Chris Ellis

Chris Ellis is pastor of West Bridgford Baptist Church, Nottingham. Formerly principal of Bristol Baptist College, he has pastored in Brighton, Cardiff, Swindon and Sheffield, and teaches worship and spirituality part-time at the University of Nottingham.

As well as publishing hymns, and contributing chapters to various books on worship (including The Oxford History of Christian Worship, 2006) he has co-edited the two most recent worship resource books from the Baptist Union of Great Britain. His Gathering: A Theology and Spirituality of Worship in the Free Church Tradition (SCM, 2004) is a standard text and his latest book,  Approaching God: A Guide for Worship Leaders and Worshippers, has just been published by Canterbury Press.

He is married to Marilyn who is a health manager and a musician, and they have four children and seven grandchildren.