Joe Lee

When Joe Lee’s second-grade Sunday-school teacher asked him why he was going to heaven, Joe answered, “Because my dad is the senior pastor of the church!”

Sensing the opportunity, Joe’s teacher took him aside and explained the gospel again. At that point, says Joe, “God’s Spirit illuminated the truth of the gospel to my heart and allowed me to see that I was a sinner in need of a Savior.”

Joe grew up in Northern Virginia attending Korean Central Presbyterian Church, where his father was a pastor for 26 years. We are grateful to Joe’s father and the church for sending Joe to us with their blessing.

While in high school, Joe felt called to ministry but gave up that desire after hearing discouraging stories from pastors. He received a B.S. from Virginia Tech in 1996 and became a computer network engineer.

At Celebration East (a regional conference for Sovereign Grace churches; no longer being held) in 1998, Joe’s desire was re-ignited when he heard Tab Trainor, then a student at what is now Sovereign Grace Pastors College, speak with joy and excitement about ministry. The Lord led Joe to the Pastors College in 1999-2000, and he joined the Covenant Life pastoral staff in July 2002. Today, he oversees numerous care groups and assists with premarital counseling.

Joe says he is “most passionate about helping the care group leaders lead their groups into deeper biblical fellowship with God and with one another.”

Joe and his wife Esther have four children.