Cornerstone University's Biblical Foundations

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“Cornerstone University finds itself at this very moment with the
greatest missional opportunity in its 82-year history. Never has our
university had such an opportunity to be as compellingly distinctive
than at this very moment. Never has our university had such an
opportunity to prepare and educate tomorrow’s Christian influencers
for our communities, churches, marketplace and world.”
Inaugural State of the University Address, Nov. 4, 2022
Gerson Moreno-Riaño, Ph.D., President
TABLE OF CONTENTS
03 Letter from President Gerson Moreno-Riaño
04 Foundational Commitments Overview
06 Confession of Faith
08 The Cornerstone Christian Worldview
10 The Cornerstone Academic Vision
12 The Cornerstone Beautiful Christian Community
14 About Cornerstone University

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Dear Friend of Cornerstone University,
Every aspect of our nation and communities is facing a continual onslaught seeking to undermine, if not eliminate,
the influence of our Biblical faith. Amidst these hurricane-like cultural headwinds, Cornerstone University’s
commitment to Christ, the Word of God, the gospel and our mission to educate influencers in the world for Jesus
Christ remains unwavering.
Since my July 2021 arrival to Cornerstone, many parents, pastors, teachers, ministry heads and community leaders
throughout the region have expressed their great concern to me about the fraying moral fabric within our society
and our most cherished Christian educational institutions and ministries.
Recognizing this urgent moment, Cornerstone University has taken the bold and courageous step to publish three
foundational documents that, in addition to The Cornerstone Confession, serve as a light and theological bulwark
in these confused and dark times.
Therefore, I invite you to read our Confession of Faith and our historic, recently published Cornerstone University
and Board of Trustees–affirmed foundational Biblical commitments: The Cornerstone Christian Worldview;
The Cornerstone Academic Vision; and The Cornerstone Beautiful Christian Community.
Cornerstone faculty, staff and trustees embarked on an extensive, nine-month campus-wide collaboration to
articulate our most essential Biblical foundations. These foundations are essential for the fulfillment of our
mission—to educate influencers in the world for Jesus Christ—and for the holy and beautiful calling with which
the LORD founded this institution 82 years ago.
Please join us through your faithful prayer support in the beautiful opportunity to educate with the highest level
of excellence tomorrow’s Christian influencers.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Sincerely,
Gerson Moreno-Riaño, Ph.D.
President

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FOUNDATIONAL
COMMITMENTS
OVERVIEW
Cornerstone University’s newly affirmed foundational documents,
alongside the Confession of Faith, ground the university in the
preeminence of Jesus Christ and Scripture. These key directional
statements, rooted in the Word of God, guide, empower and
protect the university’s academic pursuits, worldview formation
and dedication to fostering a beautiful Christian community.

WORD OF GOD
CONFESSION OF FAITH
The Cornerstone Confession is the foundational doctrinal statement of Cornerstone University and
is signed annually by trustees, faculty and staff. It expresses our commitment to the key teachings of
Scripture as interpreted through the ecumenical creeds of the early church, the chief insights of the
Reformation and evangelical Christianity.
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THE CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
The Christian worldview is a comprehensive outlook on all parts of life based on the Holy Scriptures—
the Bible. Cornerstone University and all of its employees have committed themselves to the Christian
worldview as the comprehensive outlook on all parts of life and as our guide for living and understanding
the world. The Cornerstone Christian Worldview is the embodiment of this lived-out commitment.
THE CORNERSTONE
ACADEMIC VISION
An articulation of the
principles that Cornerstone’s
faculty and staff commit to
embody and live out so that
Cornerstone students can be
educated to be influencers in
our world for Jesus Christ.
THE CORNERSTONE
BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY
The principles to which
Cornerstone’s faculty and staff
are dedicated to exemplify so
that the Biblical commands to
love God, love neighbor and love
one another are richly embodied
throughout Cornerstone and
bless and shape all peoples from
all diverse walks of life.
MARRIAGE AND
HUMAN SEXUALITY
Cornerstone University
stands with historic
Christianity in affirming that
the Bible contains clear
teachings in the areas of
sexuality and gender. As a
Christ-centered university,
we will seek to nurture
students to engage their
culture as Christ followers in
every aspect of their lives,
including their sexuality.

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CONFESSION
OF FAITH
Cornerstone’s commitment to
the key teachings of Scripture.

