7Sep, 2024
    BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY Is September 15th! Invite Everyone!

     

     

    Over 75% of Americans battle loneliness.  It doesn’t have to be you! Come find out why “You Belong Here” #BacktoChurch

    We’re having a special service specifically designed to welcome people back to church, so now is a good time to start praying about who you will invite. 

    This year’s Back to Church Sunday theme is “You Belong Here,” based on Romans 15:7. The fact is that 75% of Americans admit to feeling deep loneliness. In addition, the number of Americans with no close friends has tripled since 1985. That’s why we are here – for people to get plugged in, form friendships, and have the chance to serve together in the community.

    So join us Sunday September 15th for #BacktoChurch Sunday at 9:30 or 11:00 am. We’re talking about how “You Belong Here”!

    This is the perfect opportunity to invite your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers to join you and grow deeper in their faith, or perhaps encounter God for the first time.

    7Sep, 2024
    GROW SEMINAR – Begins Sunday September 8, 11 am

     

    You will be taken back to the clear instructions God gives on how to grow up and please Him. This seminar will teach you how important it is to mature in your faith, God’s way, and how to measure your progress.

    We will meet on the back porch and start at 11 am. If you have a Next Step notebook from a Meet & Greet, Membership Info Dinner, or a Next Step Class please bring them with you. The pages that I will give you are a manual of great detail to help you in your life long journey with God. I will not cover all of this while we have our six hours together, but I will lay down a clear and concise Bible Study sharing the foundational steps to grow up God’s way.

    There are audio recordings and more details on my website Seven Steps to Maturity, thousands have found it useful. The site is at https://7steps.klptv.com/front-page/ and may help you understand what God expects of you to grow spiritually if you want the extra help. This seminar will encourage you to take your growth and walk with God more seriously than your career, hobbies, and personal enjoyments of this life.

     

    SEPTEMBER

    08 (Week 1) Introduction – The Four Phases of Spiritual Life/ The Seven Steps / Step 1 Examined

    You will learn how to measure your spiritual growth, why you must be determined to advance spiritually, and how to focus on your first step of obedience. When you are convicted of your sin, admit and repent you are born again. Your sins are forgiven but just a spiritual infant! You must be changed.You must fight with every ounce of new faith you have, cling to every promise you find in God’s Word, and rush to other believers to help you.

    22 (Week 2) Step 2 – With All Your Diligence Use Your New Virtue to Add Knowledge                          

    Because we talk about knowledge and read the Bible and other books does not mean we KNOW God! You read and get some knowledge, but if you concentrate on building godly character you will begin to experience GOD! We will help you understand how.

    29 (Week 3) Step 3 – Exercise Your Knowledge of God to Develop Self-Control. 

    When you begin Step 3 you enter strength training. Your goal is to combine  your faith, your character, and your knowledge of God to become strong in the Lord. Your spiritual life will begin to reflect restraint and self-control. The desire to please God starts to merge with the strength and power to resist the devil.

     

    OCTOBER

    13 (Week 4) Step 4 – With Every Bit of Self-Control You MUST Push Forward and Stand Up and Conquer

    Use your new self-defense mechanism, the power of self-control, to turn the tide and become a conqueror! Our savior expects us to go and march forward in the spiritual fight for this generation.

    20 (Week 5) Step 5 – Use Your Steadfast Strength, Develop Godliness, & Become the Servant of God

    Train yourself for godliness. You must learn to have complete dependance upon Him for your life. To be godly is to be like Jesus who loved and served the Father by serving others as your normal and everyday way of life.

    27 (Week 6) Steps 6 & 7 As you invest in others by serving them, you will begin to love them

    In Step 6 we learn to love our fellow Christians. This is where your spiritual strength and steadfastness are needed and revealed to accomplish whatever assignment your Lord calls you to tackle. The whole concept of this step is clear. It takes a godlike person, relying on the fruit of the Spirit, to love people like God does. Brotherly kindness does not come easily, it takes a lot of forgiveness and patience.

    Every step of spiritual maturity leads us to the final step, developing the passion of loving even your enemies with no need of anything in return. Even though we need godliness to love our fellow Christians in the biblical way, we really need godliness plus strong friendship to actually love the world that hates us.

     

    5Sep, 2024
    September is Missions Month – Week 2 – North American Missions
    AAEO, Las Vegas, Henderson, NV, 2023
     
     
     

     

    MISSIONS SEPTEMBER 2024 – NORTH AMERICA MISSIONS

    A Mission Field in Need of Hope

    The North American Mission Board serves a diverse and complex region comprised of: United States, Canada and U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa

    Your prayers and gifts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® provide support for thousands of missionaries. These men and women are planting new churches in unreached communities and meeting needs through compassion ministries. Every day, lives are being impacted and transformed.

