 However, due to his age (72 years old at the time), he decided to withdraw his candidacy.At the South Ohio Annual Conference in 2004, the Jurisdictional bishop met with Jordan and asked him to stay at Allen one more year, which he did, and on June 30, 2005 Jordan formally retired after 28 years in ministry and almost ten years at Allen Temple.Jurisdictional Bishop Robert V. Webster served as Allen's interim pastor for four months (July to November 2005).