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Allen Jackson is passionate about helping people become Christ-followers who respond to God’s invitations for their life. He has served World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as senior pastor since 1989. Under his leadership, the fellowship has grown to a congregation of over 15,000. Through Allen Jackson Ministries, his messages reach people across the globe — through television, radio, Sirius XM, and online streaming. His teachings are also available in published books and other resources, including small group curriculum. Jackson holds degrees from Oral Roberts University and Vanderbilt University and has studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Pastor Jackson’s wife, Kathy, is an active participant in ministry at World Outreach Church.
Allen Jackson is passionate about helping people become Christ-followers who respond to God’s invitations for their life. He has served World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as senior pastor since 1989. Under his leadership, the fellowship has grown to a congregation of over 15,000. Through Allen Jackson Ministries, his messages reach people across the globe — through television, radio, Sirius XM, and online streaming. His teachings are also available in published books and other resources, including small group curriculum. Jackson holds degrees from Oral Roberts University and Vanderbilt University and has studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Pastor Jackson’s wife, Kathy, is an active participant in ministry at World Outreach Church.
A personal encounter with a living, resurrected Jesus rewrites our futures. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the changes that take place in our lives when we are truly following Jesus. He teaches from the testimonies of disciples like John and Peter, and he shares how we can be made righteous and sinless in the eyes of God. Our Father accomplished a total, irreversible defeat of death, Satan, and his kingdom through the crucifixion and resurrection of His Son Jesus—and we can live in that freedom today through our faith in Jesus.
As our world becomes increasingly unstable, there’s a growing sense of urgency to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the people around us. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson helps us see who God is calling us to be by contrasting the lives of different people in the Bible, and how they responded to God. When we establish Jesus as Lord of our lives, priorities change, and we exchange basing our lives on, “my life, my dream, and my plan,” to serve at His pleasure, wherever and to whomever He calls us.
Jesus gave His followers some instructions before His ascension into Heaven, and part of His message was to prepare for hardship ahead. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses participating in Jesus’ suffering. He teaches from the Gospels and Apostle Peter and Paul’s letters to demonstrate that following Jesus doesn’t guarantee peace—in fact, Jesus tells us His name will bring division. Pastor Allen also shares why we should rejoice when we suffer, and why we don’t need to be ashamed. We've been invited to participate in the sufferings of our Lord, so let’s have the courage to be identified with Him every step of the way.
We serve God best when we have more confidence in Him than the things that frighten us. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the despair and hopelessness Jesus’ friends experienced on Easter, how they overcame that discouragement—and how we can, too. Apostles Thomas and Peter both stumbled in their faith after years of walking with Jesus, but He didn’t let them sit in their shame. Pastor Allen shows how Jesus took His friends’ burdens and replaced them with hope and courage, and he invites us to the same relationship with our Savior. The Church in the earth needs to be reawakened to the holiness of God, and that begins with us deciding to honor Him with our lives.
Just like all those involved in the Easter story, we’ve been given the opportunity to participate with Jesus in His Kingdom. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses four characters involved with Jesus’ trial and crucifixion who missed the invitation to a better future: the high priest Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate, Judas Iscariot, and the Roman soldiers. They all believed something else, like money, power, or status, was more important than God’s invitation. We have the same choice to make. Will we be deceived by the world, or will we have the courage to answer Jesus’ call on our lives?