    371 Million population 281 Million estimated lost

    350 Languages 3000+ Missionaries

    Because of this, Southern Baptist churches have planted more than 11,000 churches in North America since 2010

    100% of your gifts go to the mission field

    85% Church Planting

    10% Evangelism & Compassion Ministry

    03% Sending & Leadership

    02% Missions Education

    Church Planting – financial funding and benefits for planting missionaries, training, recruitment, ministry assistance for equipment and outreach missionary housing, missionary care.

    Evangelism and Compassion Ministries – evangelism resource materials and events, financial funding and benefits for missionaries involved in compassion ministry.

    Sending and Leadership – mobilization events, leadership resources and events, funding for short-term student missionaries.

    Missions Education – resources and training focused on mission field education for recruitment and mobilization of church planting missionaries.

    Ways to Give

    Gifts are accepted all year. 100% of your Annie Armstrong Easter Offering gifts support thousands of missionaries in church planting and compassion ministry.

    27Aug, 2024
    September is Missions Month – Week 1 -International Mission Board

     

    The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to this problem is the gospel. Together, Southern Baptists send IMB missionaries to be steadfastly present among people and places where Jesus is not named or known.

    Southern Baptists send IMB missionaries to be steadfastly present among those who have never heard the gospel — people in cities, people in hard-to-reach places, and people who are dispersed and displaced around the world. At the IMB, we believe that missionary presence cultivates gospel access, gospel belief, and church planting and multiplication. Gospel access that knows no geographic or social boundary. Gospel belief that results in lives transformed. Church planting and multiplication that leads to local ownership of God’s mission. God has made our purpose clear. Together, we seek to take the gospel to every nation, all tribes and peoples and languages. We give ourselves to this mission every day.

    God’s Work Through Us in 2023

    We are witnessing God’s movement among the nations. Let’s rejoice in highlights from this past year.

    • 3,515 missionaries supported with comprehensive care
    • 1,036 unique people groups engaged
    • 879,798 people heard the gospel
    • 141,206 new believers
    • 116,992 baptisms
    • 269,571 discipled
    • 12,618 trained in church planting

    We collect and publish statistics annually. This data reflects information from the Annual Statistical Report, 2023 Data-Year (IMB) published in May 2024.

     

     

    15Aug, 2024
    Next Step: Spiritual Growth Seminar Begins September 8th 11 AM

     

    Are You a Mature Christian? How do you know? Is there a Biblical way to know if you are maturing in the faith? Does God give us a way to measure growth?

    Absolutely! In Seven Steps To Maturity, Randy Bell shares powerful insights from two of Christ’s closest friends, John and Peter. You will be taken back to the clear instructions God gives on how to grow up and please Him. This class will teach you how important it is to mature in the faith God’s way, and how to measure your progress. And also Peter warns you must follow this narrow way. “But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins. So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:9-11 (NLT)

    In all levels of normal public education, a very systematic and calculated program is established. Each level achieved, lays the foundation for the next level. First, basic concepts are laid as a foundation, then more complex principles are added, followed by specific applications. Simply said, a kindergartner is given basic information. Then the elementary grades lay down strong foundations for the students. Next, the middle and high school build and develop larger principles, since the basics are already understood. Finally, the college level training applies very specific applications to turn the abstract ideas, information, and concepts into real world activities and jobs.

    No one in their right mind would try to teach college level math to a first grader, nor brain surgery to a fifth grader. Without a clear developed path of learning, a child would never be able to eventually become a trusted brain surgeon. The dangers of having brain surgery would be astronomical with a chaotic and random learning process. Everyone understands the necessity of carefully planned education.

    But, the church is so fragmented and confused there is little thought involved in teaching the Word with the purpose of developing maturity. Few if any use a graded or measurable way of maturing believers. Because of this, there is little understanding of the Bible in the rank and file. In fact, mass confusion is leading the church into self destruction.

    Research proves the vast majority of kids today that have grown up in the church quit as soon as possible. Divorce is more prevalent in the church than the culture without God. In general, the average Christian cannot coherently explain the main concepts of the Bible, let alone apply them to their lives for the promised life of blessing that God’s Word offers.

    Because of this great need today, we offer a simple to understand, but Biblical, plan for spiritual maturity. Even though we mostly teach adults in the church, it is hard to see that many are only spiritual infants or children.

    Registration required!

