Beliefs
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.
01. Trinity
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We believe that God is one in His nature and three in His Persons. Specifically, we confess that there is only one God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three eternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance yet distinct in function. They execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption.
02. God the father
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We believe in God the Father who is infinite and personal, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe that He infallibly foreknows all that shall come to pass, that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
03. God the son
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We believe in God the Son, Jesus Christ, who 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.
04. God the holy Spirit
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We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who was sent to convict the world of sin and to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. 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.
05. Scripture
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We believe that the Bible is the breathed-out, written Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has primary authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
06. Salvation
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We believe that man, created by God in His own image, rebelled against Him and thereby incurred physical, spiritual, and eternal death. As a consequence, all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners by choice and are therefore under condemnation. We believe that those who repent of and forsake sin to trust Jesus Christ as Savior through His substitutionary death on the cross have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit to become new creatures, are delivered from condemnation, and receive eternal life.
07. Church
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We believe in the universal church, a living spiritual body of which Christ is the head and all regenerated persons are members. We believe in the local church, consisting of a company of believers in Jesus Christ, baptized on a credible profession of faith, and associated for worship, work, and fellowship.
08. last things
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We believe in the bodily return of Jesus Christ, when he comes in power and glory to judge the world, raise the dead, and to consummate His redemptive mission.
