From Our Executive Director

Hello! I am Tyson Lee, Executive Director of Friends of Nazareth, and I want to personally welcome you to the Friends of Nazareth website.

We are so blessed to be partnering with Nazareth Baptist School in Nazareth, Israel to build the rising generations while glorifying Jesus Christ through distinctive education in His own hometown. We invite you to be a part of this great and blessed work. Nazareth Baptist School has been around for more than 80 years and supports over 1000 students annually from kindergarten to twelfth grades.  

I can’t tell you how exciting it is to have each of you come along and be a part of this important journey, sharing the love of Christ with the lost in Israel. We invite each one of you to participate in the ministry of Friends of Nazareth. You will see as you explore our website, there are many ways to get involved and we are so thankful to those of you who are already involved through the giving of your time, your finances, and most of all your prayers. 

We are always looking for new partners for our summer camps, festivals, and the many other activities we participate in at the school. Come and see, join us on a trip, all are listed in our website menu. Please don’t hesitate to reach out for more information on how you can be involved. I am available anytime and can be reached at tyson@friendsofnazareth.org or you can reach me by phone at (423) 360-1445. 

We do it all for His honor, 

Tyson Lee

Executive Director

About

Tyson Lee is currently Executive Director of Friends of Nazareth and business owner of Axis Wireless LLC. Though God opened doors, Tyson has held multiple executive level and leadership positions throughout his professional 25-year career and earned multiple awards for leadership and success. Tyson has led multi-million-dollar organizations with strategic and sustained success. Tyson was successful in building and relocating a business to a new location due to substantial growth. Tyson has successfully started, maintained, and marketed his own business for over 7 years.

Tyson previously served on the Board of Directors with Friends of Nazareth as the Strategic Liaison prior to accepting the Executive Director role. 

Tyson’s passion for ministry work came from exposure to the importance of sharing the gospel as the son of a Baptist pastor at an early age and that passion continues today. Tyson has been involved in mission work for many years in various countries. 

Tyson is married with four children and has lived in Bristol, TN the last seventeen years. As a member of Fellowship Chapel, Tyson and his wife are extremely involved in youth, men’s, and women's ministries.  Tyson is an avid sportsman and enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time along with his wife and children.