Lees Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
1036 Bells Mill Road
Chesapeake, Va 23322
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Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting Lee's Chapel A.M.E. Church online. We hope that our website highlights the wide variety of worship, fellowship and service opportunities available. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbor.
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Our Mission
Matthew 28:19-20 "'Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.' Amen"
Our Vision Statement
"To engage in creative ministry providing every person opportunity to encounter and experience the joy of Jesus Christ through worship, education and outreach."
Special Events
Our church offers a traditional setting for your most sacred celebration.
Services
Sunday School begins at 9:30 AM.
Sunday Morning services are at 11:00 AM.
Bible Study is held on Tuesday Nights at 7:00 PM.
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Women's Bible Study on Wednesday at 12 Noon
Our Pastor
Reverend Timothy W. Johnson is a native of Salisbury, Maryland. He is the second of three children born to Rebecca Newsome and the late Thomas Johnson of Salisbury Maryland. He is married to Evelyn Johnson and together they are blessed with two daughters, Natasha Nicole Johnson, Tawanda M. Johnson, a son Angelo Jerald and two grandchildren Tavion and Mariah. He’s been married for 28years.
Reverend Johnson attended the public schools in Wicomico County in Salisbury Maryland. He is a graduate of Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in General Studies. He has done graduate studies at Trinity Theological Seminary and Bible College, Newburg Indiana. He holds the Master of Divinity Degree in Practical Theology from Regent University, School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Reverend Johnson accepted the call to ministry in the summer of 1992. He was licensed to preach at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Hampton Virginia, under the pastoral leadership of Reverend Samuel E. Hayward III. He was Ordained an Itinerant Elder at the 136 session of the Virginia Annual Conference under the leadership of Bishop Vinton R. Anderson.
Pastor Johnson has pastored the following charges: Mount Gilead AME Church, Franklin Virginia, Holley Grove AME, Windsor Virginia and Bethel AME Eastville Virginia. At the 149th Sesson of the Virginia Annual Conference May 8, 2015, Reverend Johnson was assigned to the pastoral charge at Lees Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Chesapeake Virginia.
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