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Allan has been a Pastor for three different churches in
Maryland over the past twenty-nine years. Most recently he is the founding and Senior Pastor of
Harford
Community
Church, in Bel Air, MD, which he has led for 13 years. He oversees a staff of seven and a congregation of over 200. He has helped to lead efforts across the county to link churches, non-profits, businesses and government agencies through the Faith-Based Resource Fair, Clergy brunches, and prayer initiatives.
In addition to his full time role as a Pastor, Allan has also been a writer, conference speaker, counselor, and seminar leader, and church pastor for twenty seven years. He graduated with honors from
Milligan
College (Tennessee), and received an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from
Loyola
College in
Baltimore,
Maryland. He has led spiritual retreats for pastors and lay people, spoken to church groups across many denominations, helped churches and Pastors in crisis. He is sought after for church leadership consultation. He has written a handbook entitled, “Preparing for Marriage”, authored several study guides to the Bible, and has led a seminar in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor entitled, “Couples on the Grow” – an enriching multi-session couples conference. He and his wife are certified trainers for Foster Care Parent Training for
Harford
County.
Allan has been married for twenty-nine years to his wife Peggy, sharing the joy of their two daughters Noel (22) and Katie (21). They live in
Forest Hill,
Maryland.
He helped sponsor and lead the spiritual component of the County’s 9/11 memorial service in 2002 at Ripken Stadium. His church has linked with The Foster Care Parents Association of Harford County to support and encourage their work through special celebrations.
He has spoken in a wide variety of venues from addressing student groups at MIT and
Boston
University to being the keynote speaker for business conferences. He has presented talks on a wide array of topics to audiences of all ages, educational backgrounds, and socio-economic groups. Those topics include Decisions that Make History, The Essentials of Good Business, and relational topics such as, The Life Focus Matrix, The Communication Challenge, Love, Sex, and Dating, Family Finances, Parenting with Purpose, Think Eternity and many other subjects.
He is past President of Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity in
Baltimore,
Maryland. He has worked in the Community Mental Health system of
Harford County,
Maryland, and has served as trainer for the Harford County Hospice Caregivers.
Allan owns, LifeChange Seminars, Inc., which provides, seminars, materials, and consultation services. He has performed executive coaching and been involved in reorganizing several businesses and non-profits. He has extensive expertise in leading seminars for groups, organizations, and businesses dealing with life-changing character issues including: Diamond Leadership Training TM, Corporate Alignment through Mission, Vision and Values development and implementation, and relationship and communication enhancement training.
From 1996 -2003 Allan was an authorized distributor of Inscape instrumented learning inventories. He has facilitated seminars using these materials that: help in personal understanding, team building, efficiency, time management, diversity training, stress management, leadership assessment and training.
From 1998 -2003, Allan was a Senior Consultant, Program Developer and Partner with The PEP Group, Inc. As a key member of PEP’s creative team, Allan was responsible for developing the PEP Group’s programs, workshops, and seminars.
Pastor Carol V. Taylor serves as the Pastor of Word of Faith Outreach Ministry
with her husband Elder Melvin T. Taylor, who is the Senior Pastor and founder.
She is the proud mother to five children; Melvin 20, Takara 16, Taleya 15,
Tiffany 13, and Grace 11. Two live in goddaughters; Stacey 26 and Marion 23 and
a host of other surrogate children. Pastor Carol has proven to be a diligent
worker in the body of Christ as she held many leadership positions in the
church. She has worked with youth and adults for the past eighteen years along
with founding after school programs, writing curriculum and providing
programming for the ministry. She has traveled across the United States speaking
at Women’s and Leadership conferences, facilitating events and assisting
ministries to become active in their communities through effective partnering to
address their communities’ needs. She is best known for her cutting edge
approach as she brings revelation to any topic concerning the will of God in
this hour. She has birthed numerous conferences “Restoring Sexual Wholeness to
the Body of Christ”, “Prophetic Intercession: Being God’s Womb on the Earth”,
“Armed and Dangerous and Equipped for War”, “Marriage in His Image” which is a
10 week series, and that is just to name a few. She is a forerunner and has
paved the way for many new and innovative ministries and outreach opportunities
right here in Harford County. In addition to the Church, Pastor Taylor is very
active in her community. She has been a member of numerous boards and agencies
of Harford County. Such as the Harford County Council, the Harford County School
Drug Advisory Board, Harford Habitat for Humanity, she was the coordinator for
the Department of Social Services Child Specific Program and the School Based
Health Clinic . She served as a chaplain in the Harford County Detention Center
for two years and was instrumental in the development of the current prison
ministries Word of Faith now has.
Pastor Carol holds various offices in Harford County as well. She is a Harford
County Commissioner with the Commission for Women. She serves as a chaplain in
FACE IT, which is a faith based coalition here in Harford County; she recently
founded and is the executive director of Masters Touch Community Empowerment
Corporation; a corporation which is a division of Word of Faith. She is a member
of the PTA, Parent/Business Association and serves as a parent advocate to many
parents. She has designed and written the Focus on your Future curriculum that
affords youth the opportunity to hypothetically live as adults; this also
includes our college bound tours and vision quest. Pastor Carol V. Taylor serves
faithfully alongside her husband as an anointed teacher and preacher of God’s
word. Pastor Taylor is a true worshipper and lives her life in pursuit of an
intimate relationship with God and a passion to encourage others to do the same.
She has yielded herself to the Lord to be used as a prophetic vessel to speak a
word for this season; a word to set the captive free and declare liberty to
those who are bound. She has accepted her assignment in the Kingdom for such a
time as this.