
Lee Canipe - Senior Pastor
Lee grew up in Greensboro and, before coming to Providence, served on church staffs in Durham and Savannah, as a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship missionary in Russia, and as the pastor of Murfreesboro Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.
He is a leader, pastor, teacher, visionary, scholar, and servant of Christ. He likes to run, write, travel, read history, listen to Bruce Springsteen and the Beatles, and follow Carolina basketball. Lee is a dynamic speaker and a warm, compassionate pastor. He understands the importance of calling people by name and he takes the time to listen to others, reaching out to old and young alike, both within our church and in the broader Charlotte community.
Lee and his wife, Hilary, were married in 1998 and are the parents of a daughter, Helen, and two sons, Watt and Peter.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy – Baylor University
Master of Divinity (summa cum laude) – Duke University
Master of Arts in Education, Counseling – Wake Forest University
Master or Arts, History – University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts, History (Honors) – Davidson College
He is a leader, pastor, teacher, visionary, scholar, and servant of Christ. He likes to run, write, travel, read history, listen to Bruce Springsteen and the Beatles, and follow Carolina basketball. Lee is a dynamic speaker and a warm, compassionate pastor. He understands the importance of calling people by name and he takes the time to listen to others, reaching out to old and young alike, both within our church and in the broader Charlotte community.
Lee and his wife, Hilary, were married in 1998 and are the parents of a daughter, Helen, and two sons, Watt and Peter.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy – Baylor University
Master of Divinity (summa cum laude) – Duke University
Master of Arts in Education, Counseling – Wake Forest University
Master or Arts, History – University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts, History (Honors) – Davidson College