Chris Lee (priest)

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The Reverend

Chris Lee
Occupation priest
Known foronline sermons
Ecclesiastical career
Religion Christianity
Church Church of England
Website https://saintsaviours.net/rev-chris-lee

Chris Lee is an Anglican priest-in-charge at St. Saviour's Church in Wendell Park, West London. [1]

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Personal life

Lee described himself as being lost on a "middle-class conveyor belt" on what to do with his life. [2] Lee later moved to Tanzania to teach English at a mission using the Bible as his main teaching tool, where he states he found his calling to become a priest. [3] He then completed a distance-learning degree to become a Church of England priest and was ordained a deacon in the diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro at the age of 24. [4] [3] Holly Willoughby on This Morning described Chris as "the nation's favourite vicar". [5]

He moved to St Saviour's in 2015. [4] [3] He is married. [6]

Online fame

Lee first appeared on the YouTube channel Korean Englishman, where he ate fire noodles and chimaek (Korean fried chicken and beer). [7]

His response to the College Scholastic Ability Test, where he prayed for the students, made him famous online; he was seen as an open-minded and non-judgemental Christian voice on the channel. This led to the "British Priest Reacts" series on Korean Englishman's second channel, Jolly, on which he regularly featured. [7] [8] In 2018, he visited South Korea with his wife, Jenny, [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [ excessive citations ] on a series hosted by Korean Englishman. In 2019, he and his twin brother Charles, [15] [16] a commando in the British Army, went to South Korea in the "Twins" series on Korean Englishman. [7]

Following his online popularity, he decided to posts images of his home life, as well as 60-second sermons and theological commentary on his Instagram. [3] [17] In 2020, he compiled some of these sermons into a book, The OMG Effect: 60-Second Sermons to Live a Fuller Life. [18]

He has called for the church to do more to reach younger people through social media. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ Williams, Hattie (21 September 2018). "Three 'Young Franciscans' enter community in west London". Church Times . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Midday Mindfulness With Reverend Chris Lee". YouTube. ITV's This Morning. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Instagram vicar influencer earns comparisons with Fleabag's 'hot priest'". The Irish News . 1 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 Clinton, Jane (1 November 2019). "Meet Rev Chris Lee, leading an ecclesiastical mission on YouTube and Instagram". inews.co.uk . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Reverend Chris Lee: One real hot priest". You (South African magazine) . 22 November 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Jolly (14 February 2020). "DUMBEST Valentines Day Arguments!?!😬(Rev. Chris and Jenny)". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Pack, Natasha (17 January 2020). "Meet Chris Lee, the British priest who became a viral star South Korea". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Petter, Olivia (4 November 2019). "Vicar with 100,000 Instagram followers says 'fans' keep sending him nude inspired by Fleabag's 'hot priest'". The Independent . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ↑ 한국의 교육 현실에 깜짝 놀란 케임브리지 졸업생 , retrieved 28 June 2022
  10. ↑ 최고의 "스태미나 요리" 양념 장어구이를 처음 먹어본 영국 부부의 반응 (효과최고?!ㅋㅋ) , retrieved 28 June 2022
  11. ↑ 랍스터, 낙지, 전복 다 꽉찬 혜자스러운 해물라면 실화!? 인생 해물 먹방!! , retrieved 28 June 2022
  12. ↑ 아내에게 한국 배달문화 소개하다가 로맨틱해진 영국 신부님!? , retrieved 28 June 2022
  13. ↑ 흔한 한국 슈퍼에서 장보다가 깜짝 놀란 영국부부!? , retrieved 28 June 2022
  14. ↑ 영국부부가 롯데월드타워 81층에서 먹는 미슐랭 스타★ 한식 (서울 초호화 데이트 끝판왕!) , retrieved 28 June 2022
  15. ↑ British Twins React to Movie Twin Stereotypes!!? , retrieved 28 June 2022
  16. ↑ British Twins take Twin Telepathy Test!!! , retrieved 28 June 2022
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  18. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (3 April 2020). "Authors battle to publish first coronavirus bestseller". inews.co.uk . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  19. ↑ Swerling, Gabriella (1 November 2019). "Vicar with more Instagram followers than Archbishop of Canterbury receives nude selfies inspired by fans of Fleabag's 'hot priest'". The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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