| About Pastor Kjell Lee My path to the ministry was by no means orthodox. I was born in 1936 in Stavanger, Norway, which is located in the southwest part of the country. Although my father was a prominent minister and evangelist, I was not immediately called to the ministry or to become a Christian, for that matter. I had an adventurous spirit and a desire to see the world. So, at the age of sixteen I joined the Norwegian Merchant Marines, where I spent two years traveling all over the world. In 1954, at the age of eighteen, I immigrated to the United States because that was the country of dreams and great opportunity. In search of new adventures, I tried my hand at salmon fishing in Alaska for one season. Thereafter, served my newly adopted country for three years as a United States Marine. I became a United States Citizen shortly following my discharge from the Marine Corps. Feeling it time to settle down in a career, I enrolled at the Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle at the age of twenty-two. Upon graduation, I spent 15 years as a successful fashion artist for Frederick & Nelson in Seattle, Washington. It was at Burnley Art School that I met Judy Sue, who is now my wife, we were married in 1961. But at this time neither Judy nor I was Christian. It was in 1962 when Billy Graham had one service at the World's Fair in Seattle, Washington that my wife and I responded to God's call to save us. What a glorious day that was!!! Fourteen years later came God's call to become a pastor. At the age of 40, I enrolled as a seminary student at the Lutheran Brethren Theological Seminary in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. My first pastoral call following graduation took me to Phoenix, Arizona. I then went on to become pastor at churches in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Colorado. I also spent time as a prison chaplain in Sing Sing State Prison in New York. In 1996, at the age of 60, I became a full-time evangelist for the Norwegian Lutheran Mission (Norsk Luthersk Misjonssamband) where I traveled as an itinerant preacher throughout Norway. I am also involved in this mission's radio ministry (Norean.no) which broadcasts on 30 radio stations in Norway. Today, I am involved in a PODCAST ministry - kjelllee.org>Sermon Library.
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