    REGISTER NOW

    8Aug, 2024
    Cornerstone Connection Dinner: August 25, 2024
     
     
     
    Discover the foundational steps to participate in the mission and ministry of Cornerstone Baptist
     
     
     

    3Aug, 2024
    First Connect Meet & Greet, Sunday, August 4, 11 AM
     
     
     
    24Jul, 2024
    Sunday @ Cornerstone 7/28/2024

     

    Here what is going to happen this weekend. First, Pastor Carl is back and will be teaching us about prayer and God’s amazing responses to His people when we seriously call upon Him. In Acts 12:5-19 we will see how the Lord miraculously responded to the church. Most in our day doubt God will answer, but some of them did also. He answered anyway!

    Make sure you make it early too. If you attend the first worship at 9:30 come by 9:15, grab a cup of coffee and a doughnut and get to know your brothers and sisters in Christ. The same goes for the 11 am worship. Come by 10:45 and befriend others.

    The song list is: 1/ Plead the Blood 2/ Strength Will Rise 3/ Same God To practice them with lyrics type WORSHIP and text to 844-870-8490.

     

     

    17Jul, 2024
    Cornerstone Movie Night August 2, 7:20 PM – SAMSON – An Amazing Biblical Action Movie!
     
     
    SAMSON, empowered by God with supernatural strength, endangers his destiny with impulsive decisions that lead to betrayal by a wicked prince and a beautiful temptress. When Samson calls on his God once more, he turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory.
     
    From the creators of GOD’S NOT DEAD comes SAMSON, an action-packed biblical epic. Starring Billy Zane, Rutger Hauer and Jackson Rathbone, Samson’s journey of passion, betrayal, and redemption inspires audiences to realize that life’s failures need not define their future.
     
    Starring:

    Jackson Rathbone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Zane, Lindsay Wagner, Caitlin Leahy and Taylor James as Samson
     
    Free movie, popcorn, drinks, and snacks to help you enjoy a night out and experience a great movie. Don’t miss it this, FRIDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 2, 7:20 PM! Bring your family and friends!

     

    5Jul, 2024
    Friendship Sunday At Cornerstone Sunday July 14TH

     

     

    FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY AN ACTS 2:42 EVENT – Worship and Breaking Bread Together

    FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY IS AN ACTS 2:42 EVENT of God’s Word, Worship, Fellowship and Breaking Bread Together!

    As Acts 2 states: “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers… 44 And all who believed were together … 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people.”

    09:30 am First Worship/Superhero Kids (9:30-10:45)

    10:45 am Games/Fellowship/Food Preparation (outside in the back during second worship gathering)

    11:00 am Second Worship Gathering (11:00 am – 11:35 am) Volunteers are welcome to help in this service!

    11:40 am All Church Picnic (bring outdoor chairs, and a dish to pass if you want, not required)

     

    42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers... 44 And all who believed were together … 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

    WE ARE BUILDING FELLOWSHIP! = Fellowship is based on the “one another commands” of the New Testament.  “Love one another;” “exhort one another;” “comfort one another;” “bearing with one another;” “forgiving one another;” edify one another;” “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs;” “we are members of one another;” minister your grace gift “to one another;”, and “pray for one another” are examples of at least twenty-three one another commands. *See below for details.

    * Fellowship together is defined as koinoônia from the Greek language of the New Testament. It means partnership, close social union, deep communication, and common distribution. Like a piece of plywood, God wants our local church families to be glued together in such a union that the pulling apart of any one Christian will hurt and scar the group. The Holy Spirit formed “original church” exemplifies this for us. This is clearly presented in the language of our text, “All who believed were together;” “all things in common;” “continued daily with one accord;” and “breaking bread from house to house.”

    According to Acts 2:42-47 we are partnered together in four ways: membership, mission, ministry, and maturity. Therefore we must understand what fellowship embraces. Fellowship is based on the “one another commands” of the New Testament.  “Love one another;” “exhort one another;” “comfort one another;” “bearing with one another;” “forgiving one another;” edify one another;” “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs;” “we are members of one another;” minister your grace gift “to one another;”, and “pray for one another” are examples of at least twenty-three one another commands. Therefore, as the local church gathers for worship it must follow the teaching and example of how the Bible guides the church to fellowship. We must interweave into our gatherings the opportunity for believers to obey these commands.

    The obvious teaching is that when they met on Sunday they came to fellowship with God and their Christian family. The reason we gather, Paul instructs, is for “edification and exhortation and comfort to men.” We can have fun alone with God and worship God in our “closets.” Yes we can have incredible prayer in our “closets.” But, when we gather a partnership unfolds. A common distribution of love and ministry must begin. Everything must happen so that “loving one another” is clearly practiced.