Pastor Jeff Allen and his family returned to the Logansport area to pastor the First Church of the  Nazarene in September of 2014. It has been a special joy and blessing for them to minister among so many friends and family members.

Jeff and his wife, Rhonda, are both 1986 graduates of Pioneer Jr.-Sr. High School in Royal Center. During their teen years, they were both a part of our local youth group, and the high school sweethearts were married in 1987 at our church by the Rev. Dr. Horace Smith, Jeff’s predecessor and mentor. An interesting fact about Jeff and Rhonda is that they share the exact same birthday.

Pastor Jeff is a graduate of both Ball State University (1990) and Nazarene Bible College (1998). Since completing his degree in Biblical Studies, he has pastored congregations in Illinois and Indiana. He and Rhonda last served at the Pine Village United Methodist Church in Warren County, Indiana before returning to minister at their home church.

They have three great children: Aubrey, April, and Jared. The Lord has also blessed them with three wonderful grandchildren: Blake, Rhea, and Delanie.

During his free time, Pastor Jeff enjoys reading, hunting, canoeing, hiking and spending time with this family. A particular ministry focus of his includes defending the reliability, inspiration and historicity of the Bible. He also has a burning desire to reach new people for Christ.

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