Hi, I am Pastor Allan

My passion has always been to connect with people: listening and learning from their life stories, empathizing, encouraging and ministering to them about the unfailing love and abounding hope that our God offers. That’s most probably why I am tied up to my calling for the past 20 years of being a pastor! And by the grace of God I am not stopping yet!

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My journey began and continues as the lead pastor of Matthew516 Ministries, the church I founded together with my wife Denise on 2012. Every Sunday you can watch me preach from the pulpit but I also go beyond. The Lord expands my tent by opening doors for me to speak on events and conferences about relevant topics on faith, leadership, marriage/relationship and mental health. 

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Because I truly wanted to create a deeper impact to the people I minister, I got myself certified as a Life Coach on 2018. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, I took it as the perfect opportunity to launch an online daily devotional broadcast in Facebook called Word of the Day. The WOTD has evolved into two inspirational books which I released over the succeeding years. 

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With all humility, I am truly in awe of how the Lord is using me as a pastor, a coach and an author to proclaim His messages of hope and empowerment to His beloved people. But my first and most important mission will always be my family. Loving and supporting my wife, my “Batanguena”, and raising my two sons, Dakila and Andres to be godly and responsible men remain to be my true calling and greatest joy.