What Is Our Vision?
Our vision at Cornerstone Bible Church is this:
We desire to see every member equipped and sent to bring the transforming power of Christ to every home, workplace, school, and neighborhood in Central and Eastern Geauga County, to the glory of God.
At Cornerstone Bible Church, we believe that we exist for something far bigger than ourselves.
We are not merely a gathering of like-minded people, nor a religious refuge from a broken world. We are the redeemed people of God who are called by grace, saved by Christ, and sent by the Spirit. Ephesians 4:11-16 guides our view of every-member ministry, and it is our desire as elders to equip every member for the work of ministry and maturity in the faith. Equipped and mature believers model their lives after Jesus, the Greatest Evangelist.
That desire begins with a conviction that Christ saves and transforms sinners. The gospel is not advice for self-improvement; it is the announcement of salvation through the crucified, risen, and reigning Christ. God doesn’t just repair what is broken, He makes the dead alive. And the same gospel that saved us is the gospel the world desperately needs.
But God’s ordinary means for making Christ known has always been His people.
He doesn’t call a few professionals to do the work while the rest observe. He calls every believer (young and old, new in the faith or seasoned by years) to be equipped with the Word of God and sent into the world as faithful witnesses. The church gathers to be strengthened, taught, and shepherded, so that it might scatter to carry the light of Christ into the places God has already placed us. We are gathered by grace in order to go!
Your home and workplace are not an accident. Your classroom, your neighborhood, and your daily routines are all by divine appointment. God has sovereignly positioned His people throughout Central and Eastern Geauga County so that the name of Christ would be made known through ordinary faithfulness, boldly spoken truth, and lives shaped by the gospel.
At Cornerstone, we are convinced that evangelism is not a program but a way of life. It is loving our neighbors enough to speak truth. It is praying for open doors. It is trusting the Spirit of God to do what only He can do: convict hearts, grant repentance, and bring new life.
And we do all of this for one ultimate purpose: God’s glory.
Not the growth of our reputation nor the size of our church. But that God would be worshiped, His grace magnified, and His Son exalted as Savior and Lord in this generation, in this county. When Christ is proclaimed, when sinners are saved, and when lives are transformed, that glory belongs to God alone.
So, then, Cornerstone Bible Church aspires to be a church that is grounded in the truth of God’s Word, dependent upon His grace, stewards of His gifts, and compassionate toward the lost.
Why this vision?
Mark’s Gospel gives the account of the disciples fearing for their lives during a storm while Jesus slept peacefully in the rear of the boat. The disciples asked: “Do you not care that we are perishing?” Everywhere I look in this troubled age, that question resounds in the back of my mind. Do we care that sinners are perishing? What if your lost friends, neighbors, family members, and co-workers would ask you the same question? How wonderful it would be to have Christ, like He did for the disciples in the midst of the storm, bring the peace of salvation throughout our communities and circles of influence. “Peace, be still!”
May God use us faithfully, humbly, and boldly to bring the transforming power of Christ to every corner of this community, until the knowledge of the glory of the Lord fills this place for generations to come.
Check out the video HERE.
We desire to see every member equipped and sent to bring the transforming power of Christ to every home, workplace, school, and neighborhood in Central and Eastern Geauga County, to the glory of God.
At Cornerstone Bible Church, we believe that we exist for something far bigger than ourselves.
We are not merely a gathering of like-minded people, nor a religious refuge from a broken world. We are the redeemed people of God who are called by grace, saved by Christ, and sent by the Spirit. Ephesians 4:11-16 guides our view of every-member ministry, and it is our desire as elders to equip every member for the work of ministry and maturity in the faith. Equipped and mature believers model their lives after Jesus, the Greatest Evangelist.
That desire begins with a conviction that Christ saves and transforms sinners. The gospel is not advice for self-improvement; it is the announcement of salvation through the crucified, risen, and reigning Christ. God doesn’t just repair what is broken, He makes the dead alive. And the same gospel that saved us is the gospel the world desperately needs.
But God’s ordinary means for making Christ known has always been His people.
He doesn’t call a few professionals to do the work while the rest observe. He calls every believer (young and old, new in the faith or seasoned by years) to be equipped with the Word of God and sent into the world as faithful witnesses. The church gathers to be strengthened, taught, and shepherded, so that it might scatter to carry the light of Christ into the places God has already placed us. We are gathered by grace in order to go!
Your home and workplace are not an accident. Your classroom, your neighborhood, and your daily routines are all by divine appointment. God has sovereignly positioned His people throughout Central and Eastern Geauga County so that the name of Christ would be made known through ordinary faithfulness, boldly spoken truth, and lives shaped by the gospel.
At Cornerstone, we are convinced that evangelism is not a program but a way of life. It is loving our neighbors enough to speak truth. It is praying for open doors. It is trusting the Spirit of God to do what only He can do: convict hearts, grant repentance, and bring new life.
And we do all of this for one ultimate purpose: God’s glory.
Not the growth of our reputation nor the size of our church. But that God would be worshiped, His grace magnified, and His Son exalted as Savior and Lord in this generation, in this county. When Christ is proclaimed, when sinners are saved, and when lives are transformed, that glory belongs to God alone.
So, then, Cornerstone Bible Church aspires to be a church that is grounded in the truth of God’s Word, dependent upon His grace, stewards of His gifts, and compassionate toward the lost.
Why this vision?
Mark’s Gospel gives the account of the disciples fearing for their lives during a storm while Jesus slept peacefully in the rear of the boat. The disciples asked: “Do you not care that we are perishing?” Everywhere I look in this troubled age, that question resounds in the back of my mind. Do we care that sinners are perishing? What if your lost friends, neighbors, family members, and co-workers would ask you the same question? How wonderful it would be to have Christ, like He did for the disciples in the midst of the storm, bring the peace of salvation throughout our communities and circles of influence. “Peace, be still!”
May God use us faithfully, humbly, and boldly to bring the transforming power of Christ to every corner of this community, until the knowledge of the glory of the Lord fills this place for generations to come.
Check out the video HERE.
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