Almost three months after Bishop Neil Ellis, senior pastor at Mount Tabor Church, officially announced his resignation from the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International, he was installed as presiding bishop and prelate of the newly launched Global United Fellowship of Churches (GUF).
Ellis was installed on Wednesday, November 6 at a service of Episcopal institution and inauguration in the Grand Ballroom at Atlantis, which was attended by delegates from as far away as Germany. The chief celebrant for the service was Bishop Jay Delano Ellis, metropolitan archbishop, The Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops. The concelebrants were Alfred Owens, metropolitan archbishop and presiding prelate at Mount Calvary Holy Churches of America Inc., and Bishop Kenneth Ulmer, presiding bishop of Macedonia International Fellowship, chairman, Council of Apostolic Fathers and senior pastor of Faithful Central Bible Church in Los Angeles.
Bishop Jay Delano Ellis said the GUF presiding bishop was a man who embraced his brothers and sisters of like faith and never found reason to scorn anyone at any time.
"He helps. He heals. He lifts," said the chief celebrant. "We're here not to tell Global United Fellowship what to do with its organization, not to tell you what ought to be done. If we know so much we should have done it before we got here, ourselves. But we're here to seal your election and to say to the world that he is suitable for the position, and respected among us as one who has earned the right to sit in the apostolic chair."
The GUF presiding bishop leads a fellowship that is now nine weeks old with a total of 133 churches and seven fellowships totaling 149 churches.
And he thanked his congregation at Mt. Tabor Church.
Ellis took the helm at GUF after resigning in August from Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International in August after 20 years.
GUF is a Christian Fellowship that embraces churches, ministries, fellowships and pastors who acknowledge, accept and submit to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. According to its mission, GUF will not allow any name, denomination, doctrine, tradition, socio-economic or cultural composition to separate or prevent them from experiencing the authentic fellowship of the saints of the living God. Its mission is to foster biblical unity among Christian believers as one body in Christ.
Its mission states that it will focus on the empowering and perfecting of saints through biblical training, mentoring, discipling, personal and ministry development and that it will focus on the cultivation of spiritual gifts rather than on doctrines and theological positions.
The GUF mission states that it believes there is more that unites people than that which divides people.
In its beliefs, it says that God is the creator of all that exists and the Body of Christ is the vehicle that God uses for impacting the world. It believes that the Word of God is the standard for both the family and the nations and should not be compromised, and that everything people do they must glorify God. It also believes that members of the Body of Christ should be equipped for the challenges of life, the expectations of God and the demands of ministry as what they do today affects future generations.
GUF is an international body of spiritual leaders, fellowships and congregations united to strategically plan, implement and execute transformative and generational change as well as expanding the kingdom of God to all the nations of the world.
The fellowship is dedicated to becoming a voice, speaking forth the mind and counsel of God. Its purpose is to promote the agenda of God in the earth, while advancing kingdom culture.
In its statement of purpose it says it will use its collective influence, wisdom and resources to work to ensure that continuous generations of prophetic voices, change agents and policy makers rise up in the kingdom of God to reclaim the "seven mountains" that shape culture and influence human behavior.
The seven mountains it will collectively organize to influence, change and to assist with the advancement of the kingdom for the glory of God include business, government, media, arts and entertainment, education, the family and religion.
GUF as a Christian fellowship commits to embracing both the eternal transforming power of Calvary and the supernatural power of Pentecost, demonstrating the principles of holiness, miracles and revelation as exemplified specifically in the book of Acts and throughout the scriptures.

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