Welcome to the Ascension Life Family
Vision Statement
ASCENSION LIFE CHURCH is a family worship, teaching, and training (equipping) center that is committed to:
1) Exalting the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
2) Proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom (the gospel of grace).
3) Equipping the saints for the work of the ministry.
4) Revealing the New Covenant heart of the Father.
5) Fulfilling the Great Commission.
What to Expect
When you visit Ascension Life, one of the first things you’ll notice is our culture of love. We are passionate about loving God and loving people—authentically, joyfully, and without conditions. That love naturally flows into vibrant, Spirit-filled worship. If you enjoy music from Elevation Worship, Maverick City Music, Brandon Lake, Bethel Music, Jesus Culture, Kari Jobe, and Phil Wickham, you’ll feel right at home in the Ascension Life worship experience.
Doctrinally, we are a grace-centered, faith-filled church. We emphasize the goodness of God—His love, mercy, and grace—and the life of faith that flows from that goodness. We believe Jesus is our perfect example, calling us to live empowered lives that reflect His love and demonstrate His works. Ministries we appreciate and support include Andrew Wommack Ministries, Paul Ellis (Escape to Reality), and Joseph Prince Ministries.
We are also committed to raising up the next generation. Ascension Life offers engaging children’s and youth ministries, along with a School of Applied Ministry for adults that meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. In addition, our Life Groups meet throughout the month at various times, providing meaningful connection, discipleship, and community.
If this sounds like the kind of church you’ve been looking for, we would love to meet you this Sunday. Come as you are—you’re welcome here.
What We Believe
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and the authoritative revelation of His heart and purposes. All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16–17).
We believe in one God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—perfect in unity, love, and purpose. God is relational by nature and has revealed Himself fully through Jesus Christ (Matthew 3:16–17; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4–6).
We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ—fully God and fully man—born of a virgin, living a sinless life, revealing the Father through His words and works, and ministering in power and compassion. Through His finished work, Jesus accomplished complete forgiveness of sins, reconciliation with God, and eternal redemption. He was bodily raised from the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and lives forever as our Mediator, High Priest, and Advocate (1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:24–27; 1 John 2:1).
We believe Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms, and that all the promises of God find their “Yes” and “Amen” in Him (Luke 24:44; 2 Corinthians 1:20). He is the promised Seed of Abraham through whom blessing has come to the nations (Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:16), the Son of David and rightful heir to the throne (Matthew 1:1; Romans 1:3), the Suffering Servant who bore our sins (Isaiah 52:13–53:12), and the Mediator and eternal High Priest of the New Covenant who secured redemption through His once-for-all sacrifice (Hebrews 8:6; 10:10–14).
We believe salvation is entirely by grace, through faith, and not by works (Ephesians 2:8–9). Those who believe in Jesus are fully forgiven, made righteous, adopted as God’s children, and receive eternal life as a present possession. Salvation is a finished work secured by Christ alone, not maintained by human effort or religious performance. All who are in Christ are eternally secure, sealed by the Holy Spirit for the day of redemption (John 5:24; John 10:28–29; Ephesians 1:13–14).
We believe that every believer in Jesus Christ—whether Jew or Gentile—is part of the new creation in Christ. Through the cross, former covenantal divisions have been removed, and God has revealed the mystery hidden for ages: that believing Jews and Gentiles are made one new humanity in Christ, reconciled to God in one body through the Spirit. In this new creation, former distinctions no longer define our standing before God; all who are in Christ are made new, indwelt by the Spirit, and share equally in the promises of the New Covenant (2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:14–16; Ephesians 3:4–6; Colossians 1:26–27; Galatians 3:28).
We believe water baptism is an outward expression of an inward reality—our identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. It is a joyful testimony of new life in Christ, not a requirement for salvation, but a response of faith to grace already received (Romans 6:3–4; Acts 8:12).
We believe the Holy Spirit indwells every believer, empowering, leading, comforting, transforming, and revealing Christ within us. By one Spirit we have all been baptized into the body of Christ, and the Spirit produces His fruit in us as we grow in grace. We also believe the gifts of the Spirit—including healing, prophecy, and tongues—are for today and operate for the edification of the church and the loving ministry of Christ through His people (1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 5:22–23; 1 Corinthians 12:8–11).
We believe the gospel is the good news of God’s grace—that God so loved the world He gave His Son, not to condemn the world, but to save it. The message we proclaim is reconciliation, forgiveness, and new life in Christ. We are called to proclaim this gospel of grace to all people (John 3:16–17; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; Acts 20:24).
