Phil Ashey

Phil Ashey grew up in a Christian home, his father a priest in the Episcopal Church and both his father and mother involved in Charismatic renewal and healing ministries within the Church. Phil gave his life to Christ in 1968 at St.James EpiscopalChurch in Newport Beach, California. In 1981 Phil married Julie Einarsson and they now have four children who have also given their lives to Christ. Phil leads the American Anglican Council (AAC), a missionary society devoted since 1996 to developing Biblically faithful leaders, equipping local congregations and their leaders to fulfill Christ's Great Commission (Matthew 18:16- 20), and the renewal of Anglican Churches at every level within the Church. From 1987 to 2008 he served fulltime as a parish priest and church planter in congregations of all sizes in California, Virginia and Pittsburgh. In 2008 he joined the AAC, but he continues to serve as a pastor, preacher, teacher and discipler in local Anglican congregations and across North America. Before his ordination Phil was a Deputy District Attorney in Orange County, California. He completed his undergraduate degree at Stanford University, law degree at Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), his Master of Divinity at General Theological Seminary in New York, and received his LLM in Canon Law from Cardiff University (Wales).