The Episcopal Church of the Ascension

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension is a Episcopal/anglican church at 22726 1st Ave, NC, 28601 in Hickory, NC 28601-6062. It is one of 124 churches in Hickory.

At Ascension, we believe our path is to love with the heart of Christ, to think with the mind of Christ, and to act as the body of Christ in the communities to which we are called.

As Episcopalians, we are followers of Jesus Christ, and both our worship and our mission are in Christ’s name.

22726 1st Ave, NC, 28601, Hickory, NC, 28601-6062

Phone: (828) 328-5393 · Website: https://www.ascensionhickory.org/

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 212 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across North Carolina — 6,378 across the United States on The Church Map.

Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.

Ministries at The Episcopal Church of the Ascension

  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Outreach Ministries

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Latest from Church of the Ascension - Hickory's YouTube channel: Nov. 1st 2026 All Saints Sunday (all videos).

The community around The Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 40.3%
  • Social Isolation: 33.0%
  • Child Poverty: 27.5% (15.3–40.2%)
  • Depression: 25.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 18.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.4% (10.2–24.6%)
  • Diabetes: 14.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (8.4–19.6%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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