Ashley served as Cliff College Principal from 2017 to 2025, before which he was Senior Minister at Swan Bank Methodist Church in Stoke and the Superintendent of the Burslem Mission Circuit. Having trained for ordained ministry in the Methodist Church at Hartley Victoria College Manchester, Ashley has previously served in the Delamere Forest Circuit, as the District Evangelism Enabler in the Chester and Stoke District, and as the Coordinator of District Evangelism Enablers in the Methodist Church. He now ministers in St Louis, Illinois, as an Executive Pastor.
Education
| 1990-1993 | Westminster College, Oxford; BA in Theology |
| 1996-1999 | Hartley Victoria College, Manchester; Postgraduate Certificate in Social and Pastoral Theology (University of Manchester) |
| 2015-2019 | Moorlands College; MA in Applied Theology |