Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Kevin Christian has 20+ years of leadership experience working in both boom and bust markets with talented teams to achieve dynamic goals. In 2019, Kevin founded Covenant Royalties, having since launched three funds and managed several partnerships purposed to acquire and steward mineral and royalty assets at scale. The team has transacted in 10 states with hundreds of deals closed.

In summer 2025, Covenant successfully exited its Crusader Royalties fund, divesting of assets in the Midland, Delaware, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Western Haynesville oil and gas plays. The team also recently launched their Covenant Longhorn fund targeting natural gas assets in the Western Haynesville, Shelby Trough, and traditional Haynesville.

Prior to founding Covenant, Kevin co-founded Contender Energy Partners and Contender Permian II with a focus in the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian. Kevin led the firm through the 2020 industry collapse, preserving investor capital and executing multiple acquisition and divestiture strategies that were accretive to ensure a winning investment outcome.

Kevin has deep experience in the oil and gas industry, having previously founded Stewardship Resources, a Texas E&P company. While leading Stewardship, Kevin sourced and funded acquisitions throughout Texas with operations ranging from secondary recovery water floods to drilling and developing stacked-pay prospects on the Texas Gulf Coast. Previously, Kevin amassed a breadth of experience serving in various roles to help establish and grow over 100 entrepreneurial ventures outside oil and gas. He served as Director of Strategic Partnerships, Foundation Officer, and Associate General Counsel for his alma mater, Abilene Christian University. He has also served in various government roles, including Executive Director of the Texas Governor's West Texas Office for Economic Development & Tourism, as well as various leadership positions in the Texas House of Representatives.

A licensed attorney, Kevin graduated magna cum laude from Abilene Christian University with a Bachelor of Arts in in Political Science and minor in Public Service. He earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where he served as Chief Manuscripts Editor for the Texas Review of Law and Politics.

Kevin serves on the nonprofit board of North Texas Baseball Club, is Co-President of the Fine Arts Committee for Fort Worth Christian school, and he volunteers in the student ministry at The Hills Church. Kevin lives in Keller with his wife and youngest two children, having already sent his oldest off to college.