Missions
John Millard
Head of Missions Team
We are committed to proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations, that many may hear, believe, and receive forgiveness of sins. It is our joy and privilege to partner with those faithfully taking the good news of Christ to the world.
Cornerstone Vision Statement:
Our mission is to glorify God in the gospel together as disciples who make disciples. That contains four commitments:
Worship—To glorify God in the gospel
Fellowship—To glorify God in the gospel together
Discipleship—To glorify God in the gospel together as disciples
Missions—To glorify God in the gospel together as disciples who make disciples
Missions Philosophy:
The same God who sent his beloved Son into the fallen world for the purpose of redeeming mankind and reconciling all things to himself has made us to be a missionary people. At Cornerstone, we believe that every Christian has been sent by Jesus Christ in the power of the Spirit to carry the gospel into all the world. From neighborhoods to the nations, we desire to see the salvation of sinners and the restoration of all things
Missions Strategy
Our strategy for living out this missional initiative is through:
Building Relationships – Neighborly
Sacrificial Service – Merciful
Gospel Sharing – Evangelistic
Biblical Trainer – Disciplers
Beginning Local – Franklin
Going Global – Nations
If you or your ministry shares Cornerstone’s vision for missions, you are welcome to read more about our criteria and submit a preliminary inquiry for support using the form above.
Cornerstone’s supported Ministries and Missionaries may request to give reports or announcements to the church using the form above.
Supported Missions Partners
Church Planters
Gethin Jones—Église de la Trinité (Trinity Church), Lille, France.
Devon Rossman—Fellowship Reformed Church (PCA), Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
Andy Young—Oxford Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Oxford, UK
Mission to the World
Aaron Halbert, Iglesia Presbiteriana Gracia Soberana (Sovereign Grace Presbyterian Church), Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Donny Harwood—Glasgow, Scotland
Clarke & Khrystya Norton—Oslo, Norway
Clarke & Khrystya Norton—Oslo, Norway
Cross-Cultural Missions
Geoff & Molly Banks—Prishtina, Kosovo
Kiran Boddu—New Life Initiative, South Asia
Rebecca Diboll—Serge, Missionary Care, Birmingham AL
Robin Dillard—Servant Group International, Nashville, TN
Tony Giles—Serge, Church Leader Development, Nashville, TN
Kevin Hale—Training Leaders International, Lira Uganda
Colleen McGarry—Servant Group International, Nashville, TN
Javier Muñoz—Latin America Training Facilitator for the Reformed Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Colombia, Bogota, Columbia
Bonnie Snyder—Servant Group International, Nashville, TN
Campus Ministry &
Reformed University Fellowship
Ryan Akers—Edinburgh, Scotland
Lindsay Kent—Campus Outreach, Cape Town, South Africa
Ryan Angel—RUF Campus Director, Tennessee Tech University
Will Cote—RUF Campus Minister, Austin Peay State University
Chase Daws—RUF Campus Minister, Vanderbilt University
Ben Griffith—RUF Campus Minister, Samford University
Lee Leadbetter—RUF International Campus Minister, University of Tennessee
Chris Reed—RUF Campus Minister, Tennessee State University
Andrew Terrell—RUF International Campus Minister, Vanderbilt University
Jacob Virtue, RUF Campus Minister, Middle Tennessee State University
Domestic & Local Ministries
GraceWorks Ministries, Inc. was founded in 1995, when area concerned citizens and faith leaders came together and decided Williamson County needed a central place to send people who needed help with food, clothing and financial assistance. By pooling church resources with private and public sectors, GraceWorks was able to provide more help for many needs to better serve our community, rather than duplicating efforts. Today, GraceWorks has expanded upon these relationships to establish a referral network with other agencies to provide help for immediate needs and long-term resources. GraceWorks focuses on four areas—family support, instructional programs, seasonal needs and hunger prevention. Through its many programs, GraceWorks fulfilled 46,665 needs valued at $5.2 million in 2016.
Harvest Prison Ministry began as an outreach of Hickory Grove Church to the inmates at Charles Bass Correctional Complex. While there were many church services available, and some mentoring, there was a real need for Bible study, discipleship, and solid biblical literature and for “the equipping of the saints to do the work of the ministry.” Our vision is to see more men reconciled to God and their families, and to aide them both prayerfully and financially to re-enter society enabled by the grace of God to live godly and productive lives. Christ has given the task of evangelism and discipleship to the Church. At Harvest Prison Ministry we are developing that Church behind prison walls. Essential to our ministry is a commitment and accountability to the visible Church. It is of first importance in our practice and teaching. The Church is never merely a means to grow, but rather as God’s ordained institution by which to proclaim the gospel. Through the Church Christians become more like Christ. It is in the context of the Church that all the means of grace by which we grow are available.
