Pastor Darin Freeman
As God’s chosen under-Shepherd, Pastor Darin G. Freeman’s divine purpose and passion is to share the God’s redemption power and love to those who are unbelievers and to lead them into a relationship with Christ, and for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, his aim is to teach and edify believers to live a Christ-centered and purposeful life through the use of application of God’s Word; and to train and engage the body of believers to do the work of the ministry where God has called each to serve.
Pastor Freeman’s educational accomplishments include a Masters of Divinity Degree in Theology from Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC. He also earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in History/Education from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Master of Secondary Education in History from Bowie State University. He is currently working on his Doctorate of Pastoral Leadership at the Andersonville Theological Seminary. God has favored and graced Pastor Freeman with the fortitude and wherewithal to employ his acquired knowledge, skills, abilities, experiences, and spiritual gifts in various areas of ministries.
Pastor Freeman served for ten years as the Pastor of the New United Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He also was honored by Gospel Today Magazine as one of America’s Best Beloved Pastors. He served as the National Commissioner of Evangelism and National Recording Secretary of the Young Pastor’s Division of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. While residing in Washington, DC he also served as Treasurer, Third and Second Vice President of the National Capital Baptist Convention of Washington, DC and Vicinity. He has served as General Secretary of Missionary Minister’s Conference of Washington, DC.
Pastor Freeman has also served for 6 years as the Pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Charleston, WV. Pastor Freeman was the founder and president of the Mountain State Baptist Convention of WV and Vicinity, Inc. In addition to all of this, Pastor Freeman has enjoyed preaching the gospel to churches across the across the nation. This via radio, television and the internet. Pastor Freeman has had the honor of preaching, teaching and conducting seminars at a number of institutions of higher learning including Brown University in Rhode Island, the University of Maryland-College Park, West Virginia State University and his Alma Mater, Lincoln University. Pastor Freeman is also an active member of his beloved fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha!
On December 16, 2012, Pastor Freeman became the 10th Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church located at 2214 12th Ave South, Nashville Tenn. Under Pastor Freeman’s pastoral leadership one of his key focuses is to exhort, encourage, and challenge his members to grow and mature in the faith through the teaching and preaching of God’s Word. Simultaneously, Freeman will faithfully work to develop, build, and expand the church’s capacity to do outreach ministry that addresses and provides the needed services in the Nashville area and surrounding areas. Under his leadership the church has grown in all areas of ministry. Currently Freeman is leading Tabernacle to move to another location to implement and further the church’s ministries. He has been awarded the New Pastor of the Year Award (2013) in Nashville for his accomplishments.
Pastor Freeman is married to the gift that God has given him, the beautiful two-time Stellar Award winner, Elder Adriann R. Lewis-Freeman. Together they have formed their own record label DAF Music Ministries to introduce Adriann’s solo career and the proud owners of DAF Gospel Internet radio. They are the proud parents of Darin Jr. (DJ), El’Fonzie and a daughter, Dana, who is attending Temple University.
Pastor Freeman has weathered his own personal storms; however one of his own sermons ministers to him daily, “You Can Make It On Broken Pieces“, however above all he truly loves the Lord because it was He who heard his cry. His favorite scripture is I John 3:2a & Nehemiah 4:6b
Pastor Freeman’s educational accomplishments include a Masters of Divinity Degree in Theology from Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC. He also earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in History/Education from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Master of Secondary Education in History from Bowie State University. He is currently working on his Doctorate of Pastoral Leadership at the Andersonville Theological Seminary. God has favored and graced Pastor Freeman with the fortitude and wherewithal to employ his acquired knowledge, skills, abilities, experiences, and spiritual gifts in various areas of ministries.
Pastor Freeman served for ten years as the Pastor of the New United Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He also was honored by Gospel Today Magazine as one of America’s Best Beloved Pastors. He served as the National Commissioner of Evangelism and National Recording Secretary of the Young Pastor’s Division of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. While residing in Washington, DC he also served as Treasurer, Third and Second Vice President of the National Capital Baptist Convention of Washington, DC and Vicinity. He has served as General Secretary of Missionary Minister’s Conference of Washington, DC.
Pastor Freeman has also served for 6 years as the Pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Charleston, WV. Pastor Freeman was the founder and president of the Mountain State Baptist Convention of WV and Vicinity, Inc. In addition to all of this, Pastor Freeman has enjoyed preaching the gospel to churches across the across the nation. This via radio, television and the internet. Pastor Freeman has had the honor of preaching, teaching and conducting seminars at a number of institutions of higher learning including Brown University in Rhode Island, the University of Maryland-College Park, West Virginia State University and his Alma Mater, Lincoln University. Pastor Freeman is also an active member of his beloved fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha!
On December 16, 2012, Pastor Freeman became the 10th Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church located at 2214 12th Ave South, Nashville Tenn. Under Pastor Freeman’s pastoral leadership one of his key focuses is to exhort, encourage, and challenge his members to grow and mature in the faith through the teaching and preaching of God’s Word. Simultaneously, Freeman will faithfully work to develop, build, and expand the church’s capacity to do outreach ministry that addresses and provides the needed services in the Nashville area and surrounding areas. Under his leadership the church has grown in all areas of ministry. Currently Freeman is leading Tabernacle to move to another location to implement and further the church’s ministries. He has been awarded the New Pastor of the Year Award (2013) in Nashville for his accomplishments.
