About Us

Know. Grow. Show.

At Cornerstone we believe that God has called us to bring us alongside the people of Four Corners for the purpose of helping them align their lives with the Word of God. This takes place as they are exposed to the gospel of salvation, and take spiritual steps toward transformation. We believe that as one KNOWS God’s Word, and GROWS in Christ, it will SHOW in their everyday life.

Our Story

Our Story

Where We Started

Where we started  In 2002, God led Pastor Joel, his wife Amy, and their two young children to move from their ministry at Park Street Baptist in Saint Petersburg, FL to Four Corners with the vision of planting a gospel-centered church in a blossoming community. Several families from around the country gathered as the launch team at the Four Corners Charter Elementary School and Cornerstone was born in February, 2002 with 19 people in the first service.   

By the first Easter Service, Cornerstone had 77 in attendance and had taken on its first missionary. Knowing that the purchase of land would be the biggest hurdle, the church immediately began to save funds for what is now the home of Cornerstone on US 27.

Where we are headed...  

Where we are headed...  

Throughout the years, God continued to be with the church as people were saved, baptized, called into ministry and sent out. In 2016, Construction of the current facility was completed and the focus has not changed. 

In 2019, Cornerstone sent out its first church plant, Living Hope, which is located in the Davenport/Haines City area.

In 2025, Cornerstone sent out its second church plant, The Branches, which is located in the Haines city area.

Church Planting and missions is at the heart of all that we do. It is our goal by the grace of God to continue to reach people in the surrounding community with the good news of salvation, see them baptized, to establish more churches and teach people to align their lives with the Word of God.

Our Beliefs

The following are the core beliefs of Cornerstone Church-Davenport, FL based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the visible image of the invisible God, the holy scriptures, and through all of creation itself.

Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time.

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.  

The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.  

Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth.