Our Pastor

Rev. Michael S. Allen and his wife, Annemarie, have been married for 24 years. They met each other as friends in college and found a personal relationship with Jesus at that same time. They both found Christ through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, as Mike played college football in Oklahoma. Since college, Mike has served on staff with Young Life, as a high school football coach in Kansas, assistant pastor and youth pastor at churches in Oklahoma, youth pastor at Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, speaker and worship leader at various camps and conferences, and now as church planter on Cape Cod. Mike and Annemarie moved to the Cape with the express desire to plant a church for people who don't go to church. They have four children; Jacob, Seth, Sarah, and Hannah. Mike has studied at Fuller Theological Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and received his Masters in Divinity at Seminary of the East. He was ordained in 1996.

Pastor Mike Allen sensed a strong desire to plant an energetic and dynamic ministry on the Cape because of its growing population and family connections there. He moved his family from a church in the Boston area to Sandwich. A launch team was formed and began to pray through God's leading to be a church that specifically targets people who do not go to church. We continue to brainstorm ways to express God's love in real-life ways so that people can genuinely experience the unconditional love of God and the compelling good news of forgiveness and a brand new way of living life as God intended. As stated in our core values, Music should be fun and inspiring, preaching should make sense, children should be well-loved with top-notch programming, and we want to do "whatever it takes" to share God's wonderful love with you, our fellow neighbors in this adventure called life. We hope to share not only the news of Jesus' love, but our lives as well.

Mike and Annemarie desire to befriend folks and “love them into the Kingdom”. It is through relationship that Christ is best expressed. And we desire to help others become the kinds of friends to folks all across the Cape to know God’s love in real, practical ways. Mike runs a home inspection business for his financial support, and so he knows very much what it’s like to live “in the real world”. This experience in ministry, coaching, parenting, and business bring a diversity of perspective and desire to see Christ served in ALL of life!

We believe God is a 24:7 deal for the rest of our lives. We invite you to join the greatest adventure of all - Jesus the King!