About this episode

Chris and Shelly Allen share their journey in youth ministry and church planting amidst challenges and answered prayers.

Faith gets real when the plan stops working. We sit down with Chris and Shelly from Dayton to trace a path that starts in youth ministry, runs through bold church-plant dreams, and lands in the tough middle: excellent services, strong systems, packed community events, and a stubborn attendance ceiling near seventy. What keeps them going isn’t hype. It’s a record of specific prayers answered with uncanny precision—like a flat tire that led to a dark green Durango with black leather, arriving e...

People in this episode

Host: J.D. Pearring

Guests: Chris Allen, Shelly Allen

Topics covered

• faith
• youth ministry
• church planting
• community events
• answered prayers

Keywords

• faith
• youth ministry
• church planting
• community
• answered prayers
• attendance

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Dayton

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