Ashlee Record on Trusting God Beyond Every Assignment

Intentional and purpose driven, that’s what came to mind the first time I came across Ashlee Record’s work. I had been following her on social media for quite some time, and I appreciated how she showed up as a Christian woman in business. The way she represented the Kingdom stood out to me. So I reached out and sent an interview request. Ashlee responded, we set a date, and now we’re on the phone line.

Ashlee is a Kingdom Leadership and Business Advisor who helps Christian entrepreneurs build profitable businesses without compromising their faith. She’s also the founder of THE ASSIGNED, where women called to lead are equipped to walk in that fully.

But honestly, what stood out to me most wasn’t her title. It was her heart. Ashlee isn’t driven by titles or trying to be seen. You can hear that as she talks. She just wants to please God. That’s what leads her. And she’s committed to showing up for the people He places in front of her, however that looks.

Before any of this, she had to first surrender.

Ashlee takes me back to when she was sixteen trying to figure out who she was, dealing with a lot personally, and searching. “I really came to know Him in my teen years when I was searching for identity… I was going through a lot personally… and it was the Bible, not church, that connected me to God,” she recalls. I paused when she said that, because it stuck with me. And the way she shared it, she was open and transparent. Ashlee was real about it.

She didn’t grow up in church like that, but she wasn’t without foundation either. Her family prayed. They believed. And in that space, she encountered God for herself. She tells me about her mom’s pink women’s study Bible, the one she picked up and read all the way through. “And no matter what my circumstance was like in the moment, I had God, even if I didn’t have anybody else.” That became her foundation.

By nineteen, she was a mother. By twenty-two, she was single, in college, doing everything she could to provide for her son. She was building her life and trying to create something stable. She became a high school English teacher, something that felt meaningful and made sense for her. She also made it clear she’s naturally an introvert, not someone who looks for attention.

Which made what happened next even more real. While attending a small church on the South Side of Chicago, they made an announcement that every adult would be required to minister the Word on a Sunday. “Now for me as a super introvert, that was crazy. Absolutely not. Never,” she recalled. She had already decided she wasn’t coming back.

But when she shared how she felt with the people around her, they reminded her of something she hadn’t fully owned yet, that she had already been encouraging people, praying with them, and speaking life. And after taking it to God, she knew what to do. Go. “I got up there trembling and stood in the fullness of my authority as best I could as a single mom who was an introvert… yet still deciding to obey,” she recalls. She didn’t show up as someone who had it all together. She showed up willing, and God moved. That moment opened doors she didn’t plan for, speaking opportunities, invitations, and different ways to pour into others. Even with that, she still stepped into teaching in 2018, believing that was where she was called.

Then things shifted. In 2019, she hosted what she thought would be a one time workshop, helping believers accomplish the goals God placed on their hearts His way. “They said, ‘I want you to help me beyond this moment as my coach.’ And I’m like, what?” Listening to her, it was clear this wasn’t something she set out to build. It came from what she already carried. “And because it was so natural, I recognized that this is an area of anointing… once they’re clear, they’re able to run,” she explains. People started getting clear, moving forward, and seeing themselves differently. This wasn’t about ambition. It was about assignment.

In 2021, she reached a place of stability in her teaching career. She was doing well, earning more than she had before, and then God told her it was time to leave. “I was making the most money I had ever made in a career that I loved… and God’s telling me to leave it,” she reflects. At the same time, her business wasn’t fully stable. There was no clear safety net. And then came another instruction to move from Illinois to Georgia. It didn’t make sense, but she chose to obey.

With her last one thousand dollars on a credit card, Ashlee says she invested in support to grow what God had given her. She moved forward without full clarity, but with faith, and step by step, God sustained her.

That season taught her how God speaks, not always audibly, but through His Word, through people, through conviction, and through confirmation. “God is always speaking,” she explains. As her business grew, so did her understanding of leadership. Not position, but posture. Being led by God and building what He says build.

Then came another shift. By 2025, her business entered a difficult season. Things slowed down, and deeper questions came up. “There were so many questions… so many attacks on my identity… because I had rooted it in my assignment,” she shares. She didn’t try to dress it up. She was honest about it. And in that place, God revealed something that shifted everything. “Your assignment can change, but your identity is the same everywhere you go.”

What followed wasn’t failure, it was realignment. She returned to the classroom, this time as a substitute teacher. Not because she was off track, but because God had need of her there too. “Whether it’s in the marketplace, a school, or a grocery store, my identity remains the same.” That stayed with me, because it wasn’t about where she was, it was about who she was.

Today, Ashlee Record equips Christian entrepreneurs to build profitable businesses God’s way, helping them grow in identity, mindset, and strategy. But more than anything, her message is simple. “My purpose is to use my spiritual gifts in a way that glorifies Him… the assignment changes, but my identity stays the same,” she shares. And that’s what stayed with me after the conversation. That purpose isn’t something we chase. It’s who we are in Christ. And when you’re grounded in that, you can follow God wherever He leads, trusting that every step still has purpose.

This story appears in the Spring 2026 issue of TODAY’S PURPOSE WOMAN.

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