About Us
Our Goals
Everyone wants a life of hope, meaning, and real love—but many people are struggling to find it, and most are done with “religion." Our goal is to help the people of Eden to discover a flourishing personal relationship with God through Jesus. We invite you to discover the same journey by visiting soon. Don’t miss the joy of taking a truthful and careful look at the real message of Jesus. The Gospel message of His Death, Burial, and Resurrection so that all who believe will have Eternal Life.
Our Pastor
Pastor Jerry Chappell Attending Golden State Baptist Bible College in Santa Clara, Ca, where he met and married his wife of 20 years, Sarah Chappell. For the last 20 years he has served in various ministries along with his wife and 4 wonderful children. After moving to Eden, the Lord began speaking to his heart about starting a church here in Eden, thus the beginning of Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Our Purpose
Cornerstone Baptist Church exists for God. In every person and ministry, God is first, and our ultimate goal is to please and glorify God. We desire for people to experience and encounter God in our church by means of our church services, and through the preaching of God's Word. If God is not glorified through our church, we have failed, no matter how much outward success we may enjoy. We desire for others to see Jesus in us, while at church and in our daily lives. Our church will not be people or program driven, but driven by an all-consuming passion to exalt our Lord, Jesus Christ.
We are also not a church that simply exists for ourselves. We exist for others. We look beyond the walls of our church to serve and minister to non-Christians, demonstrating to them the love of Christ. We do not believe it is the lost's responsibility to seek the church, but our responsibility to seek the lost. We believe the great commission compels the church to lead people to a saving knowledge of Christ and then disciple them to Christian maturity. We believe that lost people matter to God, and ought to matter to the church. "One Soul is More Important than the Whole World" In Luke 15:3-7, the shepherd who lost one sheep leaves the rest of his flock of ninety-nine to go and find the one lost sheep. This is impractical and ludicrous by the world's standard, but God loves each individual as tenaciously and wastefully as this shepherd. At Cornerstone, we experience the same personal love from God and strive to consider each other as valuable as God does. We strive to share the love of Christ and tell them that He died so that they might live with Him in Heaven.