Reaching Up

Bullet 1:    Effective worship in drawing people into God’s presence.  (Hebrews 13:15)
Worshiping God delights Him and humbles ourselves.  It is what we are designed to do.  Excellence in worship is also a powerful witness to unbelievers and is a key component for visitors to choose Cornerstone as their church.

Bullet 2:    A praying church.  (Ephesians 6:18)
We desire to be a church filled with people who are dependent upon God through prayer as opposed to being self-reliant.   Self-reliance is more akin to pride whereas dependence upon God honors Him.  This spirit of dependence is portrayed in how people pray.  We desire to be a church where individuals have a vibrant prayer life where prayer is saturated through all of our meetings and where corporate prayer is well attended.  We would like to be “a house of prayer!”

Reaching In

Bullet 3:    Effective preaching of God’s Word.  (2 Timothy 4:1-2)
Effective preaching helps us all grow closer to God.  It is also evangelistic in explaining the gospel and in motivating visitors to return.  We want to have our preaching time be an interesting, thought provoking time where God’s word changes people’s lives.  We want people to grow in their knowledge of God as they grow in their understanding of His word.

Bullet 4:    Facilitating spiritual growth in the body nurtured by a strong relational environment.  (Hebrews 10:24-25)
We wish to see spiritual growth in the body and believe that having strong, trusting relationships with guidance, encouragement and support is an effective way to facilitate this.  This also helps unchurched people become part of the church community.  We want to have a high percent of people in small groups, have many that have a discipleship partner, and have numerous fellowship events - all to promote spiritual growth.

Reaching Out

Bullet 5:    Continuous growth over the next 5 years.  (Matthew 28:19-20)
Growth is a key indicator of church health.  By growing, we have more resources to reach lost people and to edify our church body.  We desire to meet the need for a contemporary evangelical church in the growing area of East Blaine.

Bullet 6:    Purposefully reach out in God’s love to those who are not currently part of a church family.  (Matthew 9:37-38)
It is to our spiritual gain and our responsibility to reach out in God’s love to those who are not attending church.  We want to have a culture of evangelism at Cornerstone by equipping people to make an impact for Christ in their circles and by being creative in going out to intentionally reach people for Christ in our community.  We desire to see 150 people who are not currently part of a church family attend Cornerstone within the next 5 years.

Bullet 7:    One church plant in the next 5 years.  (Acts 1:13-20)
We value reaching the unchurched in communities near and far by being the point church in providing resources (our people, time and money) to help start like-minded evangelical churches.

Reaching Down

Bullet 8:    Launch a campaign within 3 years to support the purchase of property which will support our long term ministry opportunities.  Within 5 years, we will have obtained or broken ground on a new facility.
This will enhance our ability to edify those who are part of the Cornerstone church family as well as enable us to better reach out to the community.   Having a building will facilitate ministry and help us more effectively utilize people and their time.  In addition, this will further establish our recognition and presence in the community.