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[edit] Rev. Maxine Y. Allen

Maxine Allen is the first African American woman Ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church in Arkansas in 140 years. Allen holds a degree in Philosophy and Religion from Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas; and a Master of Divinity Degree from Interdenominational Theological Center’s Gammon Seminary (UM), Atlanta, Georgia.

Allen has served churches in Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, and May Pen, Jamaica. She has been a member of several mission teams traveling, working, and preaching in Haiti, Russia, and Jamaica. Currently she is the Minister of Mission and Ethnic Ministries for The United Methodist Church in Arkansas.