ABOUT OUR PASTORS



Ray McQueen

Ray A. McQueen and his wife Sharon are the founders and pastors of Family Life Church in Lynchburg and Roanoke, Virginia. His unique delivery of the Word of God through humor and boldness captures the minds of his audiences. He has a powerful testimony of truly living by faith.

Founded in 1997, he obeyed the voice of God to start the ministry after serving in the United States Air Force for 10 years. Pastor Ray, through God, has produced a ministry that ministers to the whole man, body, soul, and spirit.  He believes that Christians should live in the abundant life that was provided for by Jesus Christ.

His success in the ministry is attributed to his taking a stand on the scripture Genesis 12:3 and being an example to his congregation. Ray McQueen is a pastor, an author, teacher, and mentor to many. His ministry emphasis is on becoming devoted Christ followers.

Ray McQueen is the father to two children, as well as a spiritual father to hundreds at his ministry. 

 

 

Sharon McQueen

Sharon McQueen is the Co-Founder and Pastor of Family Life Church in Lynchburg and Roanoke, Virginia.  She has serves as overseer for over 25 years alongside her husband, Pastor Ray McQueen, whom she’s been lovingly married to for over 35 years, whom she met while serving in the US Navy.  She is the proud mother of two adult children and grandmother to her adorable granddaughter.  She is also a spiritual mother to those in her local churches, senior pastors, and church leaders whom God has placed in her life to help maximize God’s calling and assignments for their lives and ministries.

Pastor Sharon received her Bachelor’s degree in Christian Leadership and Church Administration and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership.  In addition, she is a Maxwell Leadership Certified Team member. She is passionate about developing and encouraging leaders to grow and discover their God-given gifts and abilities to make an impact within their local church, the community, and around the world. 

For over 25 years, Pastor Sharon has been empowering women - body, soul, and spirit through ministering the Word of God.  She inspires hundreds of women in Central Virginia and throughout the United States through her God-given gifts. She is the founder and host of Woman-to-Woman Ministries, which aims to exhibit the love of God, promote and sustain unity, and encourage and uplift women within the church and community.