Larry D. Ellis has served as a bible teacher in Baptist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal Churches in Denver, Colorado for over forty years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma. He completed the Master and Doctor of Worship Studies degrees at the Robert E. Webber Institute of Worship Studies (www.iws.edu) doing research in Christian spiritual formation in the ancient church. He was ordained to the gospel ministry inn 1987, has composed more than ninety sacred musical works and authored a number of books on Christian formation.