About Jason

Rev. Jason Coker is Co-Lead Pastor of The Oceanside Sanctuary, a progressive Christian church in North San Diego County. He is ordained with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and has served on the boards of the Disciples’ Pacific Southwest Region and the San Diego Organizing Project. He founded the North County Clergy Coalition in 2021.

Jason earned his M.A. from Fuller Theological Seminary, where he is completing PhD research on women’s religious disaffiliation as an act of decolonial praxis. He is also a part-time member of the Human Development faculty at California State University San Marcos, where he teaches courses in nonprofit leadership, social policy, anti-racism, and cross-cultural human development.

Together with his spouse and ministry partner, Rev. Jenell Coker, Jason has served churches for over thirty years. They are the proud parents of three adult daughters and two grandchildren.