Doug McAllister is the founder and lead pastor of Journey Fellowship Church located in Lacombe, Louisiana. Journey has grown from 19 original Bible study members to a congregation of 1500 believers and was awarded the Church Health Award by Rick Warren in 2001. Doug McAllister is an ordained pastor with the Assemblies of God. He has served as the presbyter of the Northlake Section of the Louisiana District Council and on the Assemblies of God of Louisiana District Board. He married his high school sweetheart, Rachel, on June 21, 1981. They have 5 children and reside in Slidell on the north shore of New Orleans. Doug is an avid reader and a huge, life-long fan of the New Orleans Saints.