Cornerstone Church (Toledo)
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Cornerstone Church Maumee Campus
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| 41°35′10″N 83°39′42″W / 41.58611°N 83.66167°WCoordinates: 41°35′10″N 83°39′42″W / 41.58611°N 83.66167°W | |
| Location | Toledo, OH |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Nondenominational Christianity |
| Weekly attendance | 3000-4000 |
| Website | http://www.cornerstone.church |
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| Founded | June 1986 |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Michael Pitts, Kathi Pitts |
| Pastor(s) | David Banks (Pastoral Pastor) Toni Banks (Prayer Pastor) Janet Wend (Administrative Pastor) David Roberts (Campus Pastor) Ryan Lachmiller (Campus Pastor) Dr Mel Bedi (Campus Pastor) |
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Cornerstone Church is a non-denominational multi-site church located in Toledo, Ohio. The Church was founded, and is still pastored by, Michael Pitts and his wife Kathi. Michael Pitts was consecrated as the bishop of the Church in 2009. The Church streams live services on the internet to over 10,000 and has a 24/7 streaming website devoted to playing media from the Cornerstone Global Network.
The Church started in June 1986 when Michael and Kathi Pitts left Lima, Ohio to start a Church in Toledo. The first service drew 35 people in a rented storefront building. Within 8 years the Church moved 4 times, finally into its present location in Maumee Ohio averaging 4000 members as of 2005.
In 1993 the Church started additional services in the historic Eastwood Theater on the Eastside of Toledo. In 2004 the Church sold the building to a local company. Then, in 2014, Cornerstone repurchased the Theater and planted its second campus. The building is used for services on Sundays, and plays family friendly movies throughout the week. In 2015 the Church announced it was growing again, and launched its third campus in Wayne, Michigan. Then in 2016, after much media interest, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) released that Cornerstone had purchased The Event Center, an historic building in Downtown Toledo, to serve as the Church's forth physical campus. The Church renamed the building "The Summit", and following renovation to allow for a 400-seat auditorium on the ground floor, plans to launch by Easter 2017.
In the past, Cornerstone has also owned two radio stations. As of 2013, the Cornerstone Global Network included 115 Churches around the globe.
Cornerstone is a multi-site church and meets at various times and locations throughout the week.
Thousands of people gather from various backgrounds, representing "All races. All classes. All ages", attending Pentecostal style services. The style flows freely, transitioning from praise and worship into the preaching without a clear schedule or structure, where one of the goals is for thinking people to feel; feeling people to think; and both kinds of people to do something.
Cornerstone Maumee's children's ministry, with a 22,000-square-foot wing, has several themed rooms - including a rain forest and a 1950s diner - designed by former Disney employees. In addition there is an NRG Zone, where kids can "burn off energy" playing video games and indoor sports.
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