{"id":19,"date":"2016-01-19T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcornerstonebaptistchurch.org\/index.php\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:36:19","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newcornerstonebaptistchurch.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b7b30 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27b7b30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-956b2df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"956b2df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be13a6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be13a6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dac07e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9dac07e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0e89de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0e89de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ff777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ff777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newcornerstonebaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PASTOR-AND-WIFE-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newcornerstonebaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PASTOR-AND-WIFE-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newcornerstonebaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PASTOR-AND-WIFE.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>New Cornerstone Baptist Church History<\/strong><\/p><p>It was on Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 5:00 p.m. the first meeting was held and began with Pastor, Mark A. McConnell leading the hymn, \u201cLeaning On the Everlasting Arms\u201d followed with a prayer.<\/p><p>It was Sunday, January 3, 1999 at 10:45 a.m. the first Sunday worship services began at George Washington Carver Community Center in Peoria, Illinois.\u00a0 Communion for the first Sunday was donated, along with tithing envelopes, a set of drums, an organ and two offering plates.\u00a0 Also there was a major snow storm that day.<\/p><p>God had already given the pastor a name for the new church.\u00a0 He read from 1 Peter 2:4-8 and emphasized that these passages are speaking of Jesus Christ; He is the chief Cornerstone.\u00a0 Another point made was that there is only one spiritual building and that is the people.\u00a0 Pastor also read Ephesians 2:19-22 and emphasized that stumbling is caused by refusal to submit to Jesus Christ.\u00a0 The new church was named, \u201cCornerstone Baptist Church\u201d and would operate under \u201cCornerstone Mission Ministry\u201d until the charter was filed and such time as we operate as a church.<\/p><p>Pastor McConnell stated, \u201cLet\u2019s always put Christ at the head and let\u2019s always go to His Word.\u00a0 Scripture tells us how to disagree and how to humble ourselves.\u00a0 If you stick with the Word and put Christ first, you can\u2019t go wrong.\u201d\u00a0 He wanted to focus on living the Christian life.\u00a0 George Washington Carver Community Center and Percy Baker allowed us to use the building for our services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e1435 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57e1435\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a2b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6a2b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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