Dr. Carl Ellis, Jr.
In 1969, Carl Ellis began his ministry as a Senior Campus Minister with the Tom Skinner Associates in New York. From 1979 to 1989, Carl served as the Assistant Pastor of Forest Park Community Church in Baltimore, MD, served on faculty at Chesapeake Theological Seminary, and as a seminar instructor for Prison Fellowship where he developed and taught “in-prison” and “in-community” seminars for inmates and community volunteers. Between 1986 and 2009, Carl served as an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Urban Theological Studies (C.U.T.S.), and as Dean of Intercultural Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA.
From 2015 to 2025, Dr. Ellis was Senior Research Fellow with Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS). He is the Associate Pastor for Cultural Apologetics at New City Fellowship, and serves on numerous boards and as a consultant on cultural matters.
He has authored several books, including Free At Last? and Saving Our Sons.
Dr. Ellis studied under Francis Schaeffer at LÁbri in Hermoz sur Olon’, Switzerland, completed his Masters in Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and holds a D.Phil from Omega Graduate School.
K.A. Ellis
K.A. Ellis is a pioneer in the emerging field of Christian Endurance Studies, which includes theologies of martyrdom, persecution, endurance, suffering, stealth, risk, and joy. As a theological ethicist whose areas of interest include World Christianity, she has spoken and written frequently on Christian endurance in the face of cultural pressure, indifference, and hostility. She is the executive director of the Center for Christian Endurance.
She has published a number of works exploring Christian endurance, including:
The Hodder Bible Commentary: Esther.
Wisdom's Call: 100 Meditations for a Life in Christ.
His Testimonies, My Heritage: Meditations on Psalm 119.
The Story of Phillis Wheatley: The African Poet Who Called America to Christ.
Dr. Ellis teaches and disciples young people at her local church on Bible and Global Christianity. She received a doctorate from The Oxford Centre for Mission Studies in Oxford England, a Masters of Art in Religion from Westminster Seminary (Philadelphia), and a Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.