Meet the Freemans
Josh: I’m a pastor’s kid who grew up in ministry and said I would never go into full-time ministry… obviously, God had different plans. I ended up at Trinity Baptist College (Jacksonville, FL) after I got recruited to play soccer. During my freshmen year I felt like God had specifically gifted me to be in full-time ministry I just didn’t know where. I jumped into student ministry at Trinity Baptist Church and other leadership roles at the college. I had so many great mentors in my life during this season. Eventually I felt like God was calling me to be a part of Church Planting. This is around the time I met JJ Alderman, our founder. He painted the picture of what we are doing in Togo and Benin. He asked if I wanted to plant one church or be a part of planting hundreds of churches areas that have none. The rest is history. I met my beautiful wife thanks to 6°. We got married in October 2021 and sure is a blast getting to do this life and ministry together.
Ashley: I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio.