Prayer is our Anchor
We are not built on strategy—we are built on surrender. Prayer is not our last resort; it is our first response. We seek God before we move, because everything flows from His presence. Hebrews 6:19 |
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Values and Beliefs
Ascend Church Values
This is who we are. This is how we live.
Next Gen is our Heart
We don’t just inherit faith—we invest it. We are committed to raising, equipping, and empowering the next generation to lead now. Revival doesn’t skip a generation on our watch. Psalm 78:4 | 1 Timothy
4:12
Generosity is our Joy
We don’t give out of obligation—we give out of overflow. We are contributors, not consumers. We trust that you can’t outgive God. 2 Corinthians 9:7 | Acts 20:35
Collaboration is our Commitment
We are better together. We refuse competition and choose unity. We build the Kingdom, not platforms.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 | 1 Corinthians 12:12
People are our Passion
People matter to God, so people matter to us. We will go after the one, love the broken, and make room for everyone. Lost people are not interruptions—they are the mission. Luke 19:10 | Matthew 9:36
Presence is our Priority
We value His presence above everything else. We don’t just host services—we host God. If He’s not in it, we don’t want it. Exodus 33:15 | Psalm 16:11
Apostolic is our Identity
We are rooted in truth and led by the Spirit. We boldly live and preach the Apostles’ doctrine. We are a Book of Acts church in a modern world. Acts 2:42 | Acts 2:38
Honor is our Language
We speak life, not death. We choose respect, value, and encouragement in every interaction. We don’t tear down—we build up. Romans 12:10 | Proverbs 18:21
Excellence is our Expectation
We give God our best, not our leftovers. We pursue excellence in spirit, attitude, and execution. Good enough is not what God deserves. Colossians 3:23 | Daniel 6:3
We are not a perfect church—but we are a purposeful one. These values are not just what we believe… they are how we behave.
Our Beliefs
Ascend Church is a Bible-based church. That means we believe and practice what is explicitly taught in the Bible. We believe and teach the following:
The Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and perfectly preserved Word of God. It is true in all that it teaches. As the flawless Word of God, it is our only authority for what we believe and how we live (2 Tim 3.15-17).
There is only one God. The One God has revealed Himself to us as our Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that is, the One God manifested in and through an authentic human life. The fullness of the godhead dwells in Jesus bodily. To see Jesus is to see God. (Deut 6.4; John 14.9; Eph 4.4-6; Col 2.9; 1 Tim 3.16).
Everyone has sinned and needs salvation. Salvation comes by grace through faith based on the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Rom 3.23-25; 6.23; Eph 2.8-9).
The gospel is the good news that Jesus lived a perfect life, died for our sins, was buried, and rose again three days later. We express our belief in the gospel through our obedience to the gospel. We obey the gospel and apply it to our lives by repenting of our sins (death to sin), being baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of our sins (burial), and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit (resurrection) with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues. This threefold experience is the consistent pattern of conversion in the early church (1 Cor 15.1-4; 2 Thes 1.8; 1 Pet 4.17; Mark 1.15; Acts 15.7; Rom 6.3-4; Acts 2.4, 37-39; 8.9-17; 10.1-48; 19.1-7).
As Christians we are to love God and love others. We are to worship God joyfully and seek to live a life that is pleasing to him both inwardly and outwardly—in our thoughts, words, and actions. We are empowered to live a life pleasing to God through the Holy Spirit. As a Pentecostal church, we believe that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit are at work in and for the church today and are available to all Spirit-filled believers (Mark 12.28-31; 1 Cor 12.8-10; 2 Cor 7.1; Rom 8.13-14; Gal 5.19-26; Heb 12.14).
Jesus Christ is coming again to rapture his church. In the end will be the final resurrection and the final judgment. The righteous will inherit eternal life in heaven with Jesus Christ, and the unrighteous eternal death. (1 Thes 4.16-17; Rev 20.11-15).