Chris Ellis is the Minister of Mission and Outreach at Second Baptist Church. He moved to work at 2BC on July 1, 2006. His wife’s name is Elizabeth, and she is a Family Nurse Practitioner and would love to work in community health.

Chris is a beach bum from Florida who’s landlocked in Arkansas and wears his shorts and flip flops in the office as much as he can. After receiving a B.S. in Biblical Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic College he went to Truett Seminary in Waco, Texas, where he received his Masters of Divinity with an emphasis in Global Mission.

Chris loves to be outdoors as much as possible. He loves to camp, hike, run, and play ultimate. He’s an ideal REI poster child (www.rei.com). Even more than the outdoor stuff, Chris loves to travel (as much as he can, as far away as he can). Two of his favorite places in the world are the Djemaa el Fna in Marrakech, Morocco and England’s Lake District.

On the less exotic note, Chris loves to read. Some of his favorite authors include Brian Mclaren, J.R.R. Tolkien, Wendell Berry, and Darrell Guder. He also loves good conversation about theology, mission, and current events. He’s passionate about seeing the Church become a missional community and impacting global issues such as peace, injustice, poverty and oppression and seeing the gospel take shape and form in places where it has not.