Biblical Ministry
Pentecostal Apostolic preaching, expository teaching, discipleship, prayer, and spiritual formation.
Pastor · Scholar · Teacher · Servant Leader
Bishop-elect Dr.
Lee P. Christian, Jr.
Senior Pastor of City of Hope Family Worship Center, published ministry scholar, and pastoral-care leader committed to strengthening faith, families, leaders, and communities.
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Faith · Family
Leadership · Hope
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“Cultivating hope through the local church.”
Since 2008
Senior Pastor, City of Hope
More than 20 years
Pastoral counseling and mentoring
D.Min. · 2024
Chaplaincy and Leadership
About
A ministry shaped by truth, care, and hope.
Strengthening faith, families, leaders, and congregations through biblical truth and compassionate presence.
Bishop-elect Dr. Lee P. Christian, Jr. is a pastor, scholar, teacher, pastoral-care leader, and community servant whose life’s work centers on strengthening faith, families, leaders, and congregations. He has served as Senior Pastor of City of Hope Family Worship Center in Cleveland, Ohio, since 2008, providing spiritual leadership through biblical preaching, expository teaching, discipleship, pastoral care, organizational development, and community outreach.
A fully consecrated Overseer, he was designated Bishop-elect by Abrahamic Temple Dioceses in March 2025. His ministry reflects a deeply Pentecostal Apostolic commitment to Scripture, prayer, the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, and the church’s responsibility to serve people both spiritually and practically.
For more than two decades, Dr. Christian has counseled, mentored, and supported individuals, couples, families, pastors, and ministry leaders. His pastoral care includes marriage and family enrichment, grief and crisis support, conflict guidance, spiritual formation, leadership development, and support through major life transitions.
He shares life and ministry with his wife of more than three decades, Prophetess Delsa Christian. They are the parents of two adult children and grandparents of one.
Ministry & leadership
Serving the whole person and strengthening the whole church.
Pastoral Care
Faith-centered support through grief, conflict, transition, marriage, family life, and spiritual growth.
Leadership
Developing healthy pastors, ministry leaders, teams, congregations, and organizational systems.
Scholarship
Connecting theological depth with practical ministry, community engagement, and the church’s mission.
City of Hope Family Worship Center
A place of worship, formation, family renewal, and compassionate service.
Dr. Christian’s local-church leadership joins spiritual formation with practical community ministry in Cleveland, Ohio.
Scholarship & published work
Theological depth for ministry close to home and around the world.
Dr. Christian’s academic formation complements decades of ministry and professional leadership, bringing theological insight, practical wisdom, organizational discipline, and compassionate presence to his work.
Published article
“Global Missions in the Context of Urban Missiological Needs: Answering a Global Calling While Reaching American Cities”
An exploration of the church’s global mission and its responsibility to engage the communities closest to home.
Read the publicationPreaching & teaching archive
Biblical messages for faithful Christian living.
Explore Sunday sermons, midweek Bible studies, leadership teaching, family and marriage ministry, spiritual encouragement, and worship services.
A substantial ministry archive
Thousands of moments of preaching, teaching, prayer, and worship—preserved as an ongoing resource for the church.
Visit YouTubeFormation & service
A foundation of ministry, scholarship, and leadership.
2025
Designated Bishop-elect
Abrahamic Temple Dioceses · March 2025
2024
Doctor of Ministry
Chaplaincy and Leadership · Regent University
2019
Master of Divinity
Liberty University · May 2019
2008
Senior Pastor
City of Hope Family Worship Center · Cleveland, Ohio
2001
Licensed and Ordained
Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith · August 2001
1990
Bachelor’s in Industrial Technology
North Carolina A&T State University · May 1990
Dr. Christian remains affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World and the Ohio District Council. His active ministerial credentials are held with Abrahamic Temple Dioceses.
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Faithful ministry. Stronger families. Enduring hope.
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