Meet The Pastor
Lead Pastor Brandon Hembree
Pastor Brandon grew up in Mississippi where he graduated from a Christian college in Jackson, MS in 2007 with a degree in Political Science and Communication. After pursuing law school, he surrendered to God’s call to be a pastor and attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Brandon has served vocationally in ministry since he was 18 years old, in which he served as a youth minister. He moved to Northern VA to answer the call as a Youth Pastor in May 2009 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Manassas, VA. After fulfilling many different roles at the church, including Teaching and Vision Pastor, he was once again challenged by The Lord to plant a new church so that more people in the D.C. area could be reached with The Gospel. On the same day, December 18, 2011, Pastor Brandon married Ellen and the two of them were commissioned to start Impact Church in Fairfax County. After 8 years of faithful disciple-making, they were sent out of Impact Church NOVA to multiply the church and start another autonomous church, Impact Church in Fredericksburg, VA. In the Fall of 2020, Brandon and Ellen, this time with 3 children, Zeke, Zoe & Evie, took a leap of faith to go start their second church.
Pastor Brandon loves baseball and is a coffee enthusiast. He is actively involved in the community and serves on the Board of Directors for EDGE Clubs, a nonprofit campus ministry for local schools as well as Director of the Fatherhood Program for Choices Women’s Center, a local crisis pregnancy center.