Beliefs | Leadership | Ministry Vision
Purpose & Beliefs
We desire to glorify God by loving Him, each other, and unbelievers, in a way that is both very much animated by the Holy Spirit, and also is informed by the truth of God’s Word. At Cornerstone, we seek to accomplish this by Delighting in God Through Christ Centered Community.
Cornerstone Bible Church exists to openly honor Jesus Christ. To that end, we are striving to be a community dedicated to loving Him by following His example, and obeying His words [John 14:15, 21; 1 Pet. 2:21]. We believe this involves teaching and learning God’s Word together so that we can know how Christ lived, and how He told us to live [1 Pet. 1:23-25; 2:2], encouraging one another to live what we are learning [Heb. 10:24-25], and explaining to those who do not yet know Christ why our hope is in Him, so that they may one day honor Jesus Christ along with us [1 Pet. 2:12].
Believing that faith in Christ is not an addition to one’s life, but rather a change of one’s life, our goal is to worship Him in all that we do. “Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” [1 Cor. 10:31].
Doctrinal Statement
Cornerstone Church ascribes to the mindset: In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity. Because of this mindset, we believe that Christians can disagree on many things within the life of the church and still join together for the purpose of fellowship and mission. However, the following are the essential doctrines that people must agree upon in order to join in fellowship as members of Cornerstone.
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We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, sufficient and authoritative for all matters of faith, life, and godliness, and without error as originally written.
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We believe that God created the universe out of nothing, and men and women in His image.
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We believe there is one God, eternally existing in three distinct persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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We believe Jesus Christ is fully man and fully God, lived a perfect life, died a substitutionary death on the cross for the sins of the world, was buried, and after three days rose from the dead, conquering death, and is now seated at the right hand of God.
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We believe all people are sinners, falling short of the glory of God, and are in need of salvation from sin and its consequences.
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We believe that salvation is by God’s grace, mercy, and faith alone, through the preaching of the gospel, repentance, and the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
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We believe every believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit and is able and expected to walk in the newness of the Spirit by obeying God and growing in Christ-likeness.
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We believe that salvation includes regeneration which produces increasing obedience and transformation into the image of Christ.
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We believe that salvation is by God’s grace, mercy, and faith alone, through the preaching of the gospel, repentance, and the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
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We believe in the universal church whereby all true believers are united through faith in Christ according to the truth of God’s Word.
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We believe that God designed marriage as a lifelong union between one man and one woman, symbolizing His covenant with the Church, while denying that marriage can encompass same-sex or non-traditional forms. We believe that all people are called to live in chastity outside of marriage and fidelity within it, denying any rationale for sexual immorality. Furthermore, we affirm the Nashville Statement of Biblical Sexuality (pdf).
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God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.
