Allen Acker
Allen comes to FBCR with over 25 years of experience in ministry as a youth pastor and associate pastor with churches in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Youth Ministry (1997) from Eastern University and a Masters in Christian Education (with Biblical Counseling Concentration, 2019) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He began serving as the Senior Pastor of FBCR in March 2025.
Allen and his wife, Jen, have been married almost 30 years. They have one daughter who lives with her husband in Charles County, MD. They also have a dog, King, and a cat, Luna. Jen enjoys reading, traveling, baking, teaching, and Women’s Ministry.
He loves the local church and seeing people grow to know and love Jesus. His favorite parts of being a pastor are baptizing believers and being used by God to help others grow in their knowledge and obedience to the Lord. He has been active leading short-term missions teams in Eastern Europe and around the US. He is also actively studying church renewal and revitalization as he loves seeing the local church thrive.
Allen loves music (singing or playing trumpet), sports (all Philadelphia teams), traveling, kayaking, movies, and history.
Allen’s favorite scripture is Galatians 2:20 (CSB) “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”