Allen M. Palmeri is the senior writer for The Pathway, the official newsjournal of the Missouri Baptist Convention, Jefferson City.
Palmeri was previously editor of Sharing the VICTORY, the magazine of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Kansas City, before coming on staff with the MBC in March of 2003.
Prior to being called into full-time writing ministry, Palmeri served as a media missionary. He worked on newspaper staffs in Battle Creek, Mich. (5 years), Biloxi, Miss. (4 years) and Cheyenne, Wyo. (2 years) as a sportswriter, sports copy editor, news copy editor and assistant news editor. He now co-writes an award-winning column for Sports Spectrum magazine.
Palmeri, who was born on an Air Force base in Albany, Ga., grew up in Michigan and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
Palmeri and his wife, Susan, have four children, Amy, Asa, David and Sophia.