ADV Announces New Board Member

FAIRFAX, Va. (August 21, 2007) – The Anglican District of Virginia (ADV) announced that The Rev’d Phil Ashey, Rector of South Riding Anglican, has been appointed to the ADV Board of Directors. South Riding Anglican is an ecclesiastical member of ADV.

“We are excited that Phil will be partnering in ministry with us. His appointment confirms our desire to build a community of Anglicans who are passionately committed to spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ in Virginia and throughout the world. Phil brings a wealth of expertise and enthusiasm to further the mission of ADV,” said Jim Oakes, vice-chairman of ADV.

Since July 2002, Rev’d Ashey has served as rector of South Riding Anglican, a church plant in South Riding, Virginia. Today, more than half of South Riding’s congregation are “seekers” who have come to faith, or are in the process of coming to personal faith, in Jesus Christ. Over one third of its congregation are children.

For nearly two decades, Rev’d Ashey has served as a priest in several churches while ministering in unique ways, utilizing faith as well as his law degree from Loyola Law School. As chaplain of the Christian Legal Society, Rev’d Ashey is involved in an “apostolic-planting” ministry of developing and discipling Christian attorneys to establish large group evangelistic meetings and small discipleship groups to reach attorneys in the workplace. the rest