Cornerstone Church (Nottingham)

Cornerstone Church, Nottingham
52°56′47.24″N 1°10′3.97″W / 52.9464556°N 1.1677694°W / 52.9464556; -1.1677694Coordinates: 52°56′47.24″N 1°10′3.97″W / 52.9464556°N 1.1677694°W / 52.9464556; -1.1677694
Location Nottingham
Country England
Denomination Evangelical Alliance
History
Dedicated 2012
Architecture
Groundbreaking 2011
Completed 2012
Construction cost £6,600,000

Cornerstone Church, is an independent evangelical church in Nottingham, England. It is one of the largest churches in Nottingham, with some 600 people coming together to worship each Sunday morning.[1]

History

The church was founded in 1825, as an overflow of the Stoney Street Baptist Church from Nottingham city centre. From a Hyson Green Baptist Church, the congregation moved in 1983 to Raleigh Street in Radford.

In 2012 the congregation moved to a new church building on Castle Boulevard in Nottingham. Erected at a cost of £3.5m, the construction was funded by the 750 strong congregation.[2]

Location

Cornerstone Church meets at Castle Boulevard in Lenton, Nottingham.

The building is located near to the University Park and Jubilee campuses of the University of Nottingham and contributes to making Cornerstone a popular choice for students there.

Services

There are two main services at Cornerstone on a Sunday: the morning service meets at 10:30 am and attracts around 600 including a great many families and as a result there is a large children and youth work at this service.

The evening service meets at 7pm. This is an hour long service does not run any programs for children so is more suited to adults.

Both services are contemporary in style but retaining a strong emphasis on expository preaching and Christ centred gospel teaching.

There is a weekly prayer meeting which starts at 6:30pm, just before the evening service.

Affiliations

The church is affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance and the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.

Staff, Pastors and Elders

As a large church in a busy city, Cornerstone has a number of different ministries and responsibilities including: outreach to International and UK students, youth work, English Language Classes, hosting various Christian conferences and supporting those from their fellowship involved in world mission. To cope with this, Cornerstone has a large team:

Pastors

The Lead Pastor is John Russell who took over upon Peter Lewis' retirement (Peter Lewis had been the minister of Cornerstone since September 1969). The other ministers are Colin Webster and Pete Brown (who is heading up their church plant at Redeemer Church in Beeston). Roo Miller is the minister in training.

References

  1. ↑ "Nottingham's booming churches". This is Nottingham. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post, 8 October 2012
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