Rev. Courtney Armento is driven to inspire the power of community to create systemic change, in that vein she co-authored resolution GA-1928, A Call to See and Respond to the Crisis of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence, adopted at General Assembly 2019. Courtney is intentionally Un*Unsilencing Domestic Violence with her training curriculum.

Courtney graduated from Claremont School of Theology in 2019, with her Master of Divinity, and earned a 40-hour certificate in Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention, in 2018. She was ordained in the CC (DOC) in 2020. She earned a STAR I certificate (Strategies for Trauma and Resilience) in 2021. She is also a Midwife Pastor for theBLEND Church Family in Lancaster, California. She leads a group of impassioned pastors, called WHOLE Disciples, who collaborate on ways to bring the wider church into conversation and action around Abuse Awareness and align with GA-1928. Prior to seminary, she garnered over 20 years-experience in hospitality management, accounting management and specialized in key organizational innovation strategies for performance enhancement and risk reduction.

For this project, Courtney will be using Psalm 139 to explore God’s presence.