Dirk R. Ellis

Dirk R. Ellis was raised in a small farming community in rural Illinois where he walked to Sunday school and worship nearly every Sunday morning with his father. Often, after arriving at church, he would eagerly assist his father in ringing the church bell. Those walks, the ensuing conversation, and the experience of church life and worship had a profound impact on his life and the call to pastoral ministry. He is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University, Asbury Theological Seminary, and holds a PhD from Andrews University (Religious Education). He has served in pastoral ministry for over twenty years. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Olivet Nazarene University and Eastern Nazarene College. Currently he teaches in Northwest Nazarene Universities’ online program. He is a member of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Wesleyan Historical Society, Wesleyan Liturgical Society, and the North American Academy of Liturgy.