Career
Manley attended Whittier College and Pacific School of Religion, and received his Doctor of Ministry from Claremont College in 1976. From 1968 to 1978, he was chaplain at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii. He served as pastor of UCC congregations in Fremont, California (1966–1968), San Marino, California (1978 to 1988), and Los Altos, California (1988 until his retirement in 1999).