We believe in one sovereign, omnipotent and fully omniscient God
who eternally exists in three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—who
in love and for His glory created all things out of nothing and pronounced
them good.
We believe that God has revealed Himself in the 66 canonical books of
Scripture, which are verbally inspired, truth without error, and serve as our
final authority in faith and life. They lead us to Jesus Christ, who shows us the
Father, and rightly interpreted, they enable us to understand God’s revelation
in humanity, nature and history.
We believe that God directly created Adam and Eve, the historical parents
of the human race, distinct from the rest of creation in their bearing of God’s
image and their stewardship over creation. Their union as man and woman
models God’s design for marriage and perpetually stands as God’s loving and
righteous will for all sexual intimacy.
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We believe that our first parents forfeited their original righteousness when
they succumbed to Satan’s temptation and rebelled against God’s revealed
will. As a result, every human is born in sin, leaving us totally depraved,
alienated from God and destined to spiritual and physical death. As such,
our sinful ways have corrupted God’s creation, resulting in discord to society
and nature.
We believe that God’s plan to redeem fallen humanity and renew creation
flows through His promises to the Jewish people. God’s promises to Abraham
and David are fulfilled in Jesus, the mediator of the New Covenant.
We believe that the Son of God, while fully divine, became fully human
through the virgin birth to save the world from sin. Living a sinless life
in perfect obedience to His Father, Jesus proclaimed God’s reign in word
and deed. In His mercy, He atoned for our sins by dying in our place. Having
satisfied the just wrath of God on our behalf, He rose bodily and triumphantly
over sin, death and Satan. He then ascended to heaven, sent His Spirit to lead
and empower His church, and is seated at the Father’s right hand where He
reigns and intercedes for His people.
We believe that the Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost to establish the
church; that He uses the Word of God to give new life to those who repent of
their sin and believe in Christ; and that all who by faith alone receive Christ’s
finished work are by God’s grace united with Christ, justified by His shed
blood, adopted into the family of God, forgiven of all their sin, indwelt and
gifted by the Spirit, and added to the church.
We believe that the one, holy and universal church is the body and bride
of Christ. The church gathers in local assemblies to worship God and
celebrate the gospel through the preaching of the Word, baptism, the Lord’s
Supper, prayer and fellowship. It disperses to proclaim the gospel to a sinful
world which must hear the good news of Jesus Christ in order to be saved.
The church makes disciples of Jesus who, through persevering faith, embody
the kingdom values of righteousness, peace and joy. By loving God, serving
others and caring for creation, they anticipate the redemption of all things at
Christ’s return.
We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ will personally and gloriously return
to deliver this world from Satan’s rule and bring His reign to its ultimate
fruition. Jesus will raise the dead to stand with the living before His judgment
throne where He will determine the final state of humanity. The lost will
experience everlasting conscious separation from God as the just punishment
for their sin, and the redeemed will be welcomed into the unhindered joy of
everlasting fellowship with Him.

