Vision of Hicksville Cornerstone Church
Matthew 28:18-20
"And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Someone who adheres to the teachings of Jesus. Someone who, because of God’s grace, conforms their words and ways to the words and ways of Jesus. Or, as others have put it in the past, disciples of Jesus are themselves “little Christs” (Acts 26:28; 2 Corinthians 1:21).
Someone whose response to Jesus is worship. Like the blind man in John 9, they respond in worship when confronted with Jesus. And like the woman at the well in John 4, responds in worship in Spirit and in truth.
Someone who by their actions shows love to their neighbor. They serve those around them. By their words they speak truth in love to their neighbor. Therefore, they are ambassadors of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20).
As Christ's ambassadors, pledged to honor and obey Him, we will build a disciple making culture in our community, united by love and grace, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and dedicated to taking Christ's Gospel of redemption and reconciliation to our neighbors and the nations.
Hicksville Cornerstone Church was established in 2017 when the First Presbyterian Church congregation voted to depart from PCUSA and establish their own church. The congregation renamed their church Hicksville Cornerstone Church and affiliated with the Missionary Church USA.
Then in 2019, another local Missionary Church congregation, Gateway Chapel, voted to close their doors and join the Cornerstone Church congregation.
God brought our congregations together as we sought similar goals in the community and held similar theological guideposts. We have been blessed with two rich histories and look forward to seeing how God continues to unite us in the future.
