Rev. Nancy Ellett Allison, Ph.D Pastor, Holy Covenant UCC

Dr. Nancy Ellett Allison combines vision with the ability to get things done. She has served in many capacities throughout her life as a minister. She became involved in the United Church of Christ following a move to North Carolina in 1999. Nancy first served as the Intentional Interim Pastor for Holy Covenant United Church of Christ in Charlotte from 2000-2001. She found UCC life so inviting that during her next Intentional Interim she sought and was granted standing as a UCC minister. Nancy returned as the installed pastor for Holy Covenant in October, 2004.

Nancy was ordained in 1981 at Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas and later served four years as a missionary in Liberia where she taught at the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary. Since returning to the United States in 1990, she was Chaplain Coordinator for Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and also Family Coordinator for the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission. Nancy was the founding pastor for CityChurch: A Baptist Community of Grace in Dallas, Texas.

Nancy earned her B.A. from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and her M.Div. and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. She has edited and written for several publications and is a popular speaker and preacher.

Nancy’s husband, Dale, serves as the Church Administrator for Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. They have two daughters, Carole and Laura, who are about to cease being teenagers. Among her many professional responsibilities, Nancy finds time to plant lots of perennial flowers which she then neglects to weed and water!