Global United Fellowship
Global United Fellowship | |
---|---|
Seal | |
Abbreviation | GUF |
Classification | Protestant |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | Executive Council |
Presiding Bishop | Joel Peebles, Sr. |
Founder | Neil Ellis |
Origin | 2013 |
Separated from | Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Congregations | 1,400+ |
Official website | globalunitedfellowship |
The Global United Fellowship (GUF) is an interdenominational and predominantly African-American denomination founded in 2013 by Bishop Neil Ellis. Established after resigning from the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, the GUF claims to embrace individual churches, ministries, fellowships, and pastors in its organization.[1]
History
In August 2013, Bishop Neil Ellis resigned from the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship after stating he wanted "to avoid a possible division within the fellowship."[2] Ellis was running a campaign to succeed Paul S. Morton as Full Gospel's presiding bishop. Upon resignation, Ellis and the Mount Tabor Church collectively left the Full Gospel Baptists;[3] all Full Gospel-affiliated churches in the Bahamas also left the fellowship, including some leaders from the United States and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
After a two-day meeting, the Global United Fellowship was formed.[4] Bahamian PM Perry Christie attended the launch of the GUF in 2013.[5][6]
In July 2016, Marvin Sapp—a Gospel artist—was consecrated as a bishop within the fellowship. During his episcopal consecration, the GUF's founder served as chief celebrant with Bishop J. Delano Ellis of the Pentecostal Churches of Christ as a co-consecrator.[7] Sapp was appointed over the Central Province of the Global United Fellowship.[8][9]
In July 2019, the GUF had grew from 41 churches at its foundation to more than 1,400 churches in 42 countries. As late as 2019, Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church was a member.[10]
In October 2023, Ellis retired as presiding bishop for the GUF. He was succeeded in office by Bishop Joel Peebles.[11]
References
- ^ "Global Mission Statement". Global United Fellowship. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Jones, Mike (August 21, 2013). "Bishop Neil C. Ellis Resigns from Bishop Morton and the Full Gospel Fellowship". uGospel. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Beatty, Robert. "Bishop Neil C. Ellis resigns". South Florida Times. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Ellis speaks on new church fellowship". Tribune 242. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "PM at launch of new church fellowship". Tribune 242. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Global United Fellowship of Churches launched in Bahamas". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Marvin Sapp consecrated as Bishop in the Global United Fellowship". The Michigan Chronicle. 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Thomasos, Christine (2015-07-13). "Gospel Singer Marvin Sapp Becomes Bishop of Central Province of Global United Fellowship (Interview)". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Sapp Appointed GUF Metropolitan Bishop". The Los Angeles Sentinel. July 28, 2016. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Blair, Leonardo (2019-07-07). "Declining church attendance causing depression in some pastors, Global United Fellowship is pushing back". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Ugospel (2023-10-03). "Bishop Joel Robert Peebles, Sr. To Succeed Bishop Neil C. Ellis as the Next Presiding Bishop of Global United Fellowship". Philly's Favor 100.7 FM & 99.5 HD3. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
External links
- Official website
- v
- t
- e
- Religion in Black America
- Historically African-American Christian denominations
- Clergy
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church | |
---|---|
First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia) | |
First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia) |
|
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship | |
Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention | |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | |
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. | |
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America | |
Progressive National Baptist Convention | |
United American Free Will Baptist Church |
- Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
- Apostolic Faith Church (William J. Seymour)
- Church of God in Christ (Charles Edward Blake Sr.
- Andraé Crouch
- Sandra Crouch
- Robert Michael Franklin Jr.
- Samuel Green Jr.
- Edwin Hawkins
- O. T. Jones Sr.
- John P. Kee
- Charles Harrison Mason
- Chandler David Owens Sr
- Gilbert E. Patterson
- J. O. Patterson Jr.
- Wayne Perryman
- Ted Thomas Sr.
- F. D. Washington
- Dickerson Wells
- Timothy Wright
- Lennox Yearwood)
- Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (Robert C. Lawson)
- Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God (James F. Jones
- James Shaffer)
- Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
- Mount Sinai Holy Church of America (Ida B. Robinson)
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
- Pentecostal Churches of Christ (J. Delano Ellis)
- Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church
- Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ (Elias Dempsey Smith)
- United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God, Incorporated
- United Holy Church of America
- United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church
- Black Catholicism (Servant of God Mother Mary Lange
- Venerable Mother Henriette DeLille
- William Augustine Williams
- Venerable Pierre Toussaint
- Venerable Fr Augustus Tolton
- George Clements
- Bishop John Ricard
- Servant of God Julia Greeley
- Servant of God Sr Thea Bowman
- Sr Jamie Phelps, OP
- Clarence Rivers
- Fr Cyprian Davis, OSB
- Archbishop James Lyke
- Cardinal Wilton Gregory)
- African Orthodox Church (George Alexander McGuire)
- Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. (Charles Price Jones)
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
- City of Refuge UCC (Yvette Flunder)
- Global United Fellowship (Neil Ellis)
- Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation (George Augustus Stallings Jr.)
- Interdenominational Theological Center
- Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge
- Love Center Church (Walter Hawkins)
- Original Church of God or Sanctified Church
- Spencer Churches (Peter Spencer)
- Trinity United Church of Christ (Otis Moss III)
- United House of Prayer for All People (Marcelino Manuel da Graça
- Walter McCollough
- Samuel C. Madison
- C.M. Bailey)