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Statement of Faith

1. The Bible is the divinely inspired, infallible, inerrant, and revealed Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)
2. God is revealed in the Scriptures as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, commonly referred to as the Trinity. (Colossians 1:15-18; Acts 5:1-4)
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God. He was born of a virgin; He lived a sinless life; He performed miracles; He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He shed His blood to save sinners; He rose bodily and was seen by eyewitnesses; He ascended to the right hand of the Father, and all the earth will see Him when He returns in power and glory. (John 8:58; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-25; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3-7, Acts 1:9-11)
4. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead and equal with the Father and the Son in every divine perfection. He convicts of sin regenerate, enlightens, endues for service, comforts, and guides believers. (John 14:16-18, John 14:26).
5. All humanity in its natural state are sinners, lost, alienated from God, and spiritually dead: “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) and, therefore, need salvation.
6. The Bible, inspired by God, is the final authority for all practices of sexuality, and God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. Any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, pornography, and attempting to change one’s biological sex) is sinful and offensive to God. (Genesis 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 11:12; Leviticus 18:1-30; Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:26-29; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Hebrews 13:4; John 3:3-7; Jude 1:7)
7. Salvation is by grace alone, a gift of God, through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for our sins according to the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:3) Those who thus receive Christ by faith have their sins forgiven (Ephesians 1:7) and their hearts cleansed (Acts 15:9), become born of the Spirit, become children of God (John 1:12-13) are made new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). They are eternally secure (John 10:28).
8. Only two Scriptural Ordinances exist: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is a command of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20) The Lord’s Supper is for remembering Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection with the anticipation of His return. (1 Corinthians 11:26)
9. Christ personally instituted the Church, which He commissioned to make disciples of all nations, to baptize believers, and to teach them to do all things He had commanded. (Matthew 16:17-18; 28:18-20)
10. There are only two classes of humanity in God’s sight: saved and lost. The saved, those “Born Again” through faith in Jesus Christ, go to be with Him in conscious blessedness (Luke 23:39-43) after death and shall be raised bodily to live with Him eternally (1 Corinthians 15:35-49); the unsaved shall be separated from God at death and shall be raised bodily to be placed in eternal torment. (John 5:28-29)
11. “Born again” Christians live a life dictated by the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16-25; Colossians 2:6) and yield to God (Romans 6:13). All Christians are called to share their faith with others by word and deed. (Matthew 28:16-20)

Original document (nd); revision date: 7/12/2023; adoption date: 7/16/2023

Code of Ethics

We, the members of the Cornerstone College & Seminary (“CCS”) community, abide by a Code of Ethics (“Code”). Under this Code, we accept responsibility for maintaining the highest standard of conduct in the academic as well as personal areas of our life together. We will strive for relationships that exhibit honesty, integrity, and decency which are characterized by honor, respect, and love. Thus, we expect that our students, staff, and faculty will adhere to the moral conduct set forth by the Bible itself. We will seek to provide an atmosphere conducive to developing Christ-like character of modesty and humility within the entire community; and any lack of moral or academic integrity will be deemed as inappropriate conduct as set forth by this Code.

Examples of conduct that will constitute a breach of this Code include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, cheating, violence, lawlessness, illegal drug use, excessive drinking, and drunkenness. Romantic intimacy and/or sexual acts outside of biblically defined marriage for Christians (i.e., one man and one woman) are not acceptable for any member of the CCS community. Drugs and alcohol are strictly prohibited on CCS grounds. Falsely accusing any other member of the CCS community of violating the Code and providing false testimony against any person accused of such a violation are breaches of the Code as well. A person who personally knows a violation of the Code has occurred, but fails to report such information, breaches the Code themselves; the sole exclusion to this requirement is information obtained in confidential faculty and staff counseling relationships with students. This exclusion is intended to provide redemptive mechanism to assist students in integrating theology and practice and in no way is designed to excuse behavior that breaches the Code.

CCS reserves the right to discipline or dismiss any student, faculty, or staff member that is found guilty of violating the Code or whose attitude and behavior are not in harmony with the moral ideals of the school, this Code of Ethics, or the moral standards of the Bible.

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Gen 1:26-27.) Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.

We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Gen 2:18-25.) We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Cor 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb 13:4.) We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.

We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God. (Matt 15:18-20; 1 Cor 6:9-10.)

We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (Acts 3:19-21; Rom 10:9-10; 1 Cor 6:9-11.)
We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31.) Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture.