The Reverend

Chris Lee
Occupationpriest
Known foronline sermons
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
ChurchChurch of England
Websitehttps://saintsaviours.net/rev-chris-lee

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

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] 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]

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. ↑ ν•œκ΅­μ˜ ꡐ윑 ν˜„μ‹€μ— 깜짝 λ†€λž€ μΌ€μž„λΈŒλ¦¬μ§€ 쑸업생, retrieved 28 June 2022
  10. ↑ 졜고의 "μŠ€νƒœλ―Έλ‚˜ μš”λ¦¬" 양념 μž₯어ꡬ이λ₯Ό 처음 λ¨Ήμ–΄λ³Έ 영ꡭ λΆ€λΆ€μ˜ λ°˜μ‘ (효과졜고?!γ…‹γ…‹), retrieved 28 June 2022
  11. ↑ λžμŠ€ν„°, 낙지, 전볡 λ‹€ 꽉찬 혜자슀러운 해물라면 μ‹€ν™”!? 인생 ν•΄λ¬Ό λ¨Ήλ°©!!, retrieved 28 June 2022
  12. ↑ μ•„λ‚΄μ—κ²Œ ν•œκ΅­ 배달문화 μ†Œκ°œν•˜λ‹€κ°€ λ‘œλ§¨ν‹±ν•΄μ§„ 영ꡭ μ‹ λΆ€λ‹˜!?, retrieved 28 June 2022
  13. ↑ ν”ν•œ ν•œκ΅­ μŠˆνΌμ—μ„œ μž₯보닀가 깜짝 λ†€λž€ μ˜κ΅­λΆ€λΆ€!?, retrieved 28 June 2022
  14. ↑ μ˜κ΅­λΆ€λΆ€κ°€ λ‘―λ°μ›”λ“œνƒ€μ›Œ 81μΈ΅μ—μ„œ λ¨ΉλŠ” 미슐랭 μŠ€νƒ€β˜… ν•œμ‹ (μ„œμšΈ μ΄ˆν˜Έν™” 데이트 λνŒμ™•!), 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
  17. ↑ "The 'Hot Priest' doing 60 second sermons". YouTube. BBC London. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  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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