What We Believe

The core beliefs of Cornerstone Church JC are the unfiltered, foundational truths taught in the Holy Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flow out of these Biblical doctrines as plainly presented in scripture.

There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom,  justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Genesis 1:1, 1 John 4:8, Hebrews 1:3, John 3:16

Who is the uncreated and eternal Son of God, the Word who was from the beginning with God, and through whom all things seen and unseen were created. He came to earth both fully God and fully man. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin.   He walked our earth as a man without sin, perfectly manifesting the nature of God and the will of God for all of mankind. By the plan of God from before the foundation of the earth, He voluntarily suffered at the hands of men, was crucified, died and buried as a sacrifice for all sin for all time for whosoever receives Him.  He defeated death and sin, was raised from the dead and ascended into heaven. He was seated at the right hand of God, where He lives to make intercession for those who have chosen Him. He will soon return to the earth as its rightful King to rule the nations in perfect justice and mercy.
Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:18, Luke 1:32-33, Hebrews 1:2-3, Acts 2:22-36, Hebrews 2:14-17, Revelation 1:8, Ephesians 1:20-23, Revelation 11:15

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Triune God; He was given, as Jesus prophesied and as was promised by the Father, on the Day of Pentecost to be our Helper while we are in the earth. He is One with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is not only active in the world today convicting of sin, righteousness and judgment, but also is active in the life of every believer who receives Him, empowering them to do the miracle works of Jesus. We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, as demonstrated in the believers of the original New Testament church.
Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 2:1-8, Luke 11:13

God created mankind in His own image and placed male and female on the earth to have dominion over the works of His hands, and to walk in fellowship with and in obedience to Him. God’s original intention in creating mankind was that He could have a family. But man, by voluntary transgression, sinned against God thereby forfeiting his position and fellowship with God.  God devised a plan whereby His innocent Son, Jesus Christ, could come to earth and take upon Himself the transgression of man and all its consequences, making the way for the Father to be reunited with His family.
Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 3:1-7, Genesis 3-15-16

Man’s only hope of redemption and restoration to fellowship with God is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ at the cross of Calvary. Salvation is for this present life as well as the life that is to come, that is, our eternal home with God. Salvation is freely offered to every man, woman, and child. The choice to receive this salvation is an exercise of man's God-given freewill. Salvation is received as a free gift by grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ and Him alone, not by any human works or goodness.
Colossians 1:14, 1 Timothy 4:8, Romans 10:9

The redemptive work of Jesus Christ includes Divine provision for the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing of every believer. Every part of man that was affected by the fall of man is more than restored in full by this great salvation found in Jesus Christ alone.
Romans 1:16-17, Galatians 3:13-14, Matthew 8:17, 1  Peter 2:24

The whole Bible is Divinely inspired by God. It is infallible and inerrant. The Word of God is personal, alive and is the Christian’s rule of faith and practice.  We use several English translations of the Bible noting that the original Scriptures were written primarily in Greek and Hebrew and that men reference those texts to translate into English by the help of the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12, John 16:13

Water baptism holds a significant purpose in salvation, yet is not mandatory for eternal life and fellowship with God. It is an outward sign of an inward change of heart. This change happens when one receives Jesus as Lord and Savior and is called the New Birth. Water baptism, signifying burial with Christ and resurrection to a new life in Him, should be observed as commanded in Holy Scriptures by all who have repented of sin and, in their hearts, have truly believed in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.
Acts 8:35-39, Romans 6:3-4

We believe in the fruits the Holy Spirit brings and in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Men have changed. Tradition has changed. But God has never changed. It was and still is His plan for every believer to be equipped with these essential, supernatural endowments of the Holy Spirit for successful Christian living.
Galatians 5:22-23, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, John 16:8-11

Every Christian should participate in Holy Communion as often as they would, privately and corporately, which consists of the partaking of the elements of bread and wine signifying our identification with the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:23-32, Acts 46-47

The Word of God on marriage is the basis for our faith and practice. God created marriage as a covenant made between one man and one woman that makes the two one flesh. The marriage covenant requires the married parties to be faithful, loving, helpful to each other as long as they both shall live. This Church observes the wedding ceremony as holy and unto God.
Genesis 2:24