Curriculum Vitae

Lonnie H. Lee
13001 Mohawk Lane
Leawood, Kansas 66209

Areas of Interest

• Teaching, research, and writing in Reformation and Post-Reformation church history.

• Consulting with congregations on leadership and transition needs.

• Mentoring clergy on leadership/communication issues.

Ecclesiastical Status

Ordained Member of Heartland Presbytery
Kansas City, Missouri
Presbyterian Church (USA)

Ordained by the Presbytery of Southern Kansas
Presbyterian Church (USA)
June 30, 1973

Education

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin, Texas
Doctor of Ministry, 1993
Dissertation on Congregational Consensus Building

Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, New Jersey
Master of Divinity, 1973
Emphasis in Homiletics and Biblical Studies

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Bachelor of Arts, 1970
Major in History, Minor in Philosophy

Professional Experience

2013 to Present:
Independent Scholar, Teacher, Consultant
Kansas City Metropolitan Area

1995-2012:
Pastor/Head of Staff
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Springfield, Illinois
Congregation of 1200 Members

1987-1995:
Pastor/Head of Staff
John Knox Presbyterian Church
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Congregation of 800 Members

1980-1987:
Pastor/Head of Staff
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Dallas, Texas
Congregation of 600 Members

1975-1980:
Pastor
The Federated Church
Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Congregation of 300 Members

1973-1975:
Assistant Pastor
First Presbyterian Church
Edmond, Oklahoma
Congregation of 600 Members

Service and Leadership

Teacher of Church and Reformation History
Village University
Village Presbyterian Church
Prairie Village, Kansas
2014-Present

Member and Moderator of Commission on Ministry
Heartland Presbytery
Kansas City, Missouri
2013-1019
Resourcing congregations and clergy in times of transition and/or crisis.

Member of Board of Trustees
Blackburn College
Carlinville, Illinois
2001-2013
Served on Trustee committees for Student Life and Faculty Support.

Member of Corporation
Memorial Healthcare System
Springfield, Illinois
2002-2013

Member of Board of Trustees
Illinois Presbyterian Home
Springfield, Illinois
2008-2013

Member of Permanent Judicial Commission
Presbytery of Great Rivers
Peoria, Illinois
2002-2008

Publications

The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia: Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, 2023
Reviewed in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 132, No. 2 (2024), pages 153-154
Reviewed in The Huguenot Society Journal, Vol. 37 (2024), pages 73-74
Reviewed by Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91, No. 1 (February 2025), pages 138-140
Awarded the Best Scholarly Work of 2023 by the National Huguenot Society

“Huguenot-Anglicans in Seventeenth-Century Virginia”
Anglican and Episcopal History 91, No. 3, September 2022, pages 291-322

A Brief History of Belle Isle Plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia, 1650-1782
Heritage Books, Berwyn Heights, MD, 2020

“The Transatlantic Legacy of the Protestant Church of Cozes”
The Huguenot Society Journal, Vol. 32 (2019), pages 36-54
Published by the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Building Consensus for Ministry in the Local Congregation
Doctoral Dissertation
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
May 1993

Lectures and Presentations

April 22, 2024
Huguenot-Anglican Migration to Virginia
Christ Church Irvington Volunteers
Weems, Virginia

April 21, 2024
Huguenot-Anglican Migration to Virginia
Annual Meeting of the Huguenot Society of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia

October 24, 2023
Huguenot-Anglican Migration to Virginia
Annual Meeting of the Lancaster, Virginia Historical Society
Lancaster, Virginia

October 22, 2023
Huguenot-Anglican Migration to Virginia
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Warsaw, Virginia

October 21, 2023
Huguenot-Anglican Migration to Virginia
Belle Isle State Park Volunteer Association
Lancaster, Virginia

October 1, 2023
Huguenot-Anglican Migration to Virginia
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Springfield, Illinois

November-December 2022
The Huguenot Diaspora
Village University
Village Presbyterian Church
Prairie Village, Kansas

April 1, 2021
Belle Isle and the Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Colonial Virginia
Lancaster County, Virginia Historical Society
Recorded on Zoom

November-December 2020
The Huguenot-Anglican Movement in Colonial America
Village University
Village Presbyterian Church
Prairie Village, Kansas

March-April 2019
The Huguenot Migration to America
Village University
Village Presbyterian Church
Prairie Village, Kansas

November, 2017
The Colonial History of the Belle Isle Plantation
Belle Isle State Park Volunteer Association
Lancaster, Virginia

September-October, 2017
The Reformation That Changed the World
Village University
Village Presbyterian Church
Prairie Village, Kansas