What We Teach

The following is a summary of the doctrine that will be taught at Cornerstone Community Church in Brookfield, IL. Our doctrinal beliefs are rooted in the Word of God. Our full doctrinal statement is available upon request.

We believe that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” in the sense that God guided and inspired Spirit-filled men to write the message in their own language, style, and personality as He superintended their choice of words and the citations from sources they used, so as to guard the message to keep it accurate.  His Divine inspiration is not in degrees, but extends equally and fully to all parts of the sacred writings, historical, poetical, doctrinal and prophetical, even to the smallest word, and inflection of a word found in the original manuscripts (2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Pet. 1:21; 1 Cor. 2:13; Mark 12:26, 36, 13:11; Acts 1:16, 2:4).

We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfection, and worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence, and obedience (Mark 12:29; John 1:1-14; Matt. 28:19,20; Acts 5:3, 4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Heb 1:1-3; Rev. 1:4-6).

We believe that Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, which is to say, He is Himself very God; He took upon Himself our unfallen nature, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; He died upon the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the world; He arose from the dead in a body which is human, still bearing the scars of death, but a body which is now glorified; He ascended into heaven in that glorified body, where He is now our interceding High Priest; He will come again personally and visibly to set up His kingdom and to judge the living and the dead (Col. 1:15; Phil. 2:5-8; Matt. 1:18-25; 1 Pet. 2:24, 25; Heb. 4:14-16; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thess. 4:16-18; Matt. 25:31-46; Rev. 11:15-17, 20:4-6, 11-15).

We believe in the Holy Spirit, not as an influence, but as a Divine Person, the source and power of all acceptable worship and service, and our abiding Comforter and Helper; that He never takes His departure from the Church, nor from the feeblest of the saints, but is ever present to testify to Christ, seeking to occupy us with Him; He will not serve our selfish interests (John 7:38, 39; 14:16, 17; 15:26; 16:13, 14; Acts 1:8; Rom. 8:9; Phil. 3:3).

We believe that man, originally created in the image and after the likeness of God, fell from his high and holy estate by eating the forbidden fruit, and as the consequence of his disobedience the threatened penalty of death was then and there inflicted, so that his moral nature was not only grievously injured by the Fall, but he completely lost all spiritual life, becoming dead in trespasses and sins, and subject to the power of the devil (Gen. 1:26; 2:17; John 5:40, 6:53; Eph. 2:1-3; 1 Tim. 6:5,6; 1 John 3:8).

We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received through repentance and personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18,19).

We believe in that "Blessed Hope," the personal, imminent, pre-tribulation and premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones; and in His subsequent return to earth, with His saints, to establish His millennial kingdom (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Zechariah 14:4- 11; Revelation 19:11-16; 20:1-6; l Thessalonians 1:10; 5:9; Revelation 3:10).