Canon Phil Ashey

Canon Phil Ashey (leader) leads the American Anglican Council, one of the founding bodies of the Anglican Church in North America and early supporters of Gafcon. He grew up in a Christian family, committed his life to Christ at age 12, and eventually ended up as a prosecutor in California USA. During his criminal law practice he heard Christ calling him into full time ministry as a priest in the Episcopal Church USA. He rejected the false teaching of TEC and its leadership, and in 2005 led his church plant out of TEC and into the Church of Uganda. He helped draft the constitution and canons of the ACNA in 2008-2009 and continues to lead the ACNA Committee for Governance. In 2016 he graduated from Cardiff University Wales with an LL.M in Canon Law and wrote “Anglican Conciliarism: How the Church meets to decide together (Anglican House). He is celebrating 37 years of marriage to Julie this week together at GAFCON and they are blessed with four children— all of whom know and follow Jesus Christ.

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Canon Phil Ashey

Canon Phil Ashey (leader) leads the American Anglican Council, one of the founding bodies of the Anglican Church in North America and early supporters of Gafcon. He grew up in a Christian family, committed his life to Christ at age 12, and eventually ended up as a prosecutor in California USA. During his criminal law practice he heard Christ calling him into full time ministry as a priest in the Episcopal Church USA. He rejected the false teaching of TEC and its leadership, and in 2005 led his church plant out of TEC and into the Church of Uganda. He helped draft the constitution and canons of the ACNA in 2008-2009 and continues to lead the ACNA Committee for Governance. In 2016 he graduated from Cardiff University Wales with an LL.M in Canon Law and wrote “Anglican Conciliarism: How the Church meets to decide together (Anglican House). He is celebrating 37 years of marriage to Julie this week together at GAFCON and they are blessed with four children— all of whom know and follow Jesus Christ.

phil.ashey@gafcon.org