Rev. Dr. Brian Ellis-Gibbs

Rev. Dr. Brian C. Ellis-Gibbs serves as national coordinator for Healing and Transforming Communities at American Baptist Home Mission Societies. In this role, he engages with community partners to advance healing, justice and liberation. With more than two decades of pastoral leadership and over 10 years of experience in faith-rooted social justice organizing, he brings a deep commitment to transformational ministry grounded in compassion, inquiry and relationship.

“All ministry is relational,” he says. “It requires compassion and love. To do this work well, we must also ask the right questions—because we don’t have all the answers.”

He holds a Doctor of Ministry from New York Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Morehouse College. Outside of work, Ellis-Gibbs enjoys dancing and teaching seminary-level continuing education courses.