Cornerstone Baptist Church seeks to glorify God by obeying the Great Commandment¹, fulfilling the Great Commission², and renewing ourselves³ in order to lead our community, our nation, and our world⁴ to Christ.
1 Matt. 22:36-39
2 Matt. 28:19-20
3 Rom. 12:1-2
4 Acts 1:8

We envision Cornerstone Baptist Church as a growing community of caring believers, dependant upon and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live victorious Christian lives. The love of Christ is revealed in our lives through meaningful worship, compassionate evangelism and service for God’s glory. As each member is equipped for ministry, we will be built up, affirmed, and unified in the faith.

1. A commitment to the development of disciples - Matt. 28:19-20; Eph. 4:11-16; 2 Tim. 2:2.
Operative words: Seeking, Evangelizing, Teaching, Joining, Reproducing
We are committed to making disciples by developing friendships with unbelievers in the workplace, neighborhood and through community involvement. Our desire is to create opportunities to share the gospel and lead unbelievers to Christ. We endeavor to teach new believer's the elements of Christian living, the centrality of the local church in God's plan and the importance of sharing their faith with others.

2. A commitment to the development of an authentic biblical community - Acts 2:42-47
Operative words: Teaching, Fellowship, Worship, Witness
We are committed to the spiritual growth of the body of Christ through relevant, biblical teaching, fellowship through sharing our faith and prayer, worship which focuses on adoration of God and equipping one another to reach an unbelieving community.

3. A commitment to the development of lay leadership - Eph. 4:12;2 Tim. 2:2
Operative words: Equip, Entrust
We are committed to developing every member as a minister. We believe that the primary responsibility of the pastor(s) is to equip the saints for works of service and then release them to that service. Responsibilities for service will be placed in the hands of the membership as they are equipped and entrusted with the ministry.

4. A commitment to the development of dynamic Christian living and ministry. – 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 1 Cor. 2:4; 2 Tim. 1:7; Jn. 14:13-14; Eph. 3:20; 1 Jn. 5:14-15
Operative words: Word, Spirit, Prayer
We are committed to the reality of victorious living in daily life. This is the way God planned it (2 Pet. 1:3-4). Our resources are the Word, the Spirit and prayer (Eph. 6:10-18). The combination of these three empower the Christian (Eph. 1:19) for a dynamic life and ministry and provide daily victory over the world the flesh and the Devil. Therefore we communicate and demonstrate a dependence upon the Word, the Spirit and prayer in our daily lives and in the conception, planning and execution of the ministries of this church.

5. A commitment to the development of creativity and innovation in ministry. – 1 Cor. 9:19-22
Operative words: Biblical, Relevant
We are committed to relevant ministry based upon the eternal Word which communicates a timeless message to contemporary needs. We recognize that the message never changes but the methods must continually change to meet the needs of a changing society. We will endeavor to reach our generation by encouraging the use of creative and innovative methods in all areas of ministry.

6. A commitment to the development of excellence in ministry. – 1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17
Operative words: Honor, Testimony
We are committed to offering our best to God in our service to him. We believe that everything that is done should bring honor to God's name and be a testimony of his grace to the unchurched community.