Worship location: AACRC @ 1717 Broadway Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Mailing address: P.O. Box 4310, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: 734-761-1629
Email: info@cornerstonecrc.net
WELCOME! We are a community of people living life’s journey together, welcoming any who desire to know God more deeply or have questions about a life of faith.
We believe that the local church is a gathering place of God’s people and people looking for God. In our context, God’s people can look very different, coming from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and striving for faithfulness at many different stages of life within diverse academic, professional, and personal circumstances. As much as possible, we want to be a church that reflects our community, not only because there is beauty in diversity (there is!) but because the gospel is about experiencing new heights and surprising depths in relationships. In a broken and fragmented world, we believe the church, as an expression of God’s redemptive plan, is the world’s best and last hope.
Here are some ways we try to live out God’s call in our lives. If you are looking for a church family, or a safe place to explore questions of faith, we hope you will join us:
Worship / 2pm Sundays. Location: 1717 Broadway Street. Our worship together both forms and renews us to be the people of God. Rides are available for students from 3 different pick-up points – please click here for more info.
Small Groups / Weekly. Bible studies and prayer are the basic ingredients of small groups, moving us toward Christ-centered relationships. A new season of small group ministry begins in mid-September – please click here for more info.
Missional Living / Daily. Through urban plunges, world mission trips, and various community service projects, but also through daily and personal acts of faithfulness, we are striving to step into the mission of God in our world.
The CRC
Cornerstone is a part of the Christian Reformed Church denomination. While we have a strong commitment to local ministry, it’s also important to us that we belong to a larger community of Christians. Through our participation in the CRC, our ministry has both historic depth and global breadth. Find out more about the CRC here: www.crcna.org.
Our Vision
Loving God and loving people,
beginning in the Ann Arbor community
Our Mission
To live by faith,
be known by love,
and become a voice of hope
Our Worldview
As Reformed Christians, our view of the world is shaped by our understanding of the Bible, which offers a comprehensive approach to God-centered living. The Bible teaches us three main truths about our world and ourselves. Our world is created, fallen, and redeemed.
1. CREATION. We live in a created world. God made it and he made it well. There is beauty in our world and we need not fear or flee it. We can affirm the goodness of creation and participate in making our world better. Our world belongs to God, therefore it also belongs to us. Not only are we stewards of God’s good creation, we’re also heirs.
2. FALL. We live in a fallen world. There is pain and brokenness and evil in our world. All things are fallen and all things have been bent away from good. Because of this we are not surprised by all that is wrong in the world. We know God’s heart is grieved and we share in his sorrow, all the more so because of our culpability in the fall.
3. REDEMPTION. We live in a loved world. God has not abandoned our world because of its fall. God has not abandoned us because of our rebellion against him. Instead, God did something quite unexpected. He redoubled his overtures toward our world. Knowing that we could never pay for our sins, he sent his Son to pay the price for us.
What difference does it all make? Here are some examples:
» The doctrine of Creation means there is no separation in the Christian life between the sacred and the ordinary. Going to work or school can be just as holy as going to church.
» The doctrine of the Fall means that we can be patient and sober when things go against us. There is a resilience to our living.
» The doctrine of Redemption means that life is full of hope. Because all of creation is fallen, God made the reach of redemption as wide as all of creation. We long for the salvation of souls; we also long for justice in all the world.