Ascend Apostolic Center
Church leadership, discipleship, teaching, prayer, life groups, ministry training, and a community centered on following Jesus.
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Ministry
Faith that builds capacity.
Jared and Stephannie Walther lead Ascend Apostolic Center and serve through church community, transitional housing, global missions, business creation, farms, and education.
The conviction
“The goal is not a trip. It is what remains useful after we leave.”
Ascend Apostolic Center is the local ministry home Jared and Stephannie lead in Washington’s Tri-Cities. Its emphasis is discipleship, healing, training, community, and sending people to serve—from everyday workplaces to international missions.
That same conviction shapes the practical work: create safe housing, strengthen local leaders, help a family-owned business begin, put a farm into production, or help a student stay in school.
Close to home
Service needs an address.
Local ministry has included a church family and two housing programs designed for people rebuilding stability.
Moraine Manor
A transitional home for men leaving incarceration, with stable housing, supervision, case management, family and learning spaces, and practical rehabilitation support.
Read the story ↗Victoria’s Home
For several years, the women’s home served women leaving incarceration, treatment, unsafe relationships, or other housing crises—protecting privacy while making the next decision possible.
Read the story ↗Africa · long-term relationships
Measure what remains.
Country counts are not the mission. The measure is whether a business still earns, a farm still produces, a student stays in school, and local leaders have more capacity to serve.
Since 2005, Jared and Stephannie have helped local leaders start more than 300 small businesses, alongside farming, education, orphan-school support, and ministry relationships.
The work has included chicken, fish, and pig farms; students and education; locally owned businesses; ministry leaders; and efforts around more accountable gold-mining practices and government relationships.
Jared has traveled to Nigeria twice, visited an internally displaced persons camp, helped start 10 businesses, and is exploring a third visit. Federal grant work for persecuted Christians in northern Nigeria remains an application effort—not an awarded grant.
Ascend is supporting ministry partners as they establish a locally led church plant, keeping long-term leadership and ownership in the community it serves.