On Saturday, May 25th at 11 AM at Mechanicsville Christian Center just outside of Richmond, Virginia, Ascent College celebrated the graduating class of 2024. The class of 2024 includes students completing bachelor, associate, diploma, and certificate programs, including over twenty men and women from our partner site churches in Ghana, and students completing the two-year residential ministry training program at the Potomac School of Leadership.
We were excited and honored to welcome Rev. Ron Johnson as our 2024 commencement speaker. Rev. Johnson is an ordained minister with more than forty years of experience leading churches and schools in the U.S.A. and training leaders in more than seventy nations. He currently serves as the Senior Pastor and Overseer of One Church, a multi-site church in Central Florida, and President of One School of the Arts. As well as his ministry responsibilities, he serves on multiple ministry and business boards. He is married to Sandy, and they have four married sons, four beautiful daughters-in-law, and seventeen adorable grandchildren. Rev. Johnson served as the first President of Ascent College (Bethel Bible Institute). His leadership and vision continue to live on as Ascent College has expanded to fifty partner sites and pastors in the U.S. and abroad. Rev. Johnson spoke words of encouragement and commissioning over our class of 2024 graduates.
Please take a moment to review the complete list of class of 2024 graduates below, and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram as we spotlighted the academic achievements of our students throughout May. Many thanks to all who joined us in attendance at graduation, cheering our Ascent College family on as they celebrate their accomplishments as equipped and empowered ministry leaders following God’s call on their lives with courage, humility, and obedience. #YourGoodHisGlory
Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Leadership
Ministerial Leadership Concentration
- Jonathan Hosea Vernon
- Thomas Anthony Vogt
Class of 2024 valedictorian and student speaker Rev. Jonathan Vernon delivered a powerful and memorable message to our Spirit-filled graduates.
Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Leadership
Christian Counseling Concentration, Psychology Focus
- Elizabeth Ann Hartbarger
Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Leadership
Biblical Studies Concentration
- Cheryl Patrice Everette
- Stephen Matthew Luffy
Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Leadership
Youth Ministry Leadership Concentration
- Rachel Ann Jernigan (Potomac School of Leadership)
Associate of Science in Ministry Leadership
- Abraham Aguriba (Ghana)
- Kwame Amoakohene (Ghana)
- Bobbie Gayle Hurdle (Potomac School of Leadership)
- Elizabeth Marie Luffy
- Donte Lavon Johnson
- Caleb M. Keefer (Potomac School of Leadership)
- Lemuel Onoh (Potomac School of Leadership)
- Jacob Paul Snuffer (Potomac School of Leadership)
- Sarah Elizabeth Tucker (Potomac School of Leadership)
Diploma in Ministry Leadership
- Keren Elizabeth Fosuhemaa (Potomac School of Leadership)
- Amanda Laurie Kline
- Kaung Su Latt
- Amavy-Alexandra Yanos Peeples
- Saw Zaw Thant
Children’s Ministry Leadership Certificate
- Brandon Michael Beall
- Jeanette Margaret Bellamy
- Jamie Alex
Women’s Collective Cohort Certificate
- Janet Ababio Ghansah (Ghana)
- Nana Yaa Aboagye (Ghana)
- Alexandria Teddy Dromor Adjei (Ghana)
- Tasha Emefa Adom (Ghana)
- Joyce Esinu Adzo Agbeka (Ghana)
- Esther Amoakohene Agbotro (Ghana)
- Helen Enyonam Akagui (Ghana)
- Comfort Daadom Baidoo (Ghana)
- Anita Bambilla (Ghana)
- Enyonam Ama Boator (Ghana)
- Beatrice Cudjoe (Ghana)
- Victoria Isabelle Davis
- Mercy De Souza (Ghana)
- Failah Dramani Mahama (Ghana)
- Deborah Essien (Ghana)
- Genevieve Frimpong (Ghana)
- Evangeline Gbenartey (Ghana)
- Esther Mensah-Brown (Ghana)
- Christiana Otoo Lartey (Ghana)
- Theodocia Naana Bennieh (Ghana)
- Bernice Kweiki Quaynor (Ghana)
- Evelyn Suuk (Ghana)
- Adriana Yarigah (Ghana)
Would you like to see your name in a future list of graduates? You are welcome here! You can do this! Reach out to our Director of Admissions, Amy Piehl, at apiehl@ascent.edu today and explore the many academic paths here at Ascent College. There is truly something for everyone. Flexible, affordable online programs designed for motivated students with busy lives. Your next step is right here, right now. We can’t wait to hear from you!
The new Ron Johnson Scholarship Fund was announced at the 2024 Ascent College graduation ceremony. This legacy fund will support Ascent College students pursuing their Bachelor of Science in Ministry Leadership (BAML) with a concentration in Ministerial Leadership. Ron Johnson is the Founder and first President of Bethel Bible Institute (now Ascent College). His vision, and all that was set in motion through his leadership, is being fulfilled in the lives of hundreds of sons and daughters who are called into ministry. We are deeply grateful for the generous contributions of our initial donors who have already sown into this fund with $10,000 to faithfully come alongside our students on their academic paths.
If you would like to contribute to the Ron Johnson Scholarship fund, visit our website at ascent.edu/donate and select “Ron Johnson Endowment Fund” from the available options. We thank you and praise God for His continued faithfulness as He entrusts ministry leaders to our care.