Good News Club at Liberty Elementary School Once a week after school an action-packed club at Liberty Elementary School (LES) meets with up to 26 K-4th graders, led by volunteers who share the gospel, the Word and the essentials of Christian living with the children through Bible stories, songs, memory verses and games. LES Good News Club (GNC) is a ministry partnership between Cornerstone and Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). CEF is a Bible-centered organization whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to disciple them in the Word of God for Christian living.
Oaks of Righteousness We support children in Belize through a sponsorship program that allows them to receive an education, the necessary school supplies and uniform, nutrition and most importantly, learn about the love and grace of God. We believe just as an acorn has everything inside to grow into a beautiful oak tree if it gets the proper light, soil and water, each of these precious children are ready to grow when provided proper nutrition, education, and support. They will grow to live full, rich, impactful lives. “That they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.” —Isaiah 61:3
Pilgrim Road Ministries ministers to U.S. Army personnel based at Ft. Campbell while living in Clarksville, TN. This ministry was started by Dan and Julie Meyers, closely connected to Cornerstone for many years. Dan has been contracting with Military Chaplains in the U.S. and in Europe since 2002 conducting 24 tours performing music for the military, both in Europe and Asia. In 2016-18, he worked with Marines stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida leading Bible Studies and discipling trainees on their journey in the military. Since January 2019, they have ministered from Clarksville serving the Army personnel at Fort Campbell. They have three children: Hope, Corbin, and Silas.
New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and a rich community. A strong community of Christian discipleship, New College Franklin pursues Godly wisdom in order to form our students to be missionally equipped for lives of humble service wherever God may direct them. They believe that the Lord God is the creator and source of all being and thus all knowledge is anchored and unified in Him. Accordingly, their unique educational experience highlights the unity of all knowledge in our program of study so that students may know God’s truth, cherish His goodness, and enjoy His beauty. Their educational program intentionally draws them toward man’s highest aim, the worship of God.
Founded in 1955, Covenant College is a Christian liberal arts college located on Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Our motto, "In all things, Christ preeminent," says it all: We exist to glorify and make known the name of Jesus Christ. We view academics as a way to honor God - not just in biblical & theological studies, but also through the sciences, arts, humanities, and more. We are committed to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God, and everything we do is grounded in our reformed theology.
The purpose of Reformed Theological Seminary is to serve the church in all branches of evangelical Christianity, especially the Presbyterian and Reformed family, by preparing its leaders, with a priority on pastors, and including missionaries, educators, counselors, and others through a program of theological education on the graduate level, based upon the authority of the inerrant Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Bible, and committed to the Reformed faith as set forth in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms as accepted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America as its standard of doctrine at its first General Assembly in 1789.This program shall be characterized by biblical fidelity, confessional integrity, and academic excellence, and committed to the promotion of the spiritual growth of the students. The breadth of this ministry will include multiple campuses and extensions as led by the Lord.
The Gospel Reformation Network exists to cultivate healthy Reformed churches in the Presbyterian Church in America by maintaining an unyielding commitment to the inspiration, inerrancy, authority, sufficiency, and efficacy of Scripture for faith and practice, along with a resolute adherence to the Westminster Standards, a sincere passion to proclaim the gospel of grace, always with the aim of exalting Christ in the hearts, minds, and affections of God’s people, a resolve to practice fervent prayer in the closet and from the pulpit, along with an unbending dedication to expository preaching that informs the mind, transforms the heart, and stirs the affections, a purposeful commitment to bold evangelism, coupled with a dedication to the old paths of serious, deliberate, faith-maturing discipleship, a sincere devotion to personal piety among church leadership, coupled with a strong adherence to biblical Presbyterianism, a joyful commitment to, and humble confidence in, the ordinary means of grace in Lord’s Day worship, coupled with the nurture of loving Christian fellowship, and a fervent and undistracted commitment to make disciples of all nations though the preaching of the gospel and the planting and strengthening of biblical churches.
A booklet containing additional information for all of our supported missions partners is available in the chapel. Cornerstone Members may request access to a digital copy of the booklet by clicking on the button above.