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THE
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CHRISTIAN
WORLDVIEW
The Christian worldview is a
comprehensive outlook on all parts
of life based on the Holy Scriptures—
the Bible. We the people of Cornerstone
University commit ourselves to The
Cornerstone Christian Worldview outlook
on all parts of life and as our guide for
living and understanding the world.
Affirmed by Cornerstone University Board of Trustees on Sept. 21, 2022.
PURPOSE STATEMENT
A worldview is a comprehensive outlook on all parts of life
that a person uses as a guide for living and understanding
the world. The Christian worldview is a comprehensive
outlook on all parts of life based on the Holy Scriptures—the
Bible. The Christian worldview clarifies our life in this world.
It helps us to understand who we are, how we and the world
have been harmed, what is the solution, and where we are
going. It tells us the meaning of life, what is real, what is right
and wrong, and what is truth and how we can discover it. We
the people of Cornerstone University commit ourselves to
The Cornerstone Christian worldview as our comprehensive
outlook on all parts of life and as our guide for living and
understanding the world.
The Christian worldview helps us to understand God and His
world and holistically respond—in intellect, will, affections
and body—to God’s gracious revelation of Himself.
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The Christian worldview rises from the Bible and
its major moments and movements: God’s good
creation of all that exists, the fall of humanity, the
redemption of humanity and creation through
Christ, and the future and ultimate realization of
God’s kingdom and all His purposes. God created
all that exists. He uniquely and directly created
Adam and Eve in His own image and likeness. But
Adam and Eve sinned and rejected God’s purpose
for them. Though still maintaining clear marks
of God’s creative handiwork, His good creation
was badly damaged by Adam’s rebellion, which
corrupted the human race with the guilt and
pollution of original sin and ravaged society, the
earth, all living things, and our desires and abilities
to appropriately respond to God. God declared
all things would eventually be set right. God’s
promises of redemption to Adam were sketched
in the figures, lives, and actions of and revelation
to the ancient Jewish people. From them arose
the Messiah, Jesus the Son of God, fully God and
fully man. Jesus lived the perfect life that we could
not, so that His righteous life might count for us.
He then offered His life in our place. He bore our
sins, guilt and shame on the cross, enduring His
Father’s wrath. He then rose triumphantly over sin,
death and Satan. He ascended to heaven, where He
reigns at the Father’s right hand, and He will return
to establish His kingdom and live with us on the
new earth. In the meantime, His Holy Spirit enables
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Christ to make disciples of all nations, the Cultural
Mandate given to Adam and Eve for all generations
to create a God-honoring world and to all of God’s
other good commands. His children have been
enabled to bring glory to God and enjoy Him,
humanity’s chief end.
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The Christian worldview motivates and directs
the academic vision and the daily pursuits
of the people of Cornerstone University. We
commit ourselves to examine and be shaped by
how the Bible and the Biblical truth of creation,
fall, redemption and the ultimate realization of
God’s kingdom speak about reality (metaphysics),
about truth and knowledge (epistemology), about
what is good (ethics) and about what is beautiful
(aesthetics). We do this so we might better love and
praise our God with our whole selves, through our
academic disciplines and through our vocations as
members of our university.
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What is Real? Our sovereign, triune God is
Ultimate Reality. He exists apart from, is beyond
and is entirely different than His dependent
creation. Yet He is also fully present with us and
in all of creation. Our holy and loving God created
a world whose reality surpasses all merely social,
linguistic or personal perspectives. And He created
humanity in His image to responsibly steward
this world on His behalf. A Christian liberal arts
education empowers us to flourish as God’s image
bearers: loving Him, serving neighbors, developing
and influencing culture, and periodically resting
even within a marred creation that maintains some
of its inherent goodness.
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What is Truth and Knowledge? Our sovereign,
triune God is Truth, Wisdom and Knowledge.
He provides human beings with access to these
through His general revelation and, especially, His
special revelation, as embodied in His perfect Son,
Jesus Christ, and His authoritative, inspired and
inerrant Scriptures. Any belief, claim or statement
is true when it corresponds to God, His mind and
His knowledge as communicated through His
revelation. While we are finite and deeply harmed
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due to our sinful nature and condition, God has
graciously and adequately equipped us to describe
the world as it is. God’s Word at work within
us through the Holy Spirit corrects our sinful
suppression of His truth, instructs us how to
interpret His broken world and renews our minds
to better understand God and His purposes.
What is Good? Our sovereign, triune God is
Good. He is the Ultimate Good and is the source
of all that is good. Any goodness we encounter
in the world is a reflection of Him. His holy nature
grounds ethics, and His holy Bible reveals to us
His moral principles, rules and defines the good
life. All human beings are inclined to look to
themselves and their communities as the standard
of what is right and good, but God has not left
us to ourselves. He has given us the Spirit who
empowers us to live faithfully and judge morality
and goodness by the standards of Scripture.
What is Beauty? Our sovereign, triune God is
Beauty. He is the source of beauty and all that
is beautiful. We seek to experience and reflect
His truth, goodness and beauty through our own
cultural endeavors in a fallen world. As such,
these endeavors give voice to our sorrows and
joys, pointing to what was, what is, what should
be and what will be when our Savior returns to
restore all things.
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The Christian worldview asserts the Lordship
of Jesus Christ over all creation, points to the
inestimable worth and graciousness of the gospel,
and calls for the true and proper worship of our
triune God. In the context of Christian higher
education, the framework it provides enables the
people of Cornerstone University to be better
agents of God’s truth and reconciliation as we
submit to Christ and influence the world for Him.