We believe Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, and that all who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus are saved and made righteous by faith—not by law-keeping or religious performance, but by believing the gospel (John 14:6; Romans 10:9–13).
We believe the redemptive work of Christ includes provision for healing and wholeness. Through the cross, Jesus bore our sins and our sicknesses, and we believe it is God’s heart to heal and restore. We receive healing by faith, resting in Jesus’ shed blood and finished work of the cross and trusting in the goodness and love of God (Isaiah 53:4–5; Matthew 8:16–17; 1 Peter 2:24).
We believe the Old Covenant order—centered on the Mosaic Law and the Jerusalem Temple—was permanently brought to an end with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple in AD 70. This event consummated the covenantal transition foretold by Jesus and the prophets, fully vindicating Christ and establishing the New Covenant. We believe Jesus’ Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24–25 was fulfilled in these first-century events, just as He declared would occur within that generation (Matthew 24:34; Hebrews 8:13; 12:26–28).
We believe that Jesus Christ is the reigning King of glory, exalted at the Father’s right hand. His kingdom—established through His death, resurrection, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit—is everlasting and ever increasing (Isaiah 9:7). It is sustained not by law or coercion, but by reconciliation, righteousness, and peace through Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit. As Jesus promised, the gates of Hades will not prevail against His church, for His reign is unshakable, victorious, and eternal (Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 12:28; Romans 5:1–2).
Victory over Sin
We believe that through Jesus’ shed blood and the finished work of the cross, believers are called to live victoriously over the power of sin (Romans 6:6–7; Colossians 2:13–15). This victory flows not from keeping the law, but from grace—walking in the new identity we have received in Christ (Colossians 1:10; Romans 6:14; 2 Corinthians 5:17). Sin carries destructive consequences, but these are not the result of God’s punishment toward believers. In Christ, there is no condemnation, no imputed guilt, and no curse remaining—only the natural consequences of choices made apart from God’s wisdom and guidance (Romans 8:1; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Galatians 3:13; James 1:14–15).
We believe that grace is God’s teacher at work in the believer. The same grace that brings salvation also trains believers to renounce ungodliness and live godly lives—not through fear, condemnation, or external pressure, but through inward transformation (Titus 2:11–12; Romans 12:2). Grace is never a license to sin; rather, it empowers freedom from sin and obedience from the heart (Romans 6:1–2, 17–18). Those who truly understand grace are not looking for excuses to sin, but for freedom from it (John 8:32; Romans 8:2).
We believe sin no longer has dominion over believers who live from their righteous identity in Christ. Having died with Christ and been raised with Him, believers are called to present themselves to God as alive from the dead. Victory flows from knowing we are no longer under law, but under grace (Romans 6:6–14; Colossians 3:1–3).
We believe that grace-centered teaching produces fruitful and victorious living—marked by love, generosity, spiritual maturity, and healthy relationships (Galatians 5:22–23; Titus 3:8). Scripture declares that those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).
We believe we now live under the New Covenant of grace, not the Old Covenant of law. The law demanded righteousness from fallen humanity; grace freely provides righteousness as a gift through faith in Jesus Christ (John 1:17; Romans 5:17; 2 Corinthians 5:21). The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6).
We honor the moral excellence of God’s law, yet affirm that no one is justified by keeping the law. Righteousness comes by faith alone in Jesus Christ, not by works of the law (Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:20). Grace does not produce lawlessness—it produces love, and love fulfills the law (Romans 13:8–10; Galatians 5:13–14).
True Repentance in Christ
We believe true repentance (metanoia) is a change of mind that flows from a revelation of the cross. It is not merely outward remorse, but an inward turning—believing the truth about what Jesus has already accomplished. Godly repentance leads to life, freedom, and restoration, not shame or condemnation (2 Corinthians 7:9–10; Romans 2:4).
We believe repentance and victory over sin are experienced through faith in Christ Jesus, not self-effort or religious works. When believers stumble, they overcome by believing afresh that even that sin was fully judged at the cross, and by receiving again God’s forgiveness, righteousness, and grace. Jesus Himself is the solution and the victory (Romans 5:17; 1 John 2:1–2; Hebrews 4:16).
We believe that the moment a person is born again, they are completely forgiven, made righteous, sanctified, and perfected forever through Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice. This is a finished reality accomplished by Christ, not a process to be earned or maintained by human effort (Hebrews 10:10, 14; Colossians 2:10; Ephesians 1:7).