Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Shelley Bryan Wee |
Birthday / Age / Date of Birth / How old is Shelley Bryan Wee | As of 2024, she is around 58 years old. |
Wedding & Marriage / Boyfriend / Husband / Spouse / Partner | Currently dating. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
Children / No. of Kids | None |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | American |
How tall is Shelley Bryan Wee? | The height of Shelley Bryan Wee is 5′6″. |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Shelley M. Bryan Wee is an Evangelical pastor originally from Springfield, Oregon in the USA. From 1993 to date, Shelley served as a pastor with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- A passionate and open-minded woman, Wee is not afraid to stand in her convictions, even if it garners her a lot of criticism.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Shelley was born in Springfield, Oregon but her family moved around a lot, during her childhood. Eventually, they laid their roots down in Colville, Washington.
- Bryan Wee has previously been romantically linked to travel explorer/television presenter named Rick Steves but chooses to be private about the details of their relationship. The two have been photographed walking with their pet dogs, Labradoodles named Gracie and Jackson.
- The relationship between Rick and Shelley is fairly new. Despite starting dating in December 2019, Steves and Wee are learning more about each other thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Before he started dating Shelley, Rick was in a marriage for 26 years, to his ex-wife, Anne Steves.
- Shelley also has two children of her own named Daniel and Katie.
- A strong supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, Shelley regularly attends Pride Parades in the US. She has been criticized by other Christian community members for her beliefs but she has always been unapologetic about her support for marginalized groups.
- In 2011, Wee was diagnosed with cancer. She quickly began chemotherapy and after a lengthy journey, she was free of the disease.
- She wrote about her experiences in a local blog and described how praying and singing the song, Love Is Not Cancelled helped her out in her life’s lowest moments.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- In 1988, Shelley graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington State with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Relations and Communications Arts.
- She also graduated from the same university with a Minor in Marketing and Business Administration.
- Shortly after leaving Pacific Lutheran, Shelley attended the Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary and graduated with a Master of Divinity Degree in Theology and Bible Studies in 1993.
Church Work, Earnings and Net Worth :
- After graduating from Luther Northwestern, Shelley was ordained by the American Evangelical Lutheran Church into the Word and Sacrament Ministry.
- After being ordained, Wee joined the Jocko Valley Lutheran Church in August of 1993 and began working as a full-time Pastor. She worked at the Montana-based church for almost 4 years before leaving in May of 1997.
- One month after leaving Montana, Shelley relocated to Spokane, Washington where she became the Lead Pastor for the Zion Lutheran Church. She held that position for almost a decade before moving to Deer Park where she became a Marketing Specialist for State Farm for the next 7+ years.
- In January of 2015, Bryan Wee moved to Cheney and became the Pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church for a little over 2 years.
- Shortly after, she pastored at the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Eastern Washington University.
- After over a decade of pastoring in different churches, Shelley landed her current job in Greater Seattle as Assistant to the Bishop of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- She is also the current Northwest Washington Synod’s Bishop.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- When she is not working in the ministry, Shelley loves to spend time with her family and catch live theatre shows.
- She also enjoys reading, walking her pet dogs, Gracie and Jackson, and dancing.
- Wee is also a good storyteller and loves being a member of her local book club.
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