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THE
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VISION
The Cornerstone Academic Vision
articulates the principles that we the
people of Cornerstone University commit
to embodying so that we, together and
in unity, can educate our students to be
influencers in our world for Jesus Christ.
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TEACHING: Teaching is the central method of
developing students holistically in the image of
Christ. This is emphatically the role of Cornerstone
University professors and all other employees
who help convey their expertise to students from
the Christian worldview. Moreover, teaching is not
isolated to the classroom. All university spaces—
classrooms, athletic fields, dining tables, residence
halls, walkways—are places where teaching can
occur to bring about Christ-centered formation.
Teaching is closely related to love, a fruit of the
Spirit that we desire and for which we pray.
Affirmed by Cornerstone University Board of Trustees on Sept. 21, 2022.
PURPOSE STATEMENT
The Cornerstone Academic Vision articulates the principles
that we the people of Cornerstone University commit to
embodying so that we, together and in unity, can educate our
students to be influencers in our world for Jesus Christ.
The men and women of Cornerstone University seek
to advance the university’s mission through teaching,
mentoring, collaborating, researching and performing all
the operations that support this institution. It is our goal to
help our students conform to the image of Christ through
the many ways we influence them. It is our prayer that
the Holy Spirit makes us increasingly effective at carrying
out the university’s mission as each member of the CU
community grows in faithfulness to Christ through God’s
grace, the Word and active participation in his or her own
local church community. We desire both to bring glory to our
Lord Jesus Christ and to serve as a witness for Him through
all the university’s activities. As a Christian university, we are
committed to the Biblical evaluation of all ideas, theories,
technologies and other cultural products. We will evaluate the
claims of truth, goodness and beauty of any cultural product
on the basis of the Christian worldview and the following
Biblically grounded and historically accurate realities: God’s
good creation of all that exists, the fall of humanity, the
redemption of humanity and creation through Christ, and
the future and ultimate realization of God’s kingdom and His
purposes. We rely on the Holy Spirit, His work and His Word
as we organize our Academic Vision in the following areas,
connecting each with a fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH: We value
the discerning engagement with the theory
and practice of our academic disciplines
through the lens of the Christian worldview.
Good scholars and researchers carefully explore
facts and theories, with a curious but discerning
eye. They use sound scholarship and research to
cultivate new knowledge, better teach and mentor
in the classroom, and convey more winsome
expressions of truths to a cynical world. All of this
is most closely related to patience, a fruit of the
Spirit that we desire and for which we pray.
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND
RESPONSIBILITY: Freedom and opportunity
for scholars and teachers to speak, collaborate,
research, write and debate within and across
their disciplinary boundaries is a central value in
Cornerstone’s Academic Vision. All of this must
be performed responsibly: done subordinate
to Scripture and within the bounds of our
theological confession and Christian worldview.
The products of our labor are closely associated
with joy, a fruit of the Spirit that we desire and for
which we pray.
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COLLEGIALITY AND
CONSTRUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT:
Collaboration and disagreement are inevitable
parts of our mutual search for and affirmation
of truth. We commit ourselves to respecting
and loving each other in our collaboration and
disagreement within and between disciplines
and departments. This ties closely to gentleness,
a fruit of the Spirit that we desire and for which
we pray.

