The Rev. Dr. J. Lee Hill, Jr.
Clergy, Academic, and Public Speaker in San Diego, California
Pastor, preacher, scholar, cultural critic, public theologian, social justice activist, husband and father are just a few words that describe the life, work and ministry of the Reverend Doctor J. Lee Hill, Jr., who believes in exploring ministry at the intersection of the spiritual and social, the secular and sacred.
Dr. Hill has been involved in ministry for more than fifteen years, and is a licensed and ordained Baptist minister with full standing in both the Alliance of Baptists and the United Church of Christ. He has served, for nearly 20 years, in a variety of ministerial capacities in Virginia, North Carolina, and the City of New York before moving to San Diego to serve as the Senior Pastor of Christian Fellowship Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in beautiful Emerald Hills.
He attended Florida A&M and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Integrative Studies from George Mason where he received Distinguished Alumni Awards from the School for Integrative Studies and the Black Alumni Association. Dr. Hill earned the Master of Divinity degree with honors from Wake Forest, and this May completed coursework for the Doctor of Ministry from Emory University in the field of Biblical Interpretation & Proclamation; investigating the Narrative Lectionary's impact on biblical literacy, spiritual development and social actions within the Black Church. The title of his dissertation was "A Black Narrative Pulpit: The Narrative Lectionary as a tool for Christian Transformation." Additionally, Dr. Hill has studied at the Howard University School of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, the Stanford School of Medicine, and holds several units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
He serves as the Past President of the San Diego County Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, a collective of diverse Protestant churches and ministries, and the Past Co-President of the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice in San Diego, an organization that represents clergy, synagogues, churches, mosques, faith/justice organizations, and individuals who feel called by their respective religious traditions to work for justice and stand up for the poor and marginalized.
He is civically active in the San Diego community as a life-member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. where serves as the Chaplain of the Zeta Sigma Lambda chapter, lifetime member of the NAACP, and member the Black American Political Association of California. Additionally