our core values

Prayer

Communication with God is the privilege and duty of every follower of Jesus Christ. Without it we grow cold in our walk. 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Romans 12:12

 

Service

Each Christian is given a gift and is called to use it in service to the body of Christ. A growing Christian is a serving Christian. 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Peter 4:10

 

The Word

The proclamation of God’s Word is essential to any spiritual growth. We value expository preaching for it presents the Word as God gave the Word. 

 

Discipleship

God desires that spiritual formation happen in the context of community. People help people live in greater faithfulness and holiness. 

 

Corporate Worship

The church is not the church if it is not gathering. Though online teaching can be beneficial it is not a substitute for gathering with the Lord’s people to worship the Lord in the Word, prayer, song, and ordinances.

 

Missions

God desires that disciples be made in all nations (Matthew 28:19-20). Thus, we pray, give, and go, to see this happen in our community and around the world. 

 

Family Shepherding

The primary discipleship arena for children is in the family (Deut 6:6-7, Eph 6:4). We train families to better live out the gospel at home, and then build upon that discipleship in the church. 

 

Giving (time, talents, treasure)

God has blessed his people with resources. These resources (time, talents, and treasure) are not to be hoarded by the individual, but offered back to him worship. A generous life is God’s calling for the Christian (Matt 25:14ff, 2 Cor 9:6)

 

Unity

Unity among believes was the earnest prayer of Jesus in the upper room (John 17:11ff) and was the continued proclamation of the apostles. (Eph 4:3-5; Gal 5:14-15). 

what we believe

  • We believe in the verbal inspiration and authority of the scriptures.
  • We believe that the Bible reveals God, the fall of man, the way of salvation, and God's plan and purpose in the ages. 
  • We believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. 
  • We believe in the deity, virgin birth, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. 
  • We believe that salvation is by grace plus nothing and minus nothing. The conditions of salvation are repentance and faith.
  • We believe in the visible, personal, and premillennial return of Jesus Christ. 
  • We believe in the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.


who we are

Cornerstone Baptist Church is a unified body of Christian families that exists to promote the will of God through:

  • EXPOSITORY preaching
  • EVANGELISTIC outreach       
  • EXALTATION of the triune Godhead
  • EDIFICATION of the saints. 

We believe Cornerstone to be an upward looking, outward looking, and inward looking church. We look upward in that we believe all ministries should bring glory to our Heavenly Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We look outward in that we believe Cornerstone should be evangelistically intensive.  And we look inward because we believe the church should also edify the saints so that they might do the work of the ministry. These reasons drive our purpose and mission statements.