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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“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.
Ordained to the office of Overseer through the Abrahamic Temple Diocese on June 14, 2025, he was designated Bishop-elect by the Diocese 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.
Faith & family
A calling lived in covenant and shared ministry.
Dr. Christian shares life and ministry with his wife of more than three decades, Prophetess Delsa Christian. Together, they reflect a commitment to covenant, family, prayer, and faithful service. They are the parents of two adult children and grandparents of one.
“Strengthening faith and family begins with living the covenant we teach.”
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.
Covenant Builders Counseling
Building Marriages God’s Way.
Christ-centered pastoral guidance for engaged and married couples. Strengthen communication, deepen connection, and take your next step together.
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 publicationFeatured message
Shared Truth
Better Together: Strengthening the Community of Faith
Acts 2:42–47 · Philippians 1:27
Authentic Christian fellowship begins with a shared commitment to biblical truth. This message explores how devotion to God’s Word strengthens our relationships, deepens our unity, and prepares the Church to fulfill its common mission.
Explore the message archivePreached September 6, 2026
City of Hope Family Worship Center · Cleveland, Ohio
Formation & service
A foundation of ministry, scholarship, and leadership.
2025
Ordained Overseer
Abrahamic Temple Diocese · June 14, 2025
2025
Designated Bishop-elect
Abrahamic Temple Diocese · 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
2005
Credentials Honored
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World · Ohio District Council affiliation
2002
Became an Elder
Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith International · August 2002
1990
Bachelor’s in Industrial Technology
North Carolina A&T State University · May 1990
Professional affiliation
Presidential Member, American Association of Christian Counselors
Member, AACC Marriage & Family Division · Since September 2026
Professional membership supporting continuing education, ethical pastoral care, marriage and family ministry, and referral relationships. This affiliation is not a clinical license or certification.
Visit AACCDr. Christian’s current ministerial credentials are held through the Abrahamic Temple Diocese. He remains affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World and its Ohio District Council through the 2005 honoring of his PCAFI Elder credentials.
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