About

Rev. Anthony “Tony” Lee is the founder and Senior Pastor of the Community of Hope A.M.E. Church in Hillcrest Heights, MD.  Community of Hope is recognized throughout the region for its innovative ministry, social engagement and community outreach.  Community Of Hope has gained national recognition for its work around HIV/AIDS, violence prevention, community/police partnerships and educational advocacy.  The church’s work is also highlighted in the documentary “The Gospel Of Healing” and Rev Lee is a contributor in the books “Being A Black Man: At The Corner Of Progress And Peril” and “Reach: 40 Black Men Speak On Living, Loving & Succeeding”.

 Rev Lee serves as the Board Chair for the Naylor Road/Branch Avenue CDC, convener for the National Coalition Of Black Civic Participation’s Black Male Initiative, member of the Board Of Visitors for the Howard University School Of Divinity and is also an HIV Ambassador for the NAACP.  He is also an on air radio personality in the DC area on Entercom Radio’s WPGC 95.5 FM.

Rev Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland at College Park,  a Masters Of Divinity degree from the  Union Theological Seminary in New York City and is currently pursuing a Doctor Of Ministry degree at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary focusing on Church Planting and Multiplication.

He is the proud son of, Mr. Orlando W.E. Lee and Rev. Nancy T. Lee, PhD.