BIO -- Jennie Allen

Jennie Allen
Jennie Allen is a Bible teacher who is passionate about
inspiring a new generation of women to encounter the
invisible God. Raised in a Christian home, Jennie heard
about God her entire life but not until high school did she see
her need for Him. Since that time she has been teaching
groups of girls and young women about her God.
Jennie studied at the University of Arkansas for three
years. She met and married Zac Allen and moved to
Tennessee
where
she
completed
her
B.S.
in
Communications at Carson Newman College. She and Zac
later attended Dallas Theological Seminary at the same
time. Jennie graduated with a Master’s in Biblical Studies in
2005.
Thomas Nelson signed Jennie to a multi-project contract in
2011, including a series of seven DVD-based Bible studies and two trade books. Her first study
released in 2011 -- Stuck: The Places We Get Stuck and the God Who Sets Us Free. Chase:
Chasing After the Heart of God released in 2012. Her first trade book, Anything: The Prayer that
Unlocked My God and My Soul (2012) recounts the journey into surrender that Jennie, her
family, and her church have travelled. The book earned her a 2013 Christian Book Award for
“New Author” from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.
Jennie’s latest book, Restless: Because You Were Made for More, helps women discover
their unique life callings through the study of Joseph (from the book of Genesis) and the
tapestry of their personal passions, gifts, people, places and suffering. The Restless videobased Bible study released simultaneously with the book in January 2014.
Jennie’s teaching is marked by personal authenticity and vulnerability, and she encourages
women to go to these same places as they study scripture. “I want to provide places for women
to wrestle with truth, so that we are more fully living what we know about God, not just learning
about Him. As God gets bigger to us, our lives start to change.”
Jennie is the founder of the If Gathering, a uniquely practical Christian conference which
gathers, equips and unleashes women to live out their purpose. The first If Gathering was
attended by more than 1200 women in Austin, Texas, with more than 40,000 live links viewing
the video stream in more than 120 countries during the two-day event. www.IfGathering.com
Jennie and Zac Allen are the parents of four children and live in Austin, Texas.
Online:
www.JennieAllen.com
www.IfGathering.com
Twitter: @jennieallen
Facebook: Jennie Allen