moved to Charlotte in 2025 for Ty to earn his M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) and work as the 18|22 Ministry Director at Christ Covenant Church. After graduating, the Halls are looking to train for overseas church-planting at Radius International and labor among unreached language groups.
Levi Martin
Levi was born in Roanoke, Virginia where he grew up in a Christian home, with his dad being the pastor of the church. In middle school, God used a J.C. Ryle book to convict Levi of his indifference to spiritual things and call him deeper into the joys of knowing Christ. Learning more of God’s love for him, he began to enthusiastically engage in ministry activities in his local church and overseas. Receiving confirmation of his church, he moved to Charlotte in 2022 where he is currently studying at Reformed Theological Seminary for the dual-masters degree of divinity and counseling. Lord willing, upon graduation in 2027, Levi hopes to enter the mission field in Japan.
Harry Ovey
Harry grew up in London, England, where he was raised in a Christian home on campus at Oak Hill Theological College, where his father lectured. While studying music at the University of Manchester he began to sense a call to pastoral ministry. Harry returned to London after graduating and spent some years working for a church; then, as a secondary school mathematics teacher. During this time, he met his wife Emma, and they now have a son, Zephaniah.
Harry joined the International Presbyterian Church (IPC) from an Anglican background and worked for them for a year before moving to Charlotte in the summer of 2025 to begin his M.Div. studies at Reformed Theological Seminary. After graduating they plan to return to the United Kingdom where Harry will be a minister in the IPC.
Oswin Suwandi
Oswin moved to Charlotte this past July from Jakarta, Indonesia, where he previously served on staff at Covenant City Church Jakarta. He is currently pursuing his studies as a student at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) Charlotte and will be serving Christ Covenant as a pastoral intern over the next three years.
Lord willing, after completing his internship and studies, Oswin plans to return to Jakarta in 2029 to plant a new church with Covenant City Church. In his free time, he enjoys playing a variety of racket sports—so if you are looking for a game of badminton, table tennis, or pickleball, be sure to connect with him!
Ethan Vroom
Ethan grew up in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, as the 9th of 10 children to Arnold and Susan Vroom. He grew up playing ice hockey and loves the outdoors. After graduating from high school, he framed custom houses for two years before sensing a call to ministry. He then moved to Franklin, TN, to attend a small Christian liberal arts college called New College Franklin, where he graduated with a B.A. in the Liberal Arts. At the end of his sophomore year, he began serving as a pastoral intern at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. After he graduated in 2023, Ethan stayed on full time at the church as a pastoral assistant, where he engaged in assisting with worship, teaching youth group, and leading the church’s retirement home ministry. Ethan moved to Charlotte in the summer of 2024 to continue to pursue a call to ministry and begin his M.Div. studies at Reformed Theological Seminary.
Coleson White
Coleson grew up in the Metro-Detroit area. He attended Michigan State University to study mechanical engineering. During this time, God used Cru to call him to faith, and he was soon involved at University Reformed Church (PCA). After graduating, he worked as an engineer for a short stint. Through a persistent internal call, he finally quit and returned to University Reformed Church in East Lansing to do a pastoral internship and marry his wife, Taylor. Together they moved to Charlotte in 2024 for Coleson to begin his M.Div. studies at Reformed Theological Seminary.