October 3, 2021
Today ➔
Thank you so much for joining us in worship this morning! If you are new here to Cornerstone, welcome! We are a multi-ethnic, multi-generational community of disciples, who are seeking to learn from Jesus, trust Jesus, become like Jesus, and help others do the same.
Our mission is to give every individual an accurate picture of God by helping those who believe become fully devoted followers of Christ.
We are currently on the fourth week of our sermon series, Membership for THE Mission, and today, pastors Todd Nighswonger & Christian Burkhardt will walk us through Cornerstone’s Discipleship Pathway (you can find sermon notes & questions below). But before we continue through our series, we will spend some time in worship and communion with one another. And following the sermon, we have the honor of hearing Christian’s testimony!
events ➔
If you’re new here to Cornerstone and would like to learn more about the various ministries offered at Cornerstone, join us for our Meet & Greet next Sunday, October 10th!
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Gatherings & Meetings ➔
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Sermon overview & Questions ➔
Membership for THE Mission: Our Discipleship Pathway
Todd Nighswonger & Christian Burkhardt | October 3, 2021
Synopsis: On week one of our membership series, we discussed the importance the Bible places upon local committed relationships in advancing the mission of God—of making disciples. In the second week, Christian helped us to see that membership is, at its heart, the mutual commitment of making disciples of Jesus Christ that we make to one another (“a follower of Jesus who is learning from Jesus, trusting Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and helping others do the same”). Last week, Christian explained even further what the commitment is by helping us to understand the idea of a covenant — “a formalized relationship based upon promises of ongoing faithfulness in pursuit of a common mission.” Most importantly, we learned that the “purpose of membership at Cornerstone is nothing more (or less) than the commitment to live according to the relationship, promises, and mission of the new covenant within this particular local church.”
This week, our heart is to help clarify even further what membership is at Cornerstone. We will do this by looking at Cornerstone’s Discipleship Pathway. And what is comforting is that we don’t need to do something new. Instead, we need to constantly remind ourselves to return to something very ancient. The Discipleship Pathway is based upon the way in which Jesus and the early church made disciples.
Questions: For questions related to today’s sermon, please see our community guide.
Cornerstone’s Membership Booklet: Church Membership, p. 14
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