Cornerstone Church Exists to Glorify God
And to Edify the People of God
Glorify
Cornerstone exists to glorify God in all things. We bring Him glory by living for His Kingdom, walking in love as Christ loved us, and submitting to the authority and truth of His Word. As recipients of unmerited grace, we are compelled by Christ’s love to faithfully proclaim the gospel to our neighbors and the nations, inviting everyone to experience His redeeming and transforming power.
Edify
Cornerstone exists to edify and equip the body of Christ. Through the faithful exposition of Scripture, Christ-centered worship and discipleship, we build up one another in the faith. We commit to bearing one another’s burdens and encouraging each other to run with endurance the race set before us, preparing every believer to live out their calling in the world.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:27
Doctrinal Beliefs
Cornerstone Church has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our desire is to know Christ and be conformed to His image by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Doctrine
We believe in all the fundamental doctrines of orthodox evangelical Christianity.
We believe in the inerrancy of Scripture, that the Bible, Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible Word of God.
We believe that God is eternally existent in three separate persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe that God the Father is the personal, transcendent, and sovereign Creator of all things.
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and provided the atonement of our sins by His death on the Cross.
We believe He was bodily resurrected, ascended back to the right hand of God the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for us.
After Jesus ascended to Heaven, He poured out His Holy Spirit on the believers in Jerusalem, enabling them to fulfill His command to preach the Gospel to the entire world.
We believe that all people are by nature separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit. All his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord.
We believe in the inerrancy of Scripture, that the Bible, Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible Word of God.
We believe that God is eternally existent in three separate persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe that God the Father is the personal, transcendent, and sovereign Creator of all things.
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and provided the atonement of our sins by His death on the Cross.
We believe He was bodily resurrected, ascended back to the right hand of God the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for us.
After Jesus ascended to Heaven, He poured out His Holy Spirit on the believers in Jerusalem, enabling them to fulfill His command to preach the Gospel to the entire world.
We believe that all people are by nature separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit. All his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord.
Practice
We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they are exercised within the Scriptural guidelines. We as believers are to exercise these gifts in love and grace, that the whole Body of Christ might be edified. We believe that love is more important than the most spectacular gifts, and without love, all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless.
We believe that church government should be simplistic, based on Biblical examples, and dependent on the leading of the Holy Spirit.
We believe that the second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on the earth will be personal, pre-millennial, and visible. This motivates us to holy living, heartfelt worship, committed service, diligent study of God's Word, regular fellowship, sharing in Holy Communion and participation in adult baptism by immersion.
We believe that through the faithful teaching of the Word of God, its message can be applied to an individual's life, leading that person to greater maturity in Christ.
We believe that church government should be simplistic, based on Biblical examples, and dependent on the leading of the Holy Spirit.
We believe that the second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on the earth will be personal, pre-millennial, and visible. This motivates us to holy living, heartfelt worship, committed service, diligent study of God's Word, regular fellowship, sharing in Holy Communion and participation in adult baptism by immersion.
We believe that through the faithful teaching of the Word of God, its message can be applied to an individual's life, leading that person to greater maturity in Christ.