Cornerstone has a wide variety of opportunities to serve in our Foreign & Community Missions Ministries. You can go on one of several foreign mission trips each year to different parts of the world, get involved with an organization Cornerstone partners with, write to a missionary, or participate in a project in our local community. Being involved with our Missions teams can be a life-changing experience, it was for the Haiti team (see below) and it can be for you too.
How can we share Christ with the community? Some of the greatest opportunities to share Christ with others is by following His example and directive by serving and ministering to the needs of the brothers and sisters in our community. Letting people know we love them and that they are important to us is a witness to them of Christ’s love in us and for us and of His love for them. By helping serve those in need, we are the truth of God’s Word to a lost world and give glory to God. You will make a difference, one person at a time.
We come in contact daily with people who are strugging and need Christ. We are to be the “…the light of the world…” (Matthew 5:14) so, “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16). ”If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?” (James 2:15-16). For more information regarding Community Missions, please contact Pastor Bill Aanestad at baanestad@go2cornerstone.com.
These are a sampling of the kinds of projects we do:
The Bible commands followers of Christ to go into all the world and tell others about God. These days spreading the Gospel into the far reaches of the planet has become much easier. However, to reach everyone so that they may hear the Good News of Jesus Christ , we need to send out men and women who have a passion to reach lost people and proclaim the Gospel with words and actions by supporting them financially and prayerfully.
Through foreign missions we our accomplishing great things. Our short-term trips to Mexico, monthly financial support to several missionaries, and long-term mission projects, bring God’s Word and love in practical ways to the hopeless and the lost.
For more information regarding Foreign Missions, please contact Pastor Mike Brisson at mbrisson@go2cornerstone.com.
Pastor Ron and Pastor Mike,
I want to say that I am thankful to be a part of the Cornerstone Community Family. I have been at Cornerstone for 7 years. I have grown as a Christian through the ministry of the word as well as the constant call to get involved in the Church. This experience of being on the Standing With Haiti Team strenghtened my sense of belonging. I applaud the Church for its local and international outreach.
In Him,
Annette Nyqvist
I am humbled and truly appreciative of the ability, resources, and endurance God has given each one on this team. We and similar teams in Haiti and around the world are truly fortunate to be given the chance to make a difference. The Lord has enabled us to do what we can to make a change in a country that is so needy of change. Just to look into the eyes of the children and see their strength and resolve to prosper is life changing! The work of Jesus and what we were able to accomplish is inspiring. We are blessed to show that there are people who are willing to make sacrifices to go out in The Lord’s name to help His people!
Thanks to the Haiti Team, Cornerstone Community Church, Samaritan’s Purse, and Lazarian Homes for making it possible!!
In Christ’s name, Tod Hoskins
This was my first international short-term mission trip with Cornerstone Community Church but my eighth overall. Others have been to Latin America, Caribbean Islands and Europe. Some were physical labor and some were evangelism.
On this trip, and each trip, I was impressed 1) with the acuteness of the need not only for socio-economic help but for spiritual help – people desperately need the Lord, 2) that these are real people not just pictures in the media – we got to meet several wonderful people, and 3) the ways God will use ordinary people who are willing to be used, many times outside their comfort zone – teachers, managers, architects, engineers, pastors and craftsmen worked construction shoulder to shoulder attempting to relieve a critical housing shortage and share God’s love.
A tremendous blessing awaits you on the next international short-term mission trip. Dick Siems
<<Click Here>> for a firsthand account of the trip to Haiti from one of the team members, Cathy Early
Check out this Video of the Missions Team in Haiti.
Check out this YouTube Video of the Missions Team in Mexico.
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