 He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1999, at the age of 28, after first working as a DJ and as a Religious Education and English teacher.He was a curate for 3 years at St Mary's Abbey in the parish of Nuneaton until 2002, when he was appointed Rector of Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot.Jamie Allen and his family were the subject of an eight-part Tiger Aspect Productions British television documentary and reality television programme "A Country Parish".