Peter J. Bellini
Professor of Church Renewal and Evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary
Director of Non-Degree Programs
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Dr. Bellini is Professor of Church Renewal and Evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary. Dr. B. as his students call him, is an interdisciplinary theologian, researching, writing, teaching at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and the science. He teaches courses in Church Renewal, Evangelization, Global Charismatic Studies, Interreligious and Intercultural Encounter, Philosophy, and Pastoral Care and Counseling. His foci in Church Renewal are the person and work of the Holy Spirit. His main interest in evangelization is power evangelism (deliverance and healing) and discipleship.
As an interdisciplinary theologian, his interests are in Trinitarian theology and applied pneumatology in practical areas, such as holiness, prayer, healing and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind, deliverance, discipleship. Dr. Bellini also researches and writes on renewal movements, such as early Methodism, the Holiness movement, the Pentecostal-Charismatic movements, and the current Global South renewal.
EDUCATION
BA, The Ohio State University (1987)
Graduate Studies, The Ohio State University (1987-88, 1991)
MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary (2000)
PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary (2008)
Neuroscience Certificate, Harvard U. (2020)
PUBLICATIONS
Introducing Truth Therapy
Participation: Epistemology and Mission Theology
Truth Therapy Expanded Edition
Unleashed
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)
AGI and the Image of God
Through the Threshold
The Bellini C1-13 Demonization Assessment
Losing Your Mind and Gaining the Mind of Christ
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. B. is an ordained Elder in the Allegheny West Conference of the Global Methodist Church and has served in ministry for over 37 years. He has been a leader in every facet of ministry, including new church starts, church turnarounds, mergers, local church renewal, discipleship and leadership training, inner city and global missions and several marketplace ministries. He has also served and taught throughout the world in several countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Above all Dr. Bellini is a revivalist and ministers in revivals and conferences throughout the year. 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.
PERSONAL
Pete is married to Mariuccia Bellini. They have two adult children, Pietro Aaronne and Paola Arianna and one granddaughter Costanza. In his free time, Pete is a recreational heavyweight boxer and a powerlifter. He is owner and head coach of Big Bang Southside Boxing Club an outreach ministry for at-risk youth, teens, and young adults.