Denis Fortin served as dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary from 2006 to 2013, where he currently is a professor of theology. He is an expert on Ellen White's life and work and since 1995 has shared with Jerry Moon the teaching of an influential course on issues in Ellen White studies. His previous books include Adventism in Quebec: The Dynamic of Rural Church Growth, 1830-1910. Denis and his wife, Kristine Knutson, reside in Berrien Springs, Michigan, where they raised their three children.