Cornerstone Church

The thing that instantly turned me off to this church was the demographics. Everywhere I go… work, the gym, the grocery store, hanging out with friends I am in the minority as a white person. I’m rarely in a position inwhich I’m with all white people. We are in Long Beach, California. There is no reason this church should be an ALL white community. There should be racial diversity. I have so many diverse unbelieving friends I would never be able to bring them here, because I wouldn’t want them to feel the slightest bit out of place. In heaven there will be no gentile or jew, slave or free. So what are you doing Cornerstone to break down racial and ethnic barriers which is such a big issue in this world?

As much as I enjoy going to church every week, I especially like going to churches that have a Saturday evening service as an option. I was pleasantly surprised that Cornerstone Church has a Saturday night service, so I decided to check them out last night.
When I arrived around 5:50 p.m., I pulled into the parking lot and noticed that there were already quite a number of people who had arrived. The church moved to its current facility at the corner of Studebaker and Anaheim in December of 2006. My initial impression of the church facility is that it’s new, clean and modern.
Cornerstone Church is a Bible-​teaching church and the lead pastor is Dr. Jerry Rueb. Pastor Jerry is a very good teacher and presents the Bible in a clear and easily understandable way. This church does topical teaching as opposed to expositional, verse-​by-​verse teaching. The church bulletins everyone receives upon entering the main sanctuary contain the sermon notes and they highlight the main points the pastor touches on.
The church offers a variety of ministries for men, women and children in any life stage. They also make it a point to serve in the local community, which every church should do.
As far as the demographics of the congregation, I noticed that there were a lot of primarily white senior citizens (nothing wrong with that, just an observation). There is a good mix of ages and ethnic backgrounds here. The dress code here seems to be «beach casual» with many people wearing shorts and flip-​flops.
I feel the individual church attendees could have been a little more welcoming to a first-​time visitor like me. Fortunately, I sat next to a nice couple and was able to chat with the husband prior to the service starting.
Overall, I did enjoy the teaching and my visit here. It’s good to know that there’s a church I can attend on Saturdays if I know ahead of time I won’t be able to go to my home church on Sundays. I plan on returning and hopefully will write a follow-​up review and raise my star rating then.

The church is one of my favorites. The pastor, Jerry Reub, is fantastic, the children’s ministry from Nursery through college is one to admire & God’s work is clearly being done here. If you are looking for a friendly, warm & inviting church I highly recommend you go.

Friendly Bible believing and preaching church. The children’s department coordinated by Debbie Andrews is excellent. Excellent youth and adult programs as well. Well worth a visit.