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Who We Are

Eight48 is a Christ-centered ministry, birthed from a simple act of obedience and transformed by God’s grace into a growing movement of women radically pursuing Jesus. Rooted in Luke 8:48, we exist to reveal the heart of Christ to the world by cultivating authentic community, boldly sharing the gospel, and extending the radical love of Jesus to everyone.

We believe in being not just His hands and feet, but the hem of His robe—accessible, compassionate, and led by faith to pursue those who feel unseen, unworthy, or burdened by shame. What began as a small beach Bible study has become a diverse sisterhood of women made whole by His Word and empowered to walk in freedom, truth, and purpose.

Kingdom Impact

We continuously serve through the power of giving. Its our heart. Its our call. Here's how your Giving Has helped impact others since our start in feb 2025!

3 A single mom and family of 3 were provided funding to assist with establishing safe housing in their desired neighborhood.

1 Job created for job seeker in desired profession

300 Ocean Baptisms

5 Pink Bibles Gifted; making the gospel accessible to everyone around the world

Kingdom Impact

We continuously serve through the power of giving. Its our heart. Its our call. Here's how your Giving Has helped impact others since our start in feb 2025!

1 Job created for job seeker in desired profession

A single mom and family of 3 were provided funding to assist with establishing safe housing in their desired neighborhood.

3 Ocean Baptisms

5 Pink Bibles Gifted; making the gospel accessible to everyone around the world

300

Our mission

We are driven by an unwavering commitment to authenticity and a relentless pursuit of the Truth. We put empathy into action and are not afraid to push boundaries. Our goal is to bring the light of Jesus to women worldwide while forming close-knit communities for females to connect, learn, and grow with one another.

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Meet our team!

ASHLEY RENEE

President & Founder of Eight48 Ministries

ALICIA GAVIN

Board Member

Sister Care

Our board members and ministry team play a crucial role in maintaining the ministry function at Eight48. We honor the unique skillsets of each individual by encouraging them to operate in their God-given gifts.

NICOLE MILLER

Board Member

SHEILA DINE

Board Member

Evangelism & Community Partnerships

STACI SEMPER

Eight48 Creative Director

The world is in a complex state. Our country is not without its own complexities, sins, and secrets. And yet, we serve a God whose goodness surpasses our understanding. So today, on this Independence Day, we don’t ignore or pretend that the sins of today or yesterday don’t exist. We instead praise God for progress. We thank him for one of the most beautiful gifts that the freedoms of our nation allows; freedom to serve Jesus Christ our Lord openly.
Lord your goodness abounds. Thank you for the overflow of your love and freedom to choose to serve you. Amen ❤️🤍💙
#happyindependenceday

Graphic by @stacisemper

Ladies! Swipe left for all the deets regarding this Saturdays hike!

We have gotten an incredible response for Saturday’s hike and decided to post the FAQs here. It includes everything from location, to parking, to registration! Please let us know if you have any other questions! So excited to see you, pray with you, and have an amazing hike on Saturday!

(Link to location in bio! Keep a lookout for the Bloom T-Shirts! And let us know if you would like a Pink Bible!)

Happy Father’s Day 💙

Today we honor the fathers, grandfathers, spiritual fathers, and father figures who reflect the heart of our Heavenly Father through their love, leadership, and quiet strength.

To the men who show up, pray hard, lead with humility, and serve their families with grace—you are a blessing. Your faithfulness matters more than you know.

And to those who find today tender—we see you. Whether grieving, longing, or remembering, may you feel the comfort of a Father who never leaves and always loves.

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” — 1 John 3:1

Finally, to @aaron.colen an incredible father and the backbone servant of Eight48 Ministries, we love you. We thank you. And we are so incredibly grateful for you! 🙏🏾 Praise Jesus for you!

#fathersday #heartofthefather #christiancommunity #Eight48Ministry #daughtersoftheking

Graphic by: Staci Semper

Ladies, We’re gathering for a morning of prayer, reflection, and sisterhood as we hike together to the beautiful Penasquitos Waterfall . Let’s step away from the busy and into God’s presence, together 🩷

This is your invitation to rest, reset, and seek Jesus in the stillness and beauty of nature.
So let’s move our bodies, quiet our minds, and open our hearts together. 💛

All women welcome—bring a friend, water bottle, snacks, tennis shoes, and an expectant heart.

📍Penasquitos Creek Falls, San Diego, CA
🗓 Saturday June 21, 2025 | ⏰ 10 AM

I have no words to describe or express my heartfelt gratitude and love for Jesus. Last Sunday I experienced baptism like I’ve never experienced it before.

