Pastor Paul Park-Lead/Founding Pastor, Free Life Community Church

Paul Park is a native Angelino born and raised in Korea town as a third generation pastor's kid. Paul's faith is deeply rooted in his family's faith in God. Paul's grandmother was called to be a church planter and came to the United States in 1981. She planted churches all over Korea town and Los Angeles and making a home for Korean immigrants that were searching for faith and family.

Moving all over L.A. Paul was exposed to numerous ways that different cultures worshipped Jesus and knew that his passion and calling was to serve the Kingdom by bringing people to know Jesus from all nations, tribes, and tongues ( Rev. 7:9) .

Being a 2nd generation Korean American, Paul knew the blessings and challenges within an ethnic context. However, Paul also experienced the beauty in what different cultures can bring to the table that Jesus has set for all His children.

From 2016-2020, Paul served as the family pastor at a church in Santa Ana that has five different language fellowships. He was instrumental in bringing the different ethnic fellowships together to see the beauty in unity within the body of Christ by leading, nurturing, and empowering the next generation of Jesus followers.

Paul believes that through the power of the Holy Spirit, God created the church to bring people together to worship as one community and that the God given gifts of culture and tradition are ways to celebrate, unite, and display love to all people. Starting in 2020 Paul and his family became part of Light and Life Christian Fellowship's team and started to pray and prepare to launch God’s church with a team to continue to fulfill God's calling.

Free Life Community Church launched on June 6th of 2021 in the city of Westminster. Continue to pray for Pastor Paul and his family as they continue to live in Mission for GOD.

 

Pastor David Kann- Cambodian Fellowship

David Kann, also known as Somoul in the Cambodian Community, a Khmer Survivor from the Killing Fields, an associate pastor at Free Life Community Church, and a Part-time Children's Social Worker at the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

In 1997, David married Jessica, who loves and serves the Lord, and blessed them with three children, Janica, Matthew, and Jaylynna.

David is the oldest child in his family, with a younger sister and two younger brothers, and he grew up in a Buddhist family.

At age 14, David cared for his siblings and mother after his father was killed during the Khmer Rouge regime.

In 1979, at age 17, David helped his three siblings and his mother escape Cambodia, evade landmines and Khmer Rouge soldiers through the jungle at night to get to the Refugee camp in Thailand. He became a born-again Christian while living in the camp.

After arriving in the United States at age 21 in California in 1983 without speaking English, David enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to learn English. Further, David was involved with the youth and children ministry at Cambodian Christian Church in Santa Ana.

In 1985, David left for Cincinnati, Ohio, to study theology at the Cincinnati Bible College. Then, he moved to Atlanta, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Biblical study and mission from Atlanta Christian College in 1989.

Afterward, David moved back to Santa Ana, California. He worked for five years as a program manager at the Neighborhood Services Center to serve Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Spanish immigration communities with social issues and the amnesty programs. He also started the ministry with the Cambodian youth and children in the Cambodian communities for many years.

In 1992, David pursued his Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW). He also worked part-time at the Orange County Mental Health Department as a mental health specialist, mainly working with the Cambodian population with PTSD.

In 1995, David graduated with his MSW from the University of Southern California and worked for the Department of Children and Family Services for LA County for 24 years.

David has experience with child welfare, juvenile court systems, and marriage and family counseling. He has worked with sexual abuse victims, including individual and group counseling, for over ten years.

Based on God's words in the Bible, David's calling is to share, teach, and make disciples for Jesus Christ, including regularly calling and visiting needy members and others in the communities.

He and his family continue to serve the Lord at the Free Life Community Church to reach out to people who do not know Christ and mainly focus on the next generations, regardless of ethnicity.