About

David W. Peters is a writer and Anglican priest residing in Texas who became popular due to his presence on TikTok. In August 2019, Peters began posting TikTok memes involving religious subject matters and personal videos about being what it's like being a priest since then he has been interviewed by Vice as a well as other media outlets regarding his TikTok involvement.

Online History

In 2013, David W. Peters began submitting articles to HuffPost^[1] and On November 29th, 2018, he wrote a piece for the Guardian^[2] titled, "I’m an accidental killer – and thousands of Americans share this secret shame. How can you recover from the trauma of accidentally killing someone?" On July 26th, 2019, Peters uploaded his first TikTok video of himself exercising (shown below, left). On August 2nd, Peters uploaded a TikTok specific meme in which he lists "Anglican Priest Problems" (shown below, center). The video gained over 39,400 likes and 5,900 shares in 25 days. On August 8th, Peters uploaded his favorite video as a part of the Afraid to Wear series which accumulated over 207,600 likes and 17,000 shares in 19 days (shown below, right).

On August 9th, Peters uploaded one of his more popular religious videos which received over 1,400 likes in 18 days (shown below, left). On August 19th, Vice^[4] published an interview in which he attributes his fame to Harry Potter saying,

"The generation that I feel is the biggest on TikTok, they grew up with Harry Potter and all this ancient lore and people wearing robes in movies that they're into. I've noticed that younger people tend to really like ancient, older practices aligned with progressive views of gender and sexuality and rights for all people. They're the generation that threw out a lot of tradition to make things more relevant."

On August 20th, Peters continued to uploaded a personal video in which he reveals himself to be a veteran (shown below, center) and the next day he posted a comedic That Should be Me video (shown below, right). The video garnered over 77,900 likes and 5,700 shares in six days.

Reputation

As of August 27th, 2019, David W. Peters has amassed over 40,600 followers on TikTok as well as 4,700 followers on Twitter. ^[3]

Personal Life

David W. Peters is a former army chaplain who was deployed to Iraq. As of August 2019, Peters is a 43 year-old a vicar who currently works out of Saint Joan of Arc Episcopal CH in Pflugerville, Texas.^[5][6]

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