In 2013, after Bishop Paul S. Morton announced his intent to retire as the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship's presiding bishop, Ellis ran a campaign to succeed him. By August 2013, Ellis resigned from the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, "to avoid a possible division within the fellowship."[3] After resigning, his church also disaffiliated with the Full Gospel Baptists alongside all Bahamian churches within the denomination.[4] Following a two-day meeting, Ellis founded the Global United Fellowship.[5]