Ascension Lutheran Church

What Ascension Lutheran Church does

Ascension Lutheran Church is a non-profit Lutheran congregation established in 1959 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and is affiliated with Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). The church operates from a single campus at 26231 Silver Spur Road and conducts weekly worship services in two formats — an 8:30am traditional liturgical service and a 10:30am contemporary service — which consolidate into a single 'fusion' service at 10:30am during the summer months between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Programming is anchored by the multi-season 'Bible In A Year-ish' (BIAY) chronological reading program, which integrates with companion Bible studies across age-tiered ministries.

The church's ministry portfolio spans nursery care (6 months to 4 years), Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry for grades 6-12, college-age Lunch & Bible Study, women's Bible study (Joy Sisters), Faith Round Table Bible Study, and the Tuesday Nights Together (TNT) family evening program that runs during the school year. A wholly-owned preschool subsidiary, Ascension Lutheran Preschool, operates separately at alcpreschool.org with its own staff. Sermon and service content is distributed digitally through YouTube livestream plus podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio, with the website built on the Tithely platform.

The organization is sustained financially by member donations and tithes through a dedicated online giving portal, with no fees charged for worship services. No revenue, budget, or financial figures are publicly disclosed. The entity functions as a community-led organization rather than a commercial enterprise, with stated staff including Pastor Scott Hawkins and Student Ministry Director Amy Harnetiaux alongside an extended volunteer base across ministries.

Name

Ascension Lutheran Church

Legal name

Ascension Lutheran Church

Website

https://alcrpv.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ascension Lutheran Church is a non-profit Lutheran congregation in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, offering weekly worship services, multi-generational Bible study programs, and children's and youth ministries to the local community since 1959.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Christian worship services
• Lutheran church ministries
• Bible study programs
• Religious community services
• Faith-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

Rancho Palos Verdes

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Tithes: Church operates primarily through member donations and tithes, with a dedicated online giving platform on the website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ascension Lutheran Church provides Christian worship services and faith-formation programs for a multi-generational congregation in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Core offerings include Sunday worship (traditional liturgical and contemporary), the Bible In A Year-ish chronological reading program, age-specific Bible studies and ministries (children, youth, college-age, women, adults), seasonal Vacation Bible School, and an affiliated preschool.

Product overview

Ascension Lutheran Church offers a unified ministry portfolio centered on worship services and Bible-based educational programs. Core offerings include Sunday worship services (8:30am liturgical, 10:30am contemporary, and summer fusion service), the Bible In A Year-ish (BIAY) chronological reading program with companion sermon series, and distributed small group ministries (Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry, Joy Sisters Bible Study, Faith Round Table Bible Study, Tuesday Nights Together, and Lunch & Bible Study for college-age attendees). Additional seasonal programs include Vacation Bible School, summer potlucks, and worship services available via YouTube and podcast platforms. The church also operates a separate preschool program. The ministry programs function interdependently, with BIAY serving as the church-wide spine connecting many of the Bible study offerings, while children's and youth ministries provide age-appropriate engagement across the generational spectrum.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Preschool: Children's preschool program operated by the church

Products and services

• Worship Services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC)coreOthersAscension Lutheran Church is a member of LCMC, an association of congregations who are free in Christ, accountable to one another and rooted in scriptures and Lutheran confessions. The church follows the renewal movement begun in the Lutheran Reformation with emphasis on grace through faith alone, scripture alone, and Christ alone.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Neighborhood Church: Non-denominational Christian congregation based in Palos Verdes Estates, immediately adjacent to Ascension's RPV campus. Comparable in scale, generational programming breadth, and Peninsula-area target demographic.
• Trinity Lutheran Church: Established Lutheran congregation in the greater Los Angeles/South Bay region. Comparable as a denominationally-aligned peer with traditional and contemporary service formats, multi-generational ministries, and Sunday-school-style formation programming.
• Faith Lutheran Church: Lutheran congregation in the broader South Bay LA area (LCMC or ELCA affiliated). Directly comparable denominationally — same Lutheran confessional identity and similar worship/Bible-study programming model — though serving a different immediate geography.
• Rolling Hills Covenant Church: Large, long-established evangelical congregation in adjacent Rolling Hills Estates. Directly comparable as a suburban South Bay Peninsula church serving multi-generational families with children's, youth, and adult programming in the same affluent micro-market.
• St. Andrew's Lutheran Church: Lutheran congregation of comparable size with multi-generational ministries and preschool-adjacent programming. Comparable as a denominationally-aligned peer congregation model for a mid-sized suburban Lutheran church.

Broad incumbents

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Largest U.S. provider of employer-sponsored childcare and early education, including preschool programs. Comparable as a peer specifically for Ascension Lutheran Preschool — relevant for benchmarking operational scale, tuition model, and competitive positioning in the early-childhood segment.
• Primrose Schools: National franchise network of private preschool / early-childhood education centers. Comparable as an incumbent peer for Ascension Lutheran Preschool, especially relevant for tuition-pricing benchmarks and family-acquisition best practices.
• Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS): Second major U.S. Lutheran denomination. Comparable as a Lutheran incumbent offering similar worship and formation resources, though doctrinally distinct from LCMC — useful as a broader Lutheran competitive context.
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): The largest Lutheran body in the U.S. and the broader parent tradition that encompasses many Lutheran congregations. Comparable as a Lutheran institutional peer, though operating at denomination/network scale rather than a single congregation.

Regional players

• First Presbyterian Church of Torrance: Mainline Protestant congregation in the South Bay with comparable Sunday worship, Christian education, and youth/family programming. Comparable as a regional Protestant peer competing for the same South Bay LA demographic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ascensionlutheranchurchRPV
• Facebookfacebook.com/AscensionLutheranChurchRPV
• Instagraminstagram.com/ascensionlutheranchurchrpv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ascension-lutheran-church

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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