Ava Oleson

Ava Oleson has a Masters degree from Fuller Theological Seminary’s Graduate School of Psychology, where she also trained as a Marriage and Family Therapist. She is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and is currently working on her Doctor of Ministry degree.

She has been in full time ministry for over 25 years, pursuing her passion to motivate women to reach their fullest potential through the power of Christ and by being fully trained.

The Executive Presbytery of the General Council of the Assemblies of God recently appointed Ava as a member of the National Women’s Minisitries Advisory Committee - the only female ordained woman in ministry on this committee!

Prior to serving as the Pastor of Women's Ministries at Life Center, she was active in ministry leadership and had a private practice in diverse locations: Southern California, Brussels, Belgium, and Toronto, Canada.

She has two adorable children, Bergen and Emalee Rose, and is married to Eric Oleson who works at South Puget Sound Community College while pursuing his Doctor of Strategic Leadership at Regent University.

Ava has had several opportunities to test God’s word in her personal life and has first-hand experience in seeing God’s hand form and shape her as he fulfilled His promises time and again!