Skip Bell is Professor Emeritus of Leadership at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University. He holds the Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University and the Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Skip has served the church as a pastor, departmental director, administrator, and university professor. Dedicated to the vision of a growing church, he is especially interested in issues of church leadership and urban ministry. Dr. Bell has authored A Time to Serve: Church Leadership for the 21st Century, published in 2003, is the editor and primary contributor for Servants and Friends: A Biblical Theology of Leadership, published in 2014, and the author of Christ in the City: Six Essentials of Transformational Evangelism in the City Center, published in 2018. He has contributed over 35 academic and professional articles, and several curriculums for professional pastoral development. Dr. Bell served Andrews for 19 years. During that time he directed the Doctor of Ministry program. He founded the Center for Christian Leadership at Andrews University and the Journal of Applied Christian Leadership was launched under his leadership. Skip counts time with his wife, Joni, and family as one of his greatest joys. He and Joni now split their time between homes in Maine and Collegedale, Tennessee.