Biography
Rev. Dr. Shawn Allen is an ordained Baptist minister who has served congregations from several Christian traditions for three decades up and down the East Coast.
After nice years adjuncting at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Dr. Allen helped launch Voices for Change, a preaching initiative partnership between PBA and the Lilly Endowment.
As the first graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University’s PhD program in Practical Theology, Dr. Allen’s scholarship and ministry leadership focus on facilitating missional unity. Dr. Allen is the Lead Facilitator for the Church+Nonprofit Think Tank, a national network of Christians catalyzing missional collaboration, and he continues to lead Community Life, a nonprofit inspiring Christians in Palm Beach County to answer Jesus’ prayer for unity by meeting their community’s needs together.
Dr. Allen produces events that harness the combustive synergy of the improvisatory beauty of music and the participatory power of discussion to lead people toward joining God’s mission together. Visit communitylifejazz.com to enjoy some of Dr. Allen’s missional jazz.
Degrees
PhD in Practical Theology, Palm Beach Atlantic University | MDiv in Divinity, Reformed Theological Seminary | BA in Religion: Biblical Studies, Liberty University