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DIVERSITY: The Lord God made everything
with variety and difference. Because of the fall,
these differences have often been the targets
of bias, misunderstanding, hostility and apathy.
We seek to engage any continuing tensions
proactively, charitably and truthfully. We will do
this by encouraging and embracing Christcentered
and Biblically faithful conversations
about actual and perceived differences as well
as historical and sinful realities that have led to the
wounding, exclusion and hurt of any human being.
In so doing, we hope to build a beautiful Christian
community rooted in God’s redemptive vision of
a diverse and holy people unified in Christ. We
associate this with kindness, a fruit of the Spirit
that we desire and for which we pray.
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JUSTICE: Though we are all deserving of God’s
judgment because of sin, He has poured out His
grace and mercy on us through the saving work of
Christ. Now, as servants of God’s kingdom, we
proclaim the gospel and do works of mercy and
righteousness in the power of the Spirit. God’s
kingdom vision of shalom, revealed in Scripture,
compels us to care for the spiritually and physically
poor, hurt, oppressed and abandoned. We will
challenge our students to proclaim the news of
everlasting salvation to the world and, also, to tend
to the hurt and weary. Together we can wisely
pursue Biblical justice in the world, knowing that
its completion and perfection will not fully occur
until Christ’s return and the enemy of our LORD is
finally defeated. Justice is closely associated with
peace, a fruit of the Spirit that we desire and for
which we pray.
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CENTRALITY OF IDEAS: We seek to make
this university a place where ideas are discussed,
explored and evaluated from the Christian
worldview. Ideas have consequences. We will
help students to think and affirm what is
true, beautiful and good from the Christian
worldview. At the same time, we will maintain
the most charitable understanding of the ideas
of scholars. This disposition involves self-control,
a fruit of the Spirit that we desire and for which
we pray.
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RHYTHMS OF WORK AND REST: We
value the opportunity for work and labor in the
educational calling we share, but we also value
Sabbath rest as an essential component of our
humanity and vocational labors. This is closely
associated with goodness, a fruit of the Spirit that
we desire and for which we pray.
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HOLISTIC FORMATION: The work of the
Christian university needs to be deliberately
holistic. Every area of our university—from the
classroom and the chapel to the gym and the
dining hall—should aspire to be holistically
formative. This holistic approach has affinities
with the fruit of faithfulness, a fruit of the Spirit
that we desire and for which we pray.
OUR COMMITMENT
As members of Cornerstone University, we commit
ourselves to The Cornerstone Academic Vision. This
commitment compels us to articulate a unified vision of
God’s world, grounded in the Scriptures and in dialogue
with the disciplines we are cultivating and redirecting
to the glory of God. We strive to walk in the fear of the
LORD and love Him with our whole being, glorifying the
holy Trinity through our labor, rest, relationships, gospel
proclamation and service for His kingdom.

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THE CORNERSTONE
BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY
A beautiful Christian community is one that
reflects the beauty of God—as perfectly
revealed in Jesus Christ—through the
working of the Word and the Holy Spirit.
We the people of Cornerstone University
are committed to being this kind of community.
Affirmed by Cornerstone University Board of Trustees on Sept. 21, 2022.
OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING
A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY
A beautiful Christian community is one that reflects the
beauty of God—as perfectly revealed in Jesus Christ—
through the working of the Word and the Holy Spirit. We
the people of Cornerstone University are committed to
being this kind of community, one that loves God and one
another, by continual reflection of Jesus Christ through
the greatest Christian virtue—love. As a beautiful Christian
community characterized by the beauty of divine love, the
employees of Cornerstone University will love everyone
regardless of distinctions of color, sex, race, ethnicity,
ability and socioeconomic status because God first loved
us and because God has so loved the world. The dynamic
of human diversity that reflects the beauty of God and His
creative design provides the men and women of Cornerstone
University with the opportunities to enrich one another with
cross-cultural experiences and to rise above traditional
barriers by developing unity and exercising Christ-centered
love as a testimony to His transforming presence where
we live and work. It is our hope that all who in good faith
become part of the Cornerstone community will experience
the welcoming, redemptive and transforming love of Christ in
their interactions with its fellow members.
THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
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Foundational Faith Commitments: Human
beings were created in God’s image and intended
to glorify Him. We the people of Cornerstone
University are committed to glorifying God in all
things and submitting to God’s voice in Scripture,
including the Great Commission, Cultural Mandate,
and participation and service in our local churches.
We have been given a great salvation. We are
committed to respecting the image of God in all
people whether redeemed or not and regardless
of color, sex, race, ethnicity, ability, political views,
socioeconomic positions, religion, whether born
or unborn, and whether near or far. We are also
dedicated to challenge ourselves and our students
to be conformed to the image of Christ, through
the working of the Word and the Holy Spirit, and
demonstrate that Christ, His Spirit and the Bible
are the most important bonds of true believers.
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Unity in Diversity in the Old Testament: The Lord
God created a diverse world of plant, animals,
humans and more. His intention for humans was
for them to create God-glorifying cultures as they
filled the earth. But through the disobedience
of Adam and Eve, they fell. Thereafter, fallen
humanity’s prideful attempt to build a reputation
and kingdom without God culminated in God’s
actions at the Tower of Babel, where he confused
humanity’s language, causing them to scatter.
Later, God set apart Abraham, Sarah and their
descendants to bring about a “holy” people—
Israel—in whom all the nations of the earth would
be blessed. God loved Israel. And God also loved
the whole world. Old Testament Israel was to be
a light to other nations and to welcome all those
willing to surrender to God’s ways.

