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Young female vicar becomes online hit with millions of views on TikTok
A young female vicar has become an online hit with millions of view on Tiktok after sharing videos of her life inside the church. Reverend Pippa White, 29, only began her channel a year ago as a way of connecting with the younger generation after moving to a parish in Shropshire. Since then the former barmaid has become known as "The Tiktok Vicar" and amassed tens of thousands of social media followers. Pippa shares lighthearted behind-the-scenes videos of her life at St Alkmund’s Church as well as going to Taylor Swift concerts and playing rugby. The Church of England priest said she wanted to help represent young women in the church and promote faith with the likes of Generations Z and Alpha. Pippa, originally from Norfolk and now living in Whitchurch, Shrops., said it was her sister who first suggested she should be a “TikTok vicar”. She added: “When I moved to Whitchurch, I was like ‘well, maybe I'll give it a go’. “I made a few videos and they weren't getting many views but I was having fun. I was just making them for myself, to be honest. “And then one of them went viral and I felt like 'I might as well carry on now'. “It’s mostly a very joyous thing, which is really fun.” Pippa, who has 20,000 Tiktok followers, says her videos tend to be both comedic - and informative - in nature, which allows her to connect with a younger audience. In one recent video, which has amassed nearly 900,000 views and 129,000 likes, Pippa jokingly told her audience that they should consider “giving up men” for Lent with the caption “Jesus was such a girl’s girl”. Pippa said forming this connection requires challenging the youth’s perception of the church and Christianity. She added: “For Gen Z, there is a high spiritual awareness and drive but that's not correlating to church attendance figures and things like that. “There is a gap between young people and organised religion - I think it's the organised part of religion that Gen Z really struggles with. “A big reason why I started doing these TikToks is because I think for a lot of Gen Z, the Church of England is either irrelevant or, let's face it, the reason why we're often in the news is not for good reasons. “So I think there is a lot of mistrust between the Church of England and young people. “And I completely understand why - I do not blame people for that. “A big part of my TikTok, for me, is just trying to gently push back against misconceptions, and what people may think church is. “The Lent video went much …
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