On March 13th, an article titled “Lee Seung Yoon’s family is comparable to the family of Lee Sa Ra in ‘The Glory’.”
Lee Sa Ra is the role played by actress Kim Hieora in Netflix’s original series “The Glory”. In the drama, Lee Sa Ra’s father is a pastor of a church that is attended by not only ordinary believers, but also many people from the upper class.
The father of singer Lee Seung Yoon is Pastor Lee Jae Chul, who already retired in 2018. Pastor Lee Jae Chul had been serving as the Senior Pastor of the “100th Anniversary Memorial Christain Church” since 2005. He was the caretaker of the Yanghwajin Foreign Missionaries Cemetery located next to the 100th Anniversary Memorial Church, as well as the founder of a Christian publishing company called “Hongsungsa”.
During Pastor Lee Jae Chul’s activity period, the registered members of the 100th Anniversary Memorial Church amounted to approximately 15,000. He set a good example by secretly donating, publicly disclosing the church’s finances, and voluntarily paying taxes. Upon his retirement, he refused to receive a retirement package worth more than 1 billion won and appointed four co-pastors to run the church instead of him to avoid hereditary succession. After retiring, he is known to have been enjoying farming in Geochang.
Lee Seung Yoon, the son of Pastor Lee Jae Chul, entered the final of the 2011 MBC Campus Song Festival and performed his self-composed song. He then started his singing career.
Later in 2020, he appeared on JTBC’s program “Sing Again” as singer No.30 and made his name known to the public by becoming the winner.
Reading the story about Pastor Lee Jae Chul, netizens expressed their respect and left various comments, such as “He is a true religious person”, “I have his book at home, too”, “It’s a bit weird to tie him with the story of ‘The Glory’ because he’s an amazing religious person. He’s really cool”, “He was a pastor that my parents liked”, “Lee Seung Yoon was born into a prestigious family”, “Having such great parents, Lee Seung Yoon is definitely a golden spoon”, “Lee Seung Yoon is also known as a famous YouTuber”, and “I don’t believe in religion, but I respect him”.
Source: Wikitree
