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Neil Ellis (bishop)
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Neil Ellis is a Bahamian Baptist pastor and founder of the Global United Fellowship.
Biography
In 1985, Ellis organized Mount Tabor Union Baptist Church,[1] and by 1995, he was consecrated as a bishop within the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship.[2][3]
In 2013, after Bishop Paul S. Morton announced his intent to retire as the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship's presiding bishop, Ellis ran a campaign to succeed him. By August 2013, Ellis resigned from the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, "to avoid a possible division within the fellowship."[3] After resigning, his church also disaffiliated with the Full Gospel Baptists alongside all Bahamian churches within the denomination.[4] Following a two-day meeting, Ellis founded the Global United Fellowship.[5]
In 2015, Ellis served as chief consecrator of Marvin Sapp, whom he appointed as metropolitan bishop in 2016.[6][7]
In October 2023, Ellis resigned as the presiding bishop for Global United Fellowship. He was succeeded by Bishop Joel Peebles.[8]
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