Francis Chan
Francis is the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, where he has been serving for the past 15 years. He is also the Chancellor of Eternity Bible College and serves on the board of directors for Children’s Hunger Fund and World Impact.
Francis spends much of his time speaking to high school and college students and is the author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God. His commitment is to teach directly from the words of Scripture. It is his passion to see the next generation of American Christians display a much deeper love for Jesus and their neighbors.
Francis is married to Lisa and they have three daughters and one son.
Francis Chan and Cornerstone Church have had a huge impact on their community in Simi Valley. You can read more about their mission and commitment to small group Bible study below:
Cornerstone Church Purpose Statement:
To give every individual an accurate picture of God, and to help those who believe become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
Cornerstone Church Values:
When one begins to study the Bible it doesn’t take long to determine what God values the most: he values himself above all else and then his "own image" creation, humans. Jesus Christ summed this truth up by leaving two integral commands for those that choose to follow him, the two great values of loving God with everything that we are and loving people as ourselves (Mark 12:29-31).
Love God: The love of God is to be summed up in our fear and awe of him (Eccl. 12:13) and our passion towards him (Matt. 10:37-38) through obedience (1 John 5:2).
Love People: The best way to sum up love towards people biblically, is to understand it as John did, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). John also intricately connects this love of people to obedience of God’s commands (5:2). Therefore, it seems that love of others is rooted in the understanding of our love for God.
What are Cornerstone Community Groups?
These are small groups of people coming together within their neighborhoods and communities to live out their faith. Cornerstone's Community Groups meet in different areas throughout Ventura, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Simi Valley, and Los Angeles County. The purpose of the groups is to always live out the Christian faith.
You see in the book of Acts the early church is described as: All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:44-47
This is a true picture of what we would like our "Community Groups" to look like.
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