Petey Bellini (Dr.B)

About

Teaching – Dr. Bellini is Professor of Church Renewal & Evangelization in the the Heisel Chair – United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio

Ministry-He is an Ordained Elder and a Revivalist in The Methodist Church. He has been in ministry for over 35 years. Dr. B has been a leader in every facet of ministry, including new church starts, church turnarounds, mergers, local church renewal, prison and campus ministry, revivals, conferences, deliverance ministry, discipleship and leadership training, inner city and global missions and several marketplace ministries.

He has taught and ministered in countries throughout Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. Dr. Bellini teaches on the Holy Spirit and related topics, such as holiness, healing, prayer, hearing God, discipleship, mental health, pastoral care and counseling, revivalism, Wesleyan Holiness-Pentecostal-Charismatic movements the power of God, spiritual warfare, and deliverance.

Above all Dr. Bellini is a sought after revivalist and ministers in revivals throughout the year. As a revivalist, he ministers in the fivefold gifts, specializing in prophetic intercession, deliverance, and healing. Dr. Bellini is one of the foremost authorities on deliverance and exorcism.

Books – Dr. B. is the author of 9 books: Introducing Truth Therapy; Participation: Epistemology and Mission Theology; Truth Therapy Expanded Edition: Unleashed: The C1-13 Assessment; Forever July; The Cerulean Soul: A Relational Theology of Depression; The X-Manual: A Comprehensive Handbook on Deliverance and Exorcism; Thunderstruck: The Deliverance Ministry of John Wesley; Strong AI and the Image of God.

Research– Dr. Bellini is an interdisciplinary theologian working at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and the sciences. He teaches courses in Church Renewal, Evangelization, Pentecostal-Charismatic theology, Global Charismatic Studies, Interreligious and Intercultural Encounter, Philosophy, Urban Studies, and Pastoral Care and Counseling.

His foci in Church Renewal are the person and work of the Holy Spirit. His main interest in evangelization are apologetics and power evangelism; how signs and wonders (deliverance and healing) proclaim the gospel, embody evangelism, and foster discipleship.

His theological interests are in Trinitarian theology and applied pneumatology in practical areas, such as holiness, prayer, healing and mental health, deliverance, discipleship, and leadership development. These themes are also informed by secondary work in participatory ontology and epistemology, neurophilosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, theoretical physics, and cognitive neuroscience.

Dr. B. also researches and writes in the theology, history, and practices of renewal movements, specifically Methodism, the Holiness movement, the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement and the current Global Renewalist movement.

Education-

B.A., The Ohio State University, (1987)

Graduate Studies – The Ohio State University (1987-88, 1991)

M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary, (2000)

Ph.D., Asbury Theological Seminary (2008)

Certificate in Neuroscience, Harvard University (2020)

Recreation- In his free time, he is a recreational heavyweight boxer/instructor and a powerlifter. He also runs a boxing club outreach called Big Bang Southside Boxing Club. Petey is a heavyweight boxing historian.

Speaking – FIRE ACAdEMY

Holy Spirit Seminar
First Friday in December
United Theological Seminary

The X-Seminar: Deliverance

First Friday in May

United Theological Seminary

Radical Discipleship Seminar
First Friday in September
United Theological Seminary