#YourGoodHisGlory
Amplified Impact in Your Local Church
We partner with pastors to raise up ministry leaders.
We want to partner with you
ASCENT COLLEGE
partners with churches and organizations worldwide to provide accredited
online collegiate education blended with hands-on ministry service.
Let’s work together to prepare Spirit-empowered ministers to be
passionate, principled, and practical leaders in your local church.
Rev. Dr. Rob Rhoden
President, Ascent College
I served as a pastor for almost thirty years before stepping into my current role as President at Ascent College. My heart lies with building up ministry leaders who help the local church go about Kingdom business. My unique insights and experiences as a pastor fuel the mission and vision for Ascent College. Simply put, you’ve been on my heart from the very beginning. Your needs are top of mind, for your good and His glory.
I would love to speak with you, hear more about your church, and come alongside you to raise up men and women for mighty Kingdom impact. The number below goes directly to my personal phone.
Reach out anytime. We want to partner with YOU.
Spirit-filled faculty with real-time ministry experience
Accredited education and practical experience go hand-in-hand. Ascent College has built an exceptional faculty of diverse ministry leaders with decades of active service in the local church. Professors teach from personal experience, modeling grace-filled solutions and Biblical best practices tested and gleaned first-hand.
Hands-on training in alignment with the local church
We prioritize active student involvement in the local church. Degree programs require weekly service, tracked in partnership with local senior pastors and mentoring faculty to enrich the learning process via real-time conversations and practical ministry leadership experiences that build a firm foundation for long-term service right at home. Our global network of partner sites can rest assured we are walking alongside them every step of the way.
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Active student service and involvement in local church needs
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Access to affordable educational pathways for staff and lay leaders
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Mentoring relationships between students and partner site pastors
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Opportunity to prepare future ministers and local church leaders
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Alignment with the unique “DNA” of partner site churches
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Minimal administrative responsibilities and no direct cost to partner sites
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Special 25% partner site tuition discount for all enrolled students
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Targeted learning for church staff and volunteers
Ascent College offers multiple learning tracks, with one-year certificates and traditional degree programs focusing on critical local church needs like Children and Youth Ministry, Digital Ministries, Women in Leadership, and Biblical Studies.
There is something for every learner here at Ascent College. All are welcome here. Whether looking to audit courses purely for enjoyment, needing to attend part-time alongside life, career, and ministry commitments, looking for streamlined certificate or diploma programs to amplify skills in a specific area of ministry leadership, or planning to work towards a traditional associate’s or bachelor’s degree, Ascent College has many flexible, affordable options available for all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life.
Interested in more robust academic programming but already have an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree? Explore our 33-credit Diploma in Ministry Program (DML) via a recent student interview on our Ascent College blog here.
*NOTE: All certificate and degree programs require accredited students to complete GEN102 Orientation and Library Resources (0 credits).
Ascent College accredited BAML degree programs fully satisfy the educational requirements
for ministerial credentialing within the Assemblies of God.
Ascent College is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation (5850 T.G. Lee Blvd., Ste. 130, Orlando, FL 32822, 407.207.0808) to grant certificates and degrees at the Associate and Baccalaureate levels.
“Ascent College provides accessible, affordable, and quality training for anyone looking to advance their biblical understanding and ministry leadership. With classes and programs designed around the student’s schedule and available in partnership with the local church, this is the ideal college for individuals looking to develop academically and through practical leadership experience.”
Patrick Grach
Lead Pastor
Lifehouse Church
“Many of our women never thought they’d be able to dream again. Many thought they’d never be capable of pursuing any form of education, let alone a college education…but God! His provision for His girls through Ascent College is nothing short of miraculous. Beauty for Ashes educates, equips, and empowers our women to be engaged mothers and productive community members and to pursue their purpose to impact eternity.”
Cindy Zello
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Adult and Teen Challenge Virginia
“Ascent College is a preeminent, close-knit,
and diverse community committed to helping students flourish in their calling for God. I highly recommend any student desiring to learn and grow deeper to apply!”
Gavin Brown
Senior Pastor
Lifehouse Church
“The ability to offer accredited college Bible training in the context of our local church will benefit both the students and our ministries. Within a local Pentecostal environment, the fire of learning
will burn brightly.”
George W. Raduano
Trinity Ambassador
TrinityLife Assembly of God
We want to partner with you
So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.
Colossians 1:10-11, NIV
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