Hixford N. Allen, a native of Jamaica, earned a bachelor’s degree in theological studies from the Jamaica Theological Seminary, Kingston, Jamaica; a master’s in counseling psychology from the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology, Kingston, Jamaica; and a Doctor of Ministry from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tennessee. He is the senior pastor of the Bronxwood International Church of God in Bronx, New York. Allen and his wife, Doreen, have four sons.