Rev. Peter J. Bellini, Ph.D.

Allegheny West

Nominated by:

West Plains

Dr. Bellini is Professor of Church Renewal and Evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He is an interdisciplinary theologian, researching, writing, & teaching at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and the sciences. 

Dr. B. is an ordained Elder in the Allegheny West Conference of the Global Methodist Church and has served in ministry for nearly 40 years. He has been a leader in many facets of ministry, including overseeing and pastoring new church starts, church turnarounds, mergers, local church renewal, prison and campus evangelist, revivals, conferences, deliverance ministry, discipleship, 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 preaches and teaches on the Holy Spirit and related topics, such as holiness, healing, prayer, discipleship, mental health, pastoral care, revivalism, Wesleyan Holiness-Pentecostal-Charismatic movements, the power of God, spiritual warfare, and deliverance and exorcism. 

He is the author of 13 books (including The X-Manual, Thunderstruck, and Truth Therapy)

His education includes: 

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

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

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

• Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling – Indiana Wesleyan University (Current)

• Ph.D., Asbury Theological Seminary (2008) 

• Certificate- Harvard University (HarvardX), Neuroscience I, 2020

Dr. B. was born and raised in Little Italy in inner city Cleveland, Ohio. He comes from working class grandparents who immigrated to the U.S. from Sicily and Brazil.  Pete is married to Mariuccia Bellini. They have two adult children Pietro Aaronne and Paola Arianna. They have a granddaughter Costanza and a second on the way. In his free time, Pete is a recreational heavyweight boxer and powerlifter. He runs a boxing club outreach for at-risk teens.