Cornerstone Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Dr. Jonathan Bennett (Senior Pastor); Kevin Carey (Senior Associate); Cliff Lewis (Associate)

Founded 2003

Denomination Non-denominational

Service Times Sundays 9:00 AM, 10:45 AM

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.cornerstonerva.com

Pastor Credentials Seminary-trained; church planting background

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

Independent Baptist tradition — Trinitarian, Chalcedonian orthodoxy.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

IFB-adjacent tradition affirms inerrancy; KJV preference likely per KJVChurches directory.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Not detailed on available sources.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Baptist sola fide, believer's baptism.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

All-male pastoral team (Dr. Jonathan Bennett, Kevin Carey, Cliff Lewis); complementarian tradition.

Complementarian — male elder/pastor leadership

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Senior Pastor Dr. Jonathan Bennett with two associate pastors; limited elder transparency in public pages.

Caution

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

'Dr Bennett Sermons' section indicates exposition-heavy preaching ministry; specific style not extracted from limited homepage content.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Spanish services, teen ministry, community outreach — evangelistic focus.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Traditional Baptist framing; no DEI/CRT language.

Strong

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Independent Baptist; listed on KJVChurches directory; North Chesterfield VA location (not Midlothian strictly).

Caution

Assessment

Cornerstone Church in Midlothian is a growing non-denominational evangelical church with strong Bible teaching emphasis. The church is elder-led with a commitment to expository preaching, gospel-centered community, and missional living. As a non-denominational church, it lacks formal denominational accountability but the elder governance model and doctrinal statement provide local guardrails. A solid option in the Midlothian/Chesterfield corridor.

#non-denominational#evangelical#midlothian#chesterfield#church-plant

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Orthodox-aligned signatures]

Public statement signatures and organizational affiliations of this church's named pastors. "People is policy" — these are evidence-weighted signals about doctrinal trajectory, not the sole determinant of any rating.

Nashville Statement

Dr. Jonathan Bennett

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Homepage confirms 'Cornerstone Baptist Church' identity and references 'Dr Bennett Sermons' but /about returned 404 and /our-founders yielded no biographical detail. No new evidence to adjust scores.

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source cornerstonerva.com

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