Jesus asked me a pointed question as we prepared for Sunday. He said, “Where am I in this?” Then he proceeded to instruct me to “clear the stage.”

He wanted our hearts to long for the one who sends revival more than revival itself. He wanted us to long for the Holy Spirit more than the baptism. It was a heartfelt reminder that baptism doesn’t save you. The moment you believe you gain your inheritance to the Kingdom 🙌🏾 Baptism is like the birthday party! It is the public celebration of and recognition of your Faith in Jesus.

So on last Sunday we cleared the stage and made room for Jesus do whatever he wanted to. It is a day I will never forget. #christian #jesus #delmar #sandiego #sandiegoevents #jesuslovesyou #sisters
#nonprofitorganization #ministry

We are ready to gather with you tomorrow, Sunday June 8 @2pm #sandiego! We are excited and expectant for what God is going to do tomorrow. Amen 🙌🏾

What if I told you that standing in the middle of the desert and praying for rain, can still be limiting God?

Often times we are so conditioned to respond to what we see in the world around us, that we begin to place God in those same spaces. We forget that we serve a God that parted the Red Sea AND the Jordan River! We serve a God who caused walls to fall at the sounds of his people’s voice. We serve a Savior who desperately bore the cross for our sins, didn’t stay dead (he rose), and then ascended so that the same spirit that lives in him could live in us!
God wants our fears, our doubts, our worries, our questions, our big prayers, and our small prayers, he wants it all SO THAT you can walk in a freedom that believes He is who he really says he is! Amen, Hallelujah! I’m praying prayers of INSTEAD! I’m praying the prayers that only God All Mighty himself could think of a special way to answer! Amen! Let me know if there are ways we can pray for you today!
#jesus #prayer #amen #sandiego #health #christ #christian

It’s that time again! This time it’s a very special weekend 💜❤️ We are inviting family and friends to join us as we gather for our Bible Study and Ocean Baptism Celebration!

Be on the lookout this week for more details! If you are interested in learning more about Jesus, baptism, our growing community, and/or the event please DM us directly or email us at bibleonthebeach@eight48.org
#sandiego #beach #jesus #sandiegowomen #delmar #sisterhood #family #familytime

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the
beautiful Mama’s out there 👑💐🙌🏽
I see you pouring so much of yourselves into your children & those within your circle of influence!
You are seen, loved, & oh so appreciated 🫶🏼

These flowers are for the seen and unseen mothers. Teachers who pour into the hearts of children everyday. Aunties who love their babies like their own, Neighbors who give more than they take, Mamas with babies in heaven who are grieving and rejoicing all the same today as they visit their baby’s who are already with the father.

These beautiful flowers are for YOU! May God bless you infinitely beyond what you can imagine or see.

These photos are flowers shared by many of the Eight48 women to you 💕🩷 we love you !

#kingdomwork #mothersday2025 #appreciated #loved #seen #honored #sandiego #jesus #happymothersday

May Bible on the Beach was nothing short of AMAZING 💝 A little background on the Bible study and Eight48:

In February of this year I felt an urgency from the Lord to start a women’s Bible study. I thought it was to answer long awaited prayers for a couple friends in San Diego, little did we know he had much bigger plans in store. Each and everyone woman and child that joined us on Saturday was and is a special gift from God. So many stories, so many prayers, so many smiles, so many tears, I’m in awe.

This past week Eight48 went from a small dream to an official non profit. We are on a mission to share the love of Jesus Christ EVERYWHERE and we cannot wait to share what God has in store with you!!! Be on the lookout for more updates. We will post them as they come 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💕💕💕

#jesuslovesyou #jesus #sandiegowomen #delmar #sandiego #sisterhood #eight48 #sisters

IT’S ALMOST TIME!!
Ladies TOMORROW! We are gathering together for our May Bible on the Beach San Diego Women’s gathering event! We will have live worship, food, drinks, pink bibles, sisterhood, and a whole lot of Jesus! I absolutely cannot wait to see you there!
Want to get ahead of worship for Saturday? Link is in the bio!
#sandiego #sandiegoevents #jesus #sandiegowomen delmar #womensministry #jesus

LADIES!!! It’s that time again!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Bible on the Beach (BOTB) is right around the corner and we are excited to announce the location for May!

Del Mar Beach @ Powerhouse Park!
Women and children of all ages are welcome to join us! DM or email us at bibleonthebeach@eight48.org for more details.