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Unity in Diversity in the New Testament: Our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ—the Son of God
and the Son of Man—loved His fellow Israelites
and all others whom He healed, preached to,
admonished, exhorted and served during His
earthly ministry. The New Testament Church has
been called out by God to be a chosen people,
a royal priesthood and a holy nation composed
of a diverse group of peoples from every nation,
tribe, people and language unified within their
diversity to bring honor and glory to Jesus Christ.
Diversity of race, culture, socioeconomic position
and spiritual giftedness have been at times viewed
as challenges, even problems, instead of gifts
and opportunities through which to show the
love of Christ to one another and the world, and
opportunities to work as one, beautiful community
who share one LORD, one faith, one baptism and
one God. In addition, we see God’s concern for
the different nations in the miracle at the Day of
Pentecost, a momentary reversal of the forced
separation through language at Babel. And in
John’s Revelation, we witness people from all
nations, tribes and languages worshipping Christ
together. God’s evident desire and design for unity
in diversity reflects His Trinitarian nature: one
God, three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—
who are each fully God. Our God is the Beautiful
Community.
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Unity in Diversity Through Christ: In our
fallen world, difference may be accompanied by
misunderstanding, bias, unfairness and injustice.
This happens even in the church and Christian
institutions. There is no reconciliation that will
completely heal and rectify any relationship unless
reconciliation of the broken relationship between
the Creator and the created first occurs through
the saving power of the gospel. True relational
reconciliation among people cannot fully occur
without true reconciliation between people and
God. Both can only occur through Christ, and the
fruits of both are mutually reinforcing.
COMMENTS AND COMMITMENTS REGARDING
A BIBLICAL APPROACH TO DIVERSITY,
EQUITY AND INCLUSION
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Diversity: There are wonderful kinds of diversity
that are by God’s good design and intention and
that are honoring to Him. We are committed to
championing and celebrating God’s good design
and intended diversity, enriching one another’s
walk with the LORD.
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Equity: We all deserve love, respect and dignity
from each other as we each bear the image of God
within us and as God has commanded that we
love each other. As Christ followers, we will strive,
in humility, to imitate Christ in every effort to bless
others in need and to rectify unjust disparities.
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Inclusion: We will be unified in our love of Christ
and of each other. We will only celebrate and be
inclusive of diversity that honors Jesus Christ; is
faithful to the Scriptures; and embodies the calling
of God upon us to be a chosen people, a royal
priesthood and a holy nation that is composed
of peoples from every nation, tribe, people and
language. We wish to include all into God’s
kingdom. Therefore, we proclaim and share the
good news of Christ’s work and the opportunity
God has afforded for faith and repentance. In
Christ, there are no distinctions that separate. With
our diversity of gifts, we are committed to working
together as one body and putting forth the fruit of
the Spirit for God’s glory and one another’s benefit.
OVERALL IMPLICATIONS
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Imaging God: We are committed to pursuing a
beautiful Christian community and reflecting our
God, who is the Beautiful Community. We commit
ourselves to serving together in ways that will bear
witness to His reign in our midst. We will seek to
reflect His will and His ways through our words,
actions and attitudes so that our community
will both express and experience the kingdom
blessings of righteousness, peace and joy. We
commit ourselves to learning and talking with
one another.
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Distinct but Not Separate: We will pursue
peace by honoring one another regardless of our
differences. In personal relationships, knowing that
we ourselves are undeserving, we will extend gifts
of grace, mercy and forgiveness. We will believe
the best of others. We will speak of each other and
treat one another in ways that Christ’s love and
peace will characterize our relationships.
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We Are One in the LORD: We will contribute to a
spirit of joy on our campus by blessing one another
with acts of mutual service and sacrifice and by
extending love and consideration to all regardless
of position or rank, so that we may flourish
personally and professionally and that His joy
may be full in our midst.
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Commission to offer over 80 undergraduate and graduate degree
programs. Cornerstone has also earned prestigious, specialized
accreditations from the Accreditation Council of Business Schools
and Programs and the Association of Theological Schools.
Cornerstone has a proven 82-year history of educating influencers
in the world for Jesus Christ. For over eight decades, Cornerstone
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