Pastor David Ashley is The Pastor of Pump. A battle-tested leader forged in two arenas most men never master—the weight room and the Bible.
With over 35 years in the fitness industry, he’s built bodies. With a Master of Apologetics and a Master of Divinity, he builds souls. And when at the pulpit—or the gym—he’s not handing out cotton candy and clichés. He’s calling men to war.
The Pastor of Pump is a bold, truth-driven Christian leader with a heart for men’s discipleship — especially young men. He doesn’t shy away from hard truths, sharp edges, or high expectations. He wants the message to hit like a hammer, not a feather. Whether David is preaching to a football team or crafting devotionals, he is building men who can stand firm, fight spiritually, and live for Christ with strength and purpose.
Pastor Ashley is deeply committed to biblical masculinity—not the shallow, macho caricature, but the rugged, cross-bearing, demon-defying kind. Like Paul, Joshua, Spurgeon, and even Chesterton and Lewis—not for flair, but because David is calling men back to a lineage of strength, courage, and holiness.
The Pastor of Pump values clarity over comfort, strength over softness, and Christ over cultural approval. We must be suspicious of effeminate, watered-down Christianity. It is time for messages that command attention, stir the soul, and summon action—especially from men who have been lulled to sleep by comfort, pornography, or passivity.
Utilizing podcasts, social media, and compelling visuals to reach men where they are, Pastor Ashley is not interested in just preaching sermons; he is forging soldiers for the Kingdom to bring men to the foot of the cross and show them that Jesus is not only Savior but King and Commander.
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