What happened why the Bishop stepped down?
Church leaders are tight-lipped following the announcement! No mention of new incoming Presiding Bishop in statement…
Source say the Full Gospel in the Bahamas and the region is no more!
HERE IS BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE FULL GOSPEL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL WHERE WE CAN REPORT BISHOP NEIL C. ELLIS HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION!!!! >>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED?? >>>
Announced 30 minutes ago on Mount Tabor Full Gospel Baptist Church Official Facebook page and Bishop Neil Ellis Official Twitter Page: Bishop Neil C. Ellis has resigned from the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International.
Below is the Official Press Release from Bishop Neil C. Ellis and Mount Tabor Full Gospel Baptist Church. It’s interesting, the press release has no mention of the next Presiding Bishop, Joseph Walker III.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ELLIS SAYS GOODBYE TO INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
Nassau, N.P. August 19, 2013 – After 20 years of committed and dedicated service to the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International, the Senior Pastor of Mount Tabor Full Gospel Baptist Church, Bishop Neil C. Ellis, formally resigned as 2nd Presiding bishop, and a member of the Bishop’s Council with immediate effect.
In a letter addressed to the International Presiding Bishop Paul S. Morton, Bishop Ellis stated, “I am satisfied, after much prayer and reflection that the Holy Spirit is now leading me to bring this season of my life in the Fellowship to a close”.
Bishop Ellis expressed gratitude, “to Almighty God for guiding my heart, hands and mind over the past 20 years as I have transitioned from role to role in our Fellowship and I wish to express gratitude to you for allowing me to serve.” He further recognized, the members of the Bishop’s Council, for the respect and cooperation extended to him particularly during the last 11 years while serving as 3rd and 2nd Presiding Bishop.
Mount Tabor’s Senior Pastor pronounced a blessing on “Bishop Morton and Lady Morton during your final years on the frontline of the Fellowship; may He be allowed to guide the hands and the work of the International Presiding Bishop-Elect and may God smile upon the future of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International.”
The decision comes on the heels of a surprise move that shocked the international and local Christian communities, this past July at the Fellowship’s international conference in Lousiville, Kentucky when Ellis pulled out of a two man race for the leadership of the Christian group in his words, “to avoid a possible division within the fellowship.” Bishop Morton will demit office in 2015.
