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Allen had initially intended to study to become a minister, but after his father became too ill to work, he instead went into teaching. He became a member of
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in the United States. After becoming a pastor, Allen went on to serve in a number of leadership roles within the
Seventh-day Adventist Church, eventually becoming the leader of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists, which had jurisdiction over Jamaica,
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