Background
Allen, Georgianne Lydia Christian was born on April 30, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Allen, Georgianne Lydia Christian was born on April 30, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Secretarial certified, Chicago College Commerce, 1963. Associate of Arts in Psychology, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California, 1974. AS in Nursing, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, 1977.
Bachelor of science in nursing, Pittsburg State University, Kansas, 1979. Clinical pastoral education, St. Paul School Theology and Osawatomie State Hospital, Kansas, 1984. Master of Divinity, Master of Religious Education, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, 1985. Postgraduate, Georgia State University, 2005.
Board directors United Methodist Church Black Methodist for Church Renewal, 1981—1982. Pastor Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church, Springfield, Missouri, 1984—1985. Founder, chairperson Matthew 25 Collaboration, Atlanta, 1998—1999.
Pastor, Chief Executive Officer Church of the Creator Incarnate, Coverings, Creative Theological Ministries, Stone Mountain, Georgia, since 1994. Nursing instructor Pacific Coast College, Chula Vista, California, 1990—1991. Member advisory board Nambudripad's Allergy Research Foundation.
Achievements include research in basis for harmonious race relations (100+ yrs) between residents of the Village of Stone Mountain, Georgia, former home of the Grand Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, site of USA's largest Klan rallies. First African American woman to enter and graduate from both Missouri Southern State College's Nursing Program and St. Paul School of Theology.
Nominee Georgia Author Year, Georgia Writers Association, 2000. Recipient Instructor's Appreciation plaque, Nursing Students Pacific Coast College, 1991, Appreciation Certified, Board Directors Coverings Ministry, 1997, International Poet of Merit award, International Society Poets, 2000 - 2003. Betty Stephens Scholarship award for religious education, St. Paul School of Theology, 1980-1981.
Participant Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless, 1994—1998. Lecturer leadership classes Dekalb History Society, Decatur, 1999—2001. Newsletter editor and organizer Stone Mountain Estates Community Organization, 2002—2003.
Board directors Black Methodists for Church Renewal, 1981—1982. Chairperson Matthew 25 Collaboration, Atlanta, 1998—1999. Treasurer Conference Youth Council of Rock River Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1959—1960.
Designer, coordinator Project Hope. Member of Sigma Theta Tau.
Daughter of George Aaron Irvin and Madeline Anandabai (Sobrian M.N.) Irvin Gordon, Earl Ovington Gordon (Stepfather). Married Ernest James Allen, February 29, 1992. Married Hillard Roland Phillips, July 1, 1960 (divorced June 16, 1977). Children: Kellie Annette Phillips Mortley, Madeline Charlotte Phillips Kimmich, Matthew Roland Phillips.
