About Our Church
Developing Covenant Keeping Disciples of Christ who affirm the LORDSHIP of Jesus in their Life.
Church History
Covenant Keepers Ministries started as an online Bible Study class in response to a need during the Covid Pandemic of 2019-2021. Once the restrictions of the COVID Pandemic was lifted in May of 2021, several Bible Study attendees approached Pastor Eric about having a meeting place for worship and fellowship.
The Rev. Dr. Robert M Walker Jr was called to be the first full-time pastor of Covenant Keepers Church. The First service was held in Friendship Memorial Baptist Church Building located at 1901 Hicks Road Richmond, VA 23235 April of 2022.
Virginia formally recognized Covenant Keepers as a legal entity in December of 2023. Covenant Keepers Church was formally recognize as Covenant Keepers Ministries in December of 2023 by both Virginia and he Federal Government. And the Federal Government recognized Covenant Keepers Ministries as a 501 (c)(3) in May of 2024.

Senior Pastor Dr. Robert M Walker Jr
(DMin, MDIV, MA MFT)

Senior Pastor Dr. Robert M Walker Jr (DMin, MDIV, MA MFT) is an Ordained Elder (since 1994) in the Church, a Certified Life Coach and an Army Veteran. He has been married to his high school sweetheart for 36 years and has two adult daughters.
As an ordained Elder in the Church, Dr Rob has served in many capacities to include: Senior Pastor, Assistant Pastor, Director of School of Ministry, Executive Pastor, First Assistant, and Youth Pastor. He was also selected by John Maxwell as one of the top 100 Transformational Leaders for 2018.
He is the recipient of the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star during his illustrious 28 years of military service. He has deployed multiple times during his military career to such locations as Iraq, Qatar and Bosnia. He has the distinction of being the only medical logistics officer to serve as the Director of the Joint Patient Movement Center while deployed in Qatar in support of U.S. Central Command Operations. In addition, he was selected to be a member of the Medical Merit Society, which selects military and civilians who have made significant contributions to the Army Medical Service Corps.
Dr. Rob (as most of his friends call him) holds a Doctorate in Ministry with a Leadership focus from Regent University. He has also obtained three master’s degrees: Master of Divinity, Duel Masters of Science in Logistics Management/Management from Florida Institute Technology and a Masters of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from the CACREP accredited Department of Marriage and Family Sciences of Northcentral University.
A Dynamic Speaker, preacher and teacher, Dr. Rob not only serves as the Senior Pastor of Covenant Keepers ministries, he also currently serves as the Director of Workforce Services Operations for the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. In this position, Dr. Rob and his team provide world class delivery of Employment Services to both Job seekers and Employers.
Our Team

Pastor Eric Hughes
Administrative Pastor

Emmanuel Sarpong
Head Deacon

Dr. April Joyce Kelley-Hill, PHd
Senior Elder