J. Delano Ellis, II, an African American prelate, is a leader in African-American Pentecostalism in the United States and is the founding President/Chairman of the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops.
Currently the senior pastor of the Pentecostal Church of Christ in Cleveland, Ohio, Bishop Ellis is also the founder and former presiding prelate of the United Pentecostal Churches of Christ.
Bishop Ellis is widely known as a progenitor of unity among African-American Pentecostals. He has worked to introduce order, identity, and an appreciation of Christian history among Pentecostal churches. As a promoter of ecumenism, Bishop Ellis has put the Pentecostal movement, as it is manifested among African Americans, in conversation with the broader Christian community around the world.
J. Delano Ellis began as a clergyman in the Church of God in Christ before being asked to lead a local congregation outside of that denomination.
Read more about J. Delano Ellis: Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops, Works, Volunteer Military Service
Famous quotes containing the word ellis:
“I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.”
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)