Who We Are

St. Roch Community Church is a mission church of the Presbyterian Church in America and a strategic partner of Desire Street Ministries.  We are multicultural, young & old, poor & resourced, New Orleanian & from out of town. We are a broken people.  We don’t have it all together.  Despite this God is using us. After all it’s His story of redemption, not ours.  It’s all about Jesus. If you are interested, check out more specifics about what we believe along with our philosophy of ministry.

jb@strochcc.org

J.B. and his wife Stephanie have joined the St. Roch  community from Memphis, TN where J.B. served as the youth &  young adult pastor at New Beginnings Community Church while completing his studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS. Stephanie was a middle school math teacher in the Memphis public  school system and now is a stay at home mom to  Bryant Michael Watkins  and Sydney Victoria Watkins.

Ben McLeish, Executive Pastor
ben@strochcc.org

Ben and his wife Stephanie have lived in the  neighborhood since 2001 and spent many years serving with Desire  Street Ministries.  Stephanie is now a stay-at-home mom for Silas, Ila & Micah. The McLeish’s are part of the core visionary group of families that God is using to establish His church in St. Roch. Ben also serves as the Executive Director for St. Roch CDC. Learn more about joining the McLeish support team here.

Gentri Williams, Elder-in-Training
Kayti Chung, Church Administrator
kayti@strochcc.org

Since Katrina, Kayti served with the short term missions teams from her home church, Renewal Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. In January 2010, Kayti moved down to New Orleans and is now serving as the Administrator for the church and CDC and lives in the St. Roch neighborhood.  Kayti & Gentri are engaged and will marry on 11/11/11!

To join Kayti’s support team please click here.

Aaron Collier, Elder-in-Training 
Kristen Collier, Development Assistant
kristen@strochcc.org

Aaron and Kristen Collier have lived in the neighborhood since 2005  and are part of the core visionary group of families that God is using  to launch St. Roch Community Church.  After having both served with  Desire Street Ministries for several years, Aaron now teaches art at  Tulane University and Kristen is our Development Assistant and a stay-at-home mom for Camden and Ellis.

Check out some of Aaron’s art at
Staple Goods, Tulane, Cole Pratt Gallery, acollier@tulane.edu