Elder Travis Allen

Elder Travis Allen is a chaplain, minister, author and Bible teacher serving at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Lilburn, Georgia, under the mentorship of Bishop Dr. William L. Sheals. Called to preach in 2008, he delivered his initial sermon and was ordained in 2012, and today serves as Assistant Director of Ministries at Hopewell.

He ministers from a philosophy he calls "Retrieved to Retrieve," serving others from the place of having himself been spiritually found. He holds a Certificate in Biblical Studies from the City of Hope Bible Institute and a Certificate in Chaplaincy from Aidan University, and serves as a certified and practicing chaplain for the Daystar Convention. With more than thirty years of ministry service, he oversees ministerial candidate development, ordination preparation and minister accountability, and designs the four-module Ministry-in-Training ordination preparation course. He is the author of "The Jonah in Me: A Journey from Resistance to Obedience Through God's Relentless Grace," published by FriesenPress in 2026 as the first book of The Unfiltered Series. He is a regular presenter at national conferences on servant leadership, church leadership and unity.