Ascension Lutheran Church
Ascension Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 6481 Old Canton Road in Jackson, MS 39211. It is one of 479 churches in Jackson, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We believe that Christ sends us out into our community to share His compassion and to proclaim His unconditional love for all.
Ascension takes its name from the event of Christ being taken up bodily ("ascending") into heaven (Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:6-11).
6481 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS, 39211Service times
- Sunday 10am · Worship
Phone: (601) 956-4263 · Website: http://www.ascensionluth.org/
Ascension Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 34 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Mississippi — 15,755 across the United States on The Church Map.
Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.
Ministries at Ascension Lutheran Church
- Alcoholics Anonymous
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The community around Ascension Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 37.8%
- Food Insecurity: 20.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (8.6–22.1%)
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
- Poverty Rate: 17.1% (8.0–26.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (0.7–13.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Jackson city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 627 residents.
Churches near Ascension Lutheran Church
- The Outpour Center — 0.1 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Three In One Ministry — 0.1 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Colonial Heights Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Sonbeams — 0.8 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- The Exodus Assembly — 0.9 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Jackson North Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
- New Beginnings Christian Life Center — 1 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Ministerio Aposento Alto — 1 mi away in Ridgeland, MS
- Holy Trinity-Saint John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church — 1.1 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Christ Lutheran Church — 4.1 mi away
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