Faculty

Tim McCain serves as the Director of Operations at the Freedom School of Ministry. Tim ran a multimillion-dollar software company that he sold in 2019 after 20 years at the helm. Tim is an ordained minister from Freedom Life Church in Hampton. Tim is also the President of the board of directors for Ezer Homeless Initiative. He has a strong background in Tech Sales and Organizational Leadership.

Francisco Vega is an instructor at the Freedom School of Ministry. He holds an engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MD-PhD (Systems Neuroscience) degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He trained as a Neurologist with fellowship training in Epilepsy, Sleep Disorders and Clinical Neurophysiology at the National Institutes of Health. He is a former Research Associate faculty at Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl-Krieger Mind Brain Institute and a Neurology/Epilepsy faculty at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore Maryland, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After his academic career, Dr. Vega pursued a neurology clinical career specializing in sleep disorders and clinical neurophysiology. He started his own company providing clinical services in sleep medicine and clinical neurophysiology through which he has been the medical director of four different sleep clinics in Washington State and Virginia. He founded two sleep clinics and laboratories in Virginia and a company in remote intraoperative monitoring. Francisco like to use his research analytical training to study biblical literature, history, culture, and language to understand the message of the Gospel as communicated through both the Old and New Testament.

Zarchay Price serves as the administrator and operations manager for the Freedom School of Ministry. Zarchay has over five years of administrative experience ranging from health care to non-profit organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Leo University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Zarchay specializes in non-profit administration and is responsible for organizational applications and mass communication. She has an extensive background in customer service from education to corporate environments. Prior to her current position, Zarchay was a housing counselor and hosted numerous courses on credit and financial education. Zarchay has worked alongside city leadership and community members to advocate for affordable housing and education.

In October of 2004, I had the privilege of joining along side 26 other people to start Freedom Life Church and have been here ever since. My energy is primarily spent focusing on the vision of our church, coordinating our preaching team, and supporting our Kingdom initiatives. I have a passion for bringing churches together for Kingdom advancement.  One example of this passion is that I also have the honor of serving as an Associate Pastor at my mentor pastor’s church, The Chapel, a multi-campus church located in the northern suburbs of Chicago. 

I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biblical Studies and a Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership from Liberty University. My wife Jen and I live in Yorktown, VA with four of our five children: Parker, Eli, Kaelin and Ty. Our oldest son and amazing daughter-in-law, Kyle and Jenny, live in Richmond.

After completing her undergrad work at the University of Michigan where she majored in Psychology, Cyon spent a number of years as a public educator and developer of online educational programs. She is the former Campus Pastor of Freedom Life Church Hampton where she spent 6 years on staff and completed her ordination. Currently, she serves as the founder and CEO of The Table Leadership, an organization that offers leadership courses and coaching to under-resourced leaders. Additionally, she serves as the Communications Pastor at her local church, on the leadership team for the Ezer Collective (an organization founded by Jo Saxton that seeks to equip and empower women leaders), and on the board of The Kukua Project (a non-profit that funds sustainable development projects in Africa). Cyon is currently completing a master’s degree in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. 

John Pollock has been a Teaching Pastor at Freedom Life Church since 2011. He has served in many of the ministries within the church with an emphasis on Preaching, Digging Deeper, and Children’s Ministry. John serves Freedom Life Church in a Lay capacity, sharing the calling to ministry with another interesting calling at Newport News Shipbuilding (where he is an Apprentice School graduate and Tooling Engineer in the Machine Shop.) John is currently working toward his Master’s of Divinity at Regent University, with intentions of pursuing further education in Biblical Language and Cultural Studies. John has been married to Danna for 9 years and they have two children – John (8) and Leora (5). They reside in Hampton, VA, love spending time together, and work together to grow their imagination and creative capacities.

James Wilson Jr. serves as the Campus Pastor for Freedom Life Church in Hampton, VA. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic and Organizational Leadership from Temple University and is currently finishing a Masters of Organizational Leadership from Concordia University. For the past 10 years, James has been a sought-after speaker for churches, organizations, and leaders about youth, marriages, and leadership development. Besides loving to study and teach, his passion is to find ways to blend the spiritual with the practical. James and wife, Ashley, have three daughters Karis, Kelsey, and Kyla.

Kyle Labadie is an Associate Pastor of Freedom Life Church in Hampton Virginia, where he has served in ministry for the past 7 years. He holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Church Ministries from South Western Assemblies of God University and has held credentials with the Assemblies of God in his early years of ministry (2007-2010). Through his life, Kyle has served in various roles of ministry as Student Pastor, Associate Campus Pastor, Campus Pastor, and a part of the Senior Leadership Team. He has been married for over 8 years to his beautiful bride Shawn, and has one energetic little boy, Tobias. Kyle’s desire is to see the Body of Christ healthy and operating in the fullness of its gifts, talents, and abilities through the power of Holy Spirit.

After obtaining a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing working as a hospital based oncology nurse, Bryanna returned to school and obtained a Masters and doctorate degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Since 2013, she has had the privilege of developing and overseeing the Missions and Outreach Ministry at Freedom Life Church, where she completed her pastoral training and ordination. Over the past 25 years, she has enjoyed learning through teaching God’s Word to children, youth, and adults in the US and abroad, following God’s call to, “Go and make disciples..,” (Mt. 28:19-20)

Brian lives in the space between congregational life and the academic community. He teaches biblical and theological courses in university and seminary settings. He is currently serving as a Field Strategist for the Baptist General Association of Virginia and Pastor of Ivy Memorial Baptist Church in Hampton. His passion is to provide seminary type training opportunities and experiences for ministry leaders. Brian has a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in biblical studies from Baylor University. He and his wife Donna have two grown daughters and four grandchildren.