Mike Ashburn
Storyteller, Evangelist, Performing Artist
Mike “Ash” Ashburn comes to us from Fishers, Indiana
He is currently the special assistant to the president of Young Life, and has been affiliated with that ministry since 1978.
During a four year “retirement” from Young Life 2008-2011, he was president and founder of Gospel Seed Ministries, Inc… a ministry of spreading the seeds of the Gospel through entertainment, humor, storytelling, and speaking.
As part of his Gospel Seed Ministry “Ash” was a featured entertainer at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN during their “Kidsfest” in the summer … performing his one man show … “The Whittlin’ Man”.
He was also a chaplain at CP Morgan Homebuilders in Indianapolis and Charlotte.
“Ash” travels throughout the world with Young Life and has performed in 49 states and over 52 countries.
He has also performed for/with Chuck Colson, Chuck Swindoll, Jim Dobson, Bruce Wilkinson, Larry Crabb, Joni-Erickson-Tada, Howard Hendricks, Tony Compolo, Jack Kemp, Tony Evans, Joe Stowell, Tom Landry, Os Guiness, John Stott, Bob Buford, Robert Wolgemuth, Wintley Phipps, Bebo Norman, Allen Levi, Michael W. Smith, Alistair Begg, Leighton Ford, Rick Warren, Ed Diaz, Walt Wangerin, Earl Palmer, G. Harvey, Truett Cathy, Franklin Graham, Joe Gibbs, Michael Card, Stephen Curtiss Chapman, Focus on the Family, Prison Fellowship, Navigators, the National Prayer Breakfast, First Century Voyages, Spring Hill Camps, Search Ministries, Icthus Ministries, World Relief, and several corporate functions including Saab, Parnell-Martin, CP Morgan, Vantage Mobility International, Helzberg Diamonds, CAbi, Learfield Communications, Oxford Financial Group, Chorus Consulting, YMCA Indianapolis, Bethany Adoption Services, The Aspen Group, Lackey Free Clinic, and YPO International.
He is author of The Amazing Love Story, a book laying out the Gospel message taken from Ash’s messages at Young Life Camps throughout the United States and Canada. It is available at www.younglife.org in their bookstore.
He has also produced a sex & dating video called “Let’s Talk About It”: A Candid Discussion with Ash About Sex & Dating, promoting abstinence and a biblical perspective of relationships for teenagers.
He is father to four and a grandfather!
His hobbies are hunting, fishing, frog gigging, and puttering around the garage… his favorite thing to do is being with his family.
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