Senior Chaplain
CHRISTA ASHLEY
Christa Ashley was raised in a military family and is the proud daughter of a Vietnam veteran and devoted mother. God was present in her life growing up but was never a focal point and, as a result, she had many points in her life in which she desperately sought a relationship with Him. In one of her darkest times God answered in a very unexpected way via training through Bujinkan martial arts and Native American based, adulthood rite of passage to authentic adulthood. That dramatically changed the trajectory of her life from one that was leaving her feeling helpless and hopeless, to one of serving Christ. She met her husband, her soulmate, through this training and found purpose and direction that lead her to immense fulfillment as a wife, mother to three miraculous children, teacher, mentor, and friend. She now puts her theater degree to use co-running a homeschool theater program that ministers to over 40+ families using theater as a tool to teach how to love God and love one another well. Their last performance reached over 1200 members of their community. She teaches a variety of disciplines to grow in the Christ Connection, including Ladies R&R, Overwatch, Mentoring, Initiation, Healer apprenticeship and Ladies Fightback self defense. She lives and works in the Dayton, OH area where she homeschools her three children, plus other children, based on traditional methods of learning and growing on a homestead.