page_title: Cornerstone Fellowship
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cornerstone Fellowship / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A free dinner service hosted by Cornerstone Fellowship's Hayward campus in Hayward,_California
context_page_description: Cornerstone Fellowship also known simply as Cornerstone is a non-denominational Christian multi-site local church serving the East Bay. Originating from Livermore, California, the Lead Pastor is Steve Madsen, who founded the church in his own home from a Bible study.
  Cornerstone Fellowship was established in 1992 and it currently has five campuses, one in Livermore, one in Brentwood, one in Hayward, one in Walnut Creek, and one in Danville, California. Every week, about 10,000 people come to its eight weekend services. The church also has a weekly livestream from the Livermore campus. This livestream has since been transformed into "Church Online" a streaming campus with a livestream and chat community.
context_section_description: In 1992, Steve Madsen resigned from a church in Dublin, California, and started a Bible Study in his own home. The first study was on the book of Galatians. At the end of the first year of Bible Study, the group organized itself into a church.
  Cornerstone met in a rented hall, going from one, to two, to eventually three services until there was no more possibility of expansion. 
  Providentially, at that time a former indoor soccer facility, across from a local Costco that had previously been refused was offered at half the previous price. In 2004, the church purchased this building and converted it into a 24,000 sq.ft. facility. Although the 1800-seat auditorium is currently the largest venue in the Tri-Valley, Cornerstone's dedication to serving the next generation is evidenced by the fact that two-thirds of the flagship building is for children's ministries. In 2008, Cornerstone launched its Brentwood campus, but with a goal to continue expanding its Livermore campus. However, in 2011, the focus shifted to create a network of campuses rather than one large central campus. According to Collin Lucas, their CFO at the time, the goal was to simplify and home in on making disciples for Jesus.
  Services at the Livermore campus are held once on Saturday evenings and twice on Sunday mornings, and at various locations in Hayward, Brentwood, and Walnut Creek. Cornerstone emphasizes the importance of meeting together in smaller groups throughout the week for support, fellowship, and accountability.
  On 24 March 2018, the new Brentwood campus building is set to open for the church community to use. The previous Brentwood Campus location was Freedom High School (Oakley, California).
  In January 2016, Cornerstone launched a Walnut Creek campus by merging with an existing struggling church named Life-Gate. The Life-Gate church senior pastor, Jeff Maitlen, joined the Walnut Creek campus team. Life-Gate had reached out to Cornerstone before in order to "talk about options". Cornerstone's goal is to raise funds in order to fix up the "tired" building and to find a permanent location for the Hayward congregation.
caption: A free dinner service hosted by Cornerstone Fellowship's Hayward campus in Hayward, California.
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