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Audrey Warren
Senior pastor, First United Methodist Church of Miami
The Rev. Dr. Audrey Warren is senior pastor of First United Methodist Church of Miami. Prior to that, she served as pastor at Branches United Methodist Mission in Florida City and has served as well in Central Florida, North Carolina and South Africa. She earned an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School and a doctorate of ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.
Warren is a leader in the Fresh Expressions movement in the Florida Annual Conference and is co-author with Ken Carter of “Fresh Expressions: A New Kind of Methodist Church for People Not in Church” (2017) and “Fresh Expressions of People Over Property” (2020).
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Audrey Warren
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