Ascension Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Gray Ewing (Senior Pastor / Founding Pastor)

Founded Pre-2018

Denomination PCA

Service Times Sunday morning worship

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.ascensionphx.org

Pastor Credentials PCA TE; Arizona Presbytery; church planter.

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

PCA confessional — Westminster Standards.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

PCA affirms inerrancy per Westminster Confession Ch. 1.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Verify in person.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Westminster Standards — Reformed soteriology.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

PCA complementarian polity — male elders. Gray Ewing (male) Senior Pastor.

PCA complementarian — male teaching/ruling elders per Westminster Standards + Book of Church Order.

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

PCA BCO plurality of elders; Arizona Presbytery accountability.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

PCA expository norm.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Midtown Phoenix urban church plant.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Pastor matches a red-direction signature list (Warhurst/AMR/Lament/Revoice/CBE) WITH state/presbytery corroboration — cultural drift marker per drift-watch protocol. Auto-applied YELLOW + cultural=red downgrade. RED — current/recent senior pastor signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest (PCA pastors who protested the SJC's discipline of TE Greg Johnson over Revoice / same-sex-attracted ordained men). Cultural posture trends progressive on sexuality discourse.

WARNING!

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

PCA — Arizona Presbytery.

Strong

Assessment

Ascension Church is an Arizona Presbytery (PCA) church plant in Midtown Phoenix, planted by Senior Pastor Gray Ewing, who signed the 2020 Warhurst Protest. PCA Westminster confessional theology, complementarian polity, presbytery oversight. Recommended for men in Phoenix Midtown/Central seeking a Reformed PCA congregation; verify pastoral counseling posture given the cultural-drift signal.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Soft-progressive signatures]

Public statement signatures and organizational affiliations of this church's named pastors. "People is policy" — these are evidence-weighted signals about doctrinal trajectory, not the sole determinant of any rating.

Warhurst Protest (2020)

Gray Ewing

Source: warhornmedia.com — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source ascensionphx.org/team
[2] Live source ascensionphx.org/leadership
[3] Live source warhornmedia.com/2020/12/23/pca-hall-of-infamy-pastors-el…

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