Rev. Ashley Lewis has been a member of Fellowship Chapel, UCC since she was seven years old, and on September 27, 2026, she was ordained there as an Assistant Minister. Having grown up in this church family, she has served in many capacities, including as a Rev. Wendell Anthony Fellow, Worship Leader, and Intonjane Mentor, and she currently serves as a Children’s Church Instructor and Young Adult Bible Study Leader. Rev. Lewis is pursuing her Master of Divinity at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, and her ministry is grounded in the Black liberation and womanist traditions.

For Rev. Lewis, faith and labor are one calling. She serves as the CAP (Community Action Program) Coordinator for UAW Region 1, where she works to advance political action and community engagement across the region while also serving as Liaison for the UAW Region 1 CAP, Women’s, and Retiree Councils.

In 2011, she hired into General Motors, working within the Body Shop at the Global Technical Center. She was elected to several positions, including Chair of the Region 1 Women’s Council (previously Co-Chair), 37th Constitutional Convention Delegate, Alternate Committeeperson, Guide, and Election Committee Chair. Due to layoff, she transferred to UAW Local 22, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and UAW Local 598, Flint Truck Assembly, before returning to her home community.

Rev. Lewis serves as National Recording Secretary of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), an AFL-CIO constituency group that mobilizes women through activism, mentorship, and leadership, having been elected to that role at the 23rd Biennial Convention. She was also honored with the Bill Lucy Award at the AFL-CIO MLK Conference for her work within the UAW Women’s Department and in broader labor.

She serves on several boards, including the Michigan United Church of Christ Board of Directors, the Fellowship Chapel Church UCC Board, the YWCA of Metropolitan Detroit, the James E. Wadsworth Community Center, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee of Notre Dame Preparatory in Pontiac, MI. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor in 2009.

She is a child of God, the daughter of Lonnie and Christine Lewis, and the mother of Elijah, Isaiah, and Noah.