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The North Texas District calls on their district as well as the entire nation to follow the indigenous church model in America.
Pastor Jeff and his wife, Melodie, have five children and live in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pastor Jeff obtained his Bachelor’s Degree at Central Bible College and his Master’s Degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. In 1988 Pastor Jeff joined the staff of Allison Park Church as an Associate Pastor, and in 1991 was elected Senior Pastor. Through his leadership and gifted preaching and teaching ministry, Pastor Jeff brings tremendous vision to Allison Park Church.
In 1996, God began to birth in Pastor Jeff’s heart a desire to reach the 350,000 people that live in the North Hills area. As the vision began to materialize, a plan was developed to plant five churches in five years in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh. An aggressive goal, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, not only were those five churches planted and making a powerful impact in their locations, but the eighth church plant will be launched this year.
He has implemented a strategic releasing plan that enables the church plants to build their congregations and ministries as they are gradually being weaned from the mother church support. This allows each church plant the ability to be proactive in their approach to reaching the new area, while gaining stability and sovereignty.
Pastor Jeff has also had opportunity to impact pastors and leaders both in the United States and internationally in areas such as in India, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, China, Korea, and Nicaragua through his teaching and preaching ministry at pastors’ conferences.
In 2008, he started a Ministry School at Allison Park Church to train church planters, pastors, leaders, and missionaries to serve in many capacities. The school integrates with several organizations oversees to help plant churches around the world.
The mission statement of Allison Park Church is to reach “The One” who is lost, hurting, and disconnected from God and to equip them to reach their full potential in Christ.
Through Pastor Jeff’s teaching, mentoring and leadership, men and women around the world are growing in their spiritual walk and are being equipped to make an impact on their world.
Join Jeff at the CMN Multi-Site Forum in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 26-27. For more information and to register, click here.
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