Lee Salisbury

Lee Salisbury was raised Episcopalian. His Christian experience began in September 1970 at age 32 when he had a genuinely profound born-again experience prompting him to eventually leave a very successful career as real estate/mortgage broker to attend Bible School. In 1972, he founded King Jesus Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, served as its pastor interspersed with missionary work in both Kenya and Malawi, Africa, plus had numerous engagements as a featured speaker at various Christian conferences both in the United States and Europe. In 1986 he took a sabbatical leave. After much agonizing over several years, Lee determined that 'integrity' demanded his acknowledgement that he was a nonbeliever, an atheist. As best as he can recall, this conversion occurred in the early 1990s, when he joined Minnesota Atheists. In 2000 he cofounded the Critical Thinkers Clubs of Minnesota, from which he recently retired in 2023.