BISHOP OC ALLEN & FIRST GENTLEMAN RASHAD BURGESS

Bishop OC Allen is the senior pastor and founder of The Vision Church in Atlanta. He was consecrated as a bishop in 2011. Making an investment in his formal education, he studied philosophy and religion at Morgan State University and Morehouse College. He later took courses at Harvard University.

He first met his husband in 1999, although it was only in 2002 that they became a couple. Rashad Burgess had a similar drive for education and learning. He has a bachelor’s degree in public policy and a master’s degree in social science. They were legally married in Washington, D.C. The two made it clear that their priority is to build and maintain a happy home. They also shared that there is a need for them to be thoughtful about the choices that they make to protect the integrity of the church and the ministry that now serves a diverse group of people.