Audrey deCoursey holds a Masters of Divinity from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. She concurrently studied for a Certificate in Women’s Studies in Religion from the Graduate Theological Union. While in seminary, she was blessed to join two campus delegations abroad: in 2006, she traveled to the American Samoan territory and Independent Samoa; in 2008, she visited Uganda and Rwanda. Throughout her three years, she served as Editor-in-Chief of Pacific School of Religion’s monthly journal, LOGOS. She also co-coordinated various campus activist groups addressing environmental ethics, reproductive rights, and peace. Her other ministry interests include food politics, art in religion, homiletics, and pre-marital counseling.
deCoursey was supported in her ministry by the Peace Church of the Brethren in Portland, Oregon, part of the Oregon/Washington District. She has served on the steering committee of the Womaen’s Caucus of the Church of the Brethren for three years, and has recently taken over as convener for the group.
Before seminary, deCoursey worked for two terms of service in the AmeriCorps USA program. She worked as a Service Learning Coordinator for a Portland high school serving “at-risk” students with international backgrounds. She also worked as a team leader and facilitated an empowerment group for middle school girls through the Girls’ Initiative Network (now part of Girls, Inc.).
deCoursey graduated with a Bachelors of Arts from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where she majored in biochemistry and minored in English. She spent half of her sophomore year in Romania studying history, art, and the Romanian language.
Useful Resources:
Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California
Pacific School of Religion’s LOGOS newsletter online archives
Peace Church of the Brethren, Portland, Oregon
Womaen’s Caucus of the Church of the Brethren
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
