Pastor Checkerz

Pastor Checkerz and his wife Nicole co-founded Renew Church – Baton Rouge as part of the Send Network in June 2017. After 9 months of praying, planning, and gathering a core team, they launched public worship services on March 4th, 2018. Checkerz and Nicole have been married since 1996 and have three adult children.

Just 18 months into this new church plant, while holding worship services in the gymnasium of Florida Blvd Baptist Church, Renew Church was presented with an opportunity to “adopt” Florida Blvd Baptist Church and make the current location our permanent church home. The FBBC congregation voted to give the church property to Renew Church and the members who wanted to remain joined the Renew Church family.

Prior to Renew Church, in 2009 Checkerz and Nicole relocated to New Orleans where Checkerz completed his Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry at Leavell College at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has also completed some of his Master of Divinity degree, but is currently taking time off from school to focus on the Church. Prior to planting Renew Church Checkerz served as Pastor of Celebration Church in Laplace, LA for 6 years where the church saw 247 people baptized while growing from 120 to almost 400 in average weekly attendance, prior to Checkerz and Nicole being commissioned and sent out to plant Renew Church in Baton Rouge, LA.

Nicole has a background in Administration, Leadership, and Finance having worked as a Private Client Manager/Small Business Specialist for Chase Bank for 8 years. Nicole resigned her role with Chase Bank in 2017 to help plant Renew Church. She serves on the Executive Team in an advisory capacity.