Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Six Miraculous Years!

July 23rd marked my 6th anniversary at Cornerstone! This has been an amazing ride! God has really blessed our church. Here are just a few indicators of God's activity at Cornerstone:
  • There were just 45 worshippers on my first Sunday back in 2000. We are now averaging almost 300. That's a 567% increase!
  • 259 New Members have joined our fellowship in the past six years!
  • 92 people have been baptized and 69% of those baptisms have been adults!
  • A new Children's Building has been built!
  • 2 Staff Members have been added: Youth Pastor & Children's Minister
  • Budget income for my first quarter at Cornerstone totalled $15,722. Our most recent quarter totalled $66,556. That's a 323% increase in giving in six years!
  • We have grown from 3 active Deacons in 2000 to 11 this year!

Praise God for His wonderful works!

2 comments:

Taran said...

Dave,

What an exciting ministry! It is great to hear such encouraging work. I heard you mention in one of your sermons that you have an email you send out (weekly?). What do you include in it and could I get on the list?

Thanks!

Dave Samples said...

Sure Taran, I'll add your e-mail to the list. It's mostly an update for the Cornerstone folks so that they know events that are happening, how many were in worship, stuff like that. Before I started the blog, I would include a brief message outline. Anyone else that may be reading this can also subscribe by just sending me your email address.