“That verse changed my life,” Pastor Allen said. “My spiritual formation didn’t take place inside a more traditional church setting. I accepted Jesus as Lord of my life on the kitchen floor of my childhood home. I was baptized in the Atlantic Ocean in Fort Lauderdale. I had to learn to understand the value of Church and corporate worship, and God’s people standing together. When I read Matthew 16:18, I began to say to God, ‘If there’s anything I can do to help with building Your Church, I’m in.’”

His life determination changed, and he earned degrees from Oral Roberts University and Vanderbilt University, and studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He returned to Murfreesboro, Tennessee (southeast of Nashville), where he lives with his wife, Kathy, and has served as senior pastor of World Outreach Church since 1989. Under his leadership, the church has grown from less than 30 people to over 15,000 through outreach activities, community events, and worship services designed to share the Gospel. Despite its current size, he still fondly refers to the congregation as a “little country church” because that’s how it began—as a small Bible study in his parents’ home in the 1970s.

Pastor Allen’s mission is to help people become more fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ, and technology has increased his impact, allowing his biblical messages to reach and encourage 3,000,000+ people per week through Allen Jackson Ministries. The ministry reaches across the globe through online streaming, television, radio, books, small group studies, and other resources.

Download our welcome packet to learn all about the fundamentals of our ministry and the breadth of our offerings. It also includes a few tools to help you build your faith practices.

About The Ministry

Taking the Mission to the Nation and Beyond!

Allen Jackson Ministries helps people become more fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ through television, radio, the internet, books, and more. Our messages feature Pastor Allen’s sermons, which he delivers several times a week at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Our ministry believes that salvation is a gift that is received by humble repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross. Our beliefs also align with the Apostles’ Creed, a set of tenets that originate from the early Christian Church:

APOSTLES’ CREED: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into Hades; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Download our welcome packet to learn all about the fundamentals of our ministry and the breadth of our offerings. It also includes a few tools to help you build your faith practices.