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- Those who are lost matter to God and ought to matter to the church.
- Relationships are more important than institutions.
- Christian believers should yearn for continuous spiritual growth.
- Worship should be culturally relevant, yet pure in the pursuit and expression of scriptural truth.
- Anointed teaching is the catalyst for transforming individual lives and the church.
- Excellent music is a vital component of transformative worship.
- Cornerstone's mission is best served by a unified community with HPUMC.
- The United Methodist faith proclaimed at Cornerstone is best described in the four elements of founder John Wesley's so-called Wesleyan Quadrilateral:
Holy Scripture - the primary source and standard for Christian doctrine.
Tradition - we witness the development and growth of our faith through the centuries, in many nations and cultures.
Experience - a Christian individual understands and appropriates Christian faith in the light of their own life.
Reason - a Christian individual brings discerning and cogent thought to their Christian faith.
Taken together, these four elements bring the individual to a fulfilling and mature understanding of the Christian faith, and to the required response of worship and service.
- Christian believers are obligated to the pursuit of perfection as expressed in the denominational foundations of John Wesley.
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