Lead Pastors

Bryan & stephanie allen

Bryan is a graduate of Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas, TX. He met his wife, Stephanie, there and the two were married and graduated in May of 1989. For the past 36 years they have been involved in ministry as youth pastors, worship leaders, and in pastoral leadership. Street ministry has also been in Bryan’s heart and since 2015, he has been leading a team to New Orleans once a year for Mardi Gras. Many lives have been changed because of that outreach.

In August of 2025, the Lord began to stir in Bryan’s heart about planting a church. Through a series of events and words from the Lord, the Lord has lead Bryan and Stephanie to plant a church in Salado, TX. Life Church Salado’s first service will be June 21, 2026.

Bryan and Stephanie have been married for over 37 years and have 3 children, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law and 6 grandchildren.

Life church mission

We are a family of believers dedicated to knowing Jesus and making Him known.

Knowing Jesus will be accomplished by: 

  • Pursuing His Presence

    Our pursuit of His Presence will come through worship, prayer, and time in the Word, both corporate and private.

  • Focusing on family.

    Our focus on family is also connected to knowing Jesus. When we know our brothers and sisters, we see attributes of Jesus in them that may not be in us. We are called together to learn to love one another and love to learn from one another. We are one family in Him.

Making Him known will be accomplished as we: 

  • Love the lost

    Loving the lost is taking the gospel to them. This will be done through corporate outreaches as well as us individually sharing Jesus with those we come in contact with. The Great Commission is for everyone.

  • Develop disciples

    Developing disciples will be done through corporate teaching and training but more so through individual relationships with people in the Body. Discipleship is relationally passing on to the next generation what Jesus has taught us.

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