Pastor Freeman is married to the gift that God has given him, the beautiful two-time Stellar Award winner, Elder Adriann R. Lewis-Freeman. Together they have formed their own record label DAF Music Ministries to introduce Adriann’s solo career and the proud owners of DAF Gospel Internet radio. They are the proud parents of Darin Jr. (DJ), El’Fonzie and a daughter, Dana, who is attending Temple University.
Pastor Freeman has weathered his own personal storms; however one of his own sermons ministers to him daily, “You Can Make It On Broken Pieces“, however above all he truly loves the Lord because it was He who heard his cry. His favorite scripture is I John 3:2a & Nehemiah 4:6b
Lady Adriann Lewis-Freeman
Adriann Lewis-Freeman is the eldest daughter of Pastor Luciose Lewis Jr. and Kayron Lewis of Saginaw, MI. She has three siblings, Keith Jenkins, Aundrea Lewis and Ay’Ron Lewis. Adriann sang her first solo at three years of age, standing on a wooden box at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church (Saginaw, MI) where her mother was the musician, and her father was a deacon. At twelve years of age, while resting under a piano in a recording studio, Adriann knew that her career would be in singing after hearing her voice replayed from speakers on her first recording, “His the Greatest Friend of All,” with Saginaw Valley Choir under the direction of the late Rev. Jerry Redeemer and her mother, Kayron Lewis.
Adriann, along with her sister, Aundrea, are the founders of the gospel duo RiZen. RiZen has recorded three albums hitting the billboard charts at numbers 28, 6, and 3. They are the recipients of two Stellar Awards, several Dove Awards Nominations, and other countless awards for their musical and anointed vocals. They have ministered with Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, Shelia E., Vickie Yohe, Byron Cage, Kirk Carr, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Pastor Donnie McClurkin, James Fortune, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Pastor John P. Kee, Kelly Price, Tom Joyner, Dr. Bobby Jones and many others. They have also traveled around the United States, Europe, Germany, and Korea to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ through song, and the word of God.
December 2008, God, along with Pastor Jimmy D. Greer and the Friendship Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, called her to be the Minister of Music. Her time at Friendship was just for a season as God had a plan to give her the desire of her heart, which was finishing her college degree and getting re-married. In 2011, she finished Tennessee State with a B. A. in English. Finishing her degree was not only for her, but also for her son to see how important education is. After much encouragement, in 2014 she received a Masters of Educational Leadership from Concordia University, Portland, Oregon. Today, she uses her education as a high school teacher for Tennessee’s Public Schools.
In 2012 she married Pastor Darin G. Freeman Sr. of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nashville, TN and gained two wonderful children. Together they lead and mentor the people of God in Praise, Worship, Christian Education, and Global Outreach. Not only is she “Lady A,” but she also serves as the Minister of Worship & Music Arts.
Adriann has been featured and or collaborated on projects such as VaShawn Mitchell, Everett Drake, Bishop Paul Morton & Full Gospel, J.J. Hairston & First Cathedral Mass Choir, and most recently Brandon Mitchell’s Project “Amazing”. There are other projects that Adriann lends her anointed vocals to.
Today, Adriann has completed her first solo single, “Prayer Changes Things” which is available on all digital outlets. Her next single “Joybells” is shooting up the charts. Adriann believes, “For with God nothing shall be impossible” Luke 1:37.
Adriann, along with her sister, Aundrea, are the founders of the gospel duo RiZen. RiZen has recorded three albums hitting the billboard charts at numbers 28, 6, and 3. They are the recipients of two Stellar Awards, several Dove Awards Nominations, and other countless awards for their musical and anointed vocals. They have ministered with Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, Shelia E., Vickie Yohe, Byron Cage, Kirk Carr, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Pastor Donnie McClurkin, James Fortune, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Pastor John P. Kee, Kelly Price, Tom Joyner, Dr. Bobby Jones and many others. They have also traveled around the United States, Europe, Germany, and Korea to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ through song, and the word of God.
December 2008, God, along with Pastor Jimmy D. Greer and the Friendship Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, called her to be the Minister of Music. Her time at Friendship was just for a season as God had a plan to give her the desire of her heart, which was finishing her college degree and getting re-married. In 2011, she finished Tennessee State with a B. A. in English. Finishing her degree was not only for her, but also for her son to see how important education is. After much encouragement, in 2014 she received a Masters of Educational Leadership from Concordia University, Portland, Oregon. Today, she uses her education as a high school teacher for Tennessee’s Public Schools.
In 2012 she married Pastor Darin G. Freeman Sr. of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nashville, TN and gained two wonderful children. Together they lead and mentor the people of God in Praise, Worship, Christian Education, and Global Outreach. Not only is she “Lady A,” but she also serves as the Minister of Worship & Music Arts.
Adriann has been featured and or collaborated on projects such as VaShawn Mitchell, Everett Drake, Bishop Paul Morton & Full Gospel, J.J. Hairston & First Cathedral Mass Choir, and most recently Brandon Mitchell’s Project “Amazing”. There are other projects that Adriann lends her anointed vocals to.
Today, Adriann has completed her first solo single, “Prayer Changes Things” which is available on all digital outlets. Her next single “Joybells” is shooting up the charts. Adriann believes, “For with God nothing shall be impossible” Luke 1:37.