Our Values

We are committed to living out the values of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to equip rising generations to live for Jesus.

To Love & Be Loved
Discover Life

In this value, we aim to love and be loved by the Father as together seek to Discover Life in God’s Son Jesus through prayer, worship, and the Word.

To Know & Be Known
Irreplaceable Relationships

In this value, we aim to know and be known by others as we mutually enter into authentic, supportive, and faith-growing relationships with one another as Jesus people. To the point, they become Irreplaceable Relationships.

To Teach & Be Taught
Equip All Ages

In this value, we aim to teach and be taught in the ways of Jesus, equipping from generation to generation, to see rising generations live for Jesus.

To Go & Keep Going
Big Faith

In this value, we aim to go and keep going into our communities, loving others in Jesus’ name by having our faith stretched into innovative God-sized dreams and visions.

Our Beliefs

We invite you to explore our beliefs and join us in our pursuit of living out our faith in boldness and passion.

  • Jesus Christ

    Jesus Christ is at the center of everything. We believe that Jesus is the only one who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life. We believe that Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised.

  • The Trinity

    We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy.

  • The Bible

    We believe that the Bible is God’s Word. It is accurate, authoritative, and applicable to our everyday lives. We believe the word of God has an ultimate purpose to connect us to the Living Word, Jesus Christ.

  • The Fall

    We believe that sin has separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives.

  • The Reconciliation

    We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and a fresh start with God, we must repent of our sins, believe in Jesus, and commit to His will for our lives.

  • The Church

    We believe in the power and significance of the Church and the necessity of believers to meet regularly together, to be an outpost, an embassy, of the Kingdom of God here on the earth. As the Church we are ambassadors for Jesus and the Kingdom of God, His representatives to people who are not yet part of the Kingdom of God.

  • The Restoration

    We believe Jesus is coming again, and when he does he will bring His Kingdom, the Kingdom of God, in all its fullness. Meaning, all wrongs will be made right, The Fall will be reversed.

  • Marriage, Family, and Sexuality

    We believe that every person is created in the image of God, and that human sexuality reflects that image in terms of intimate love, communication, fellowship, subordination of the self to the larger whole, and fulfillment. God’s Word makes use of the marriage relationship as the supreme metaphor for His relationship with His covenant people and for revealing the truth that this relationship is of one God with one people. Therefore God’s plan for human sexuality is that it is to be expressed only in a monogamous lifelong relationship between one man and one woman within the framework of marriage. This is the only relationship that is divinely designed for the birth and rearing of children and is a covenant union made in the sight of God, taking priority over every other human relationship. We adhere to the teachings of Scripture regarding gender identity, sexual conduct, and the sacredness of marriage, and believe that sexual relationships outside of marriage and sexual relationships between persons of the same sex are immoral and sinful.

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    Ascent is part of the Church of God Movement (Anderson, IN). For more about the larger group of Christ followers we are connected to, click below to learn more