Minister Courtenay Gray is an Atlanta native, and accepted her call to ministry in 2007. Minister Courtenay is a graduate of Frederick Douglass High School, and has completed degrees at Mercer University, and Georgia College &State University. Minister Courtenay was licensed in 2010 at the St. John Missionary Baptist Church, in Panama City, FL, under the dynamic leadership of Delwynn G. Williams, Senior Pastor/Teacher. For seven years, Courtenay served in various capacities including Minister of Young Adults, Armor Bearer to First Lady, Minister Susan C. Williams, Missions, and praise dance. She was involved in Minister’s Wives and Widows of the Northwest Florida Progressive M&E District. From 2004 to 2006, she founded and worked with GAD Troupe, a dance outreach ministry for girls ages 5 to 13 in Bay County’s Macedonia and Pana Villa Housing areas.