allen temple? it has been a joy. i was raised that allen temple and i came there when i was 12 years old, looking for a church because , for lack of a better phrase i was sick of going to church and that was during the error where you went to church all day. there was sunday school, the morning service and the 3:00 service, you came back for 6:00 service and at 12 i was not making the connection as to why all of this words of experience was occurring and what was supposed to mean for my life. luckily i had a mother who was so committed to her church that she did not think it was important for me to have a relationship with god so we traveled and we toured and we visited and we landed in the balcony at allen temple church and a short man with a deep voice, who talk slow, got up and i will never forget it. he preached matthew 28 . at 12 i understood. the sermon was about the relevance of our faith in god and admit that we were supposed to do something, not just supposed to be sitting in the pews in c