Larry D. Ellis, DWS, has served as a bible teacher and Minister of Worship and Music in Baptist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches in Denver, Colorado, for more than thirty years. He has founded, managed, and sold a number of businesses in his professional career. 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 for Worship Studies (www.iws.edu) doing research in Christian spiritual formation in the ancient church. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1987, has composed more than ninety sacred musical works, and authored a number of books. He has supervised masters and doctoral thesis students at several graduate schools. His is the founder of Adoration Publishing Company (www.adorationpublishing.com)