Keith & Coco

Oct 7, 2024 |

Keith Jenkins was born in Baltimore, MD, and Coco in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Oceanside CA. Keith served as a United States Marine for 10yrs, where he answered a calling into the ministry. Keith and his lovely wife Coco have been married for over 36 yrs and have three adult children(Keith Jr., Keisha, & Joslyn) and 3 grandchildren (Alarah, Zarah, & Nylah). Together they have served in ministry for over 30 yrs in various roles. They have an intense passion to see the church return to the mission of God, and to be positioned to bring transformation in every community. Keith & Coco also served as mentors and father/mother figures for the University of Oregon Basketball & Football team from 1997 until April 2009. Keith also served as the Missional Director in the Greater Los Angeles District for Foursquare.  They pastored NewLifeLA from 2010 to 2016 and moved to Beaverton, Oregon in 2017 to Co-lead Beaverton Foursquare Church. They were appointed to East Hill in October 2019. Keith is a passionate, vulnerable, inspiring, bold and humorous communicator who has the ability to connect cross-culturally. Through his personal testimony and transparent delivery of the gospel, many are saved, healed, and inspired to passionately serve the Lord.  Coco is also a phenomenal leader, communicator, and pastor in her own right having a heart to see every member of the body of Christ mobilized to serve others with their gifts. They both share a passion to see the church sharing the love of God in practical ways within the community.

Together, they are a gift anywhere the Lord sends them.