Want to virtually stay connected throughout the week and be apart of our sisterhood network, but unable to make BOTB on Saturday? Email us to inquire about Eight48 Social!
We can’t wait to see you next Saturday!💕
#jesus #delmar #lajolla #sandiego #womeninspiringwomen #womensministry #jesuslovesyou

60 Seconds With Jesus:

If you give yourself a moment to stop and breathe, you’ll be amazed at how God speaks and moves within. Today take 60 second breaks throughout the day and reflect on the truth of Jeremiah 5:21-22

“I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.“

What a mighty God we serve.
#meditation #sisterhood #jesus #jesuslovesyou #pray #nonprofitorganization

Have you ever had a moment where you stop and just look back on what God has done and say WOW!
Eight48 ministries started off as just a Bible study on the beach 90 days ago as prayer to the Lord to meet a couple new friends. 90 days ago !!🤯
Since then God has taken a small Bible study idea and turned it into something we could only dream of 😭. We have hosted 3 beach Bible studies, given away over 200 free pink bibles, partnered with the international girls academy, created jobs for those saying YES to Jesus, published a 7-Day devotional, and hosted our very first resurrection brunch (featured in this video) 😮‍💨
Friends if you say yes to Jesus…get ready! There’s no constraints to his plans!! I’m so grateful for this kingdom sisterhood 💜💜
LADIES!! Join us May 3 for our next BOTB! reply to this post for information on how to join our Eight48 social group 💜💜
#sandiegowomen #sisterhood #delmar #lajollacove #jesus

Happy Easter friends!! Don’t keep the love of Christ to yourself! Go share the good news with the world!
#helives #jesuslovesyou #happyeaster

“[Jesus] said, It is finished!” John 19:30

What greater news, what greater love, what greater joy exists than that which is given through Christ. He told his disciples that they would be filled with great sorrow for a little while when they were to witness what would happen to him.
But friends, can I tell you we have the benefit of seeing the cross and rejoicing. Of falling to our knees in adoration; in complete reverence for Christ our King. Today is not a day of great sorrow; no we know how the story ends!! He LIVES! Today is a day of gratefulness, of adoration, of pure unapologetic, unashamed, unconstrained GRATITUDE! I love you Jesus 😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾

Graphic by @stacisemper

In a world where we isolate in suffering and run from our pain — remember that on Palm Sunday, Jesus rode on a donkey towards suffering so that through him you & I can live forever. In your suffering; you have someone to hold onto; you can REST in the storm.

Remember not to confuse wealth, fame, recognition with the sole symbol of good. If Jesus saw the crowd yelling Hosanna as the as the “good blessing” then he may have been distracted from his ultimate calling and discouraged by the end of the week when that same crowd (his own people) would soon turn on him. Christ is the GOOD NEWS. Christ is the blessing.
#jesus #sandiegowomen #womensempowerment #jesuslovesyou

Bible on the Beach (BOTB) April left me speechless with a heart full of gratitude. Thank you Jesus community, sisterhood, your living word, and the gospel 💜 The Whale was extra special also 🥰 I absolutely can’t wait until May! Be on the lookout for our next location!

For those of you unable to make it yesterday we will begin posting the Bible studies on YouTube this week! We will post the links in our bio each week! Have an AMAZING WEEK!! #sandiegowomen #womensministry #jesus #lajollacove #delmar

I’m Ashley Renée Colen, and this is Eight:48 Ministries! We’re on a mission to be the hands and feet of Jesus and find our true identity in Him alone! #sandiegowomen #womensministry #sandiegochristians #jesus

Join us Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 6PM for this month’s Bible on the Beach women’s gathering! All women and girls are welcome to this free event. Invite a friend or family member! #lajollacove #lajollabeach #sandiegowomen #sandiegochristians

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Who We Are

Kingdom Impact

We continuously serve through the power of giving. Its our heart. Its our call. Here's how your Giving Has helped impact others since our start in feb 2025!

3

A single mom and family of 3 were provided funding to assist with establishing safe housing in their desired neighborhood.

1

Job created for job seeker in desired profession

300

Ocean Baptisms

5

Pink Bibles Gifted; making the gospel accessible to everyone around the world

Kingdom Impact

We continuously serve through the power of giving. Its our heart. Its our call. Here's how your Giving Has helped impact others since our start in feb 2025!

1

Job created for job seeker in desired profession

A single mom and family of 3 were provided funding to assist with establishing safe housing in their desired neighborhood.

3

Ocean Baptisms

5

Pink Bibles Gifted; making the gospel accessible to everyone around the world

300

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Revealing the heart
of Jesus to the world.