Stephen N. Allred serves as director of government relations for the Church State Council. A licensed attorney and ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister, Allred served as a pastor in the Northern California Conference for over 14 years, including his time at seminary, then practiced law for nearly a decade. He has written for several periodicals and is the author of the book “Do Justice: The Case for Biblical Social Justice.”
Allred received a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 2012. He is married to his lovely wife, Cheri, an ophthalmologist, with whom he has three wonderful children. Most of all, he is passionate about uplifting Jesus, doing justice, loving mercy, and promoting liberty of conscience.