Cornerstone Chinese Church is a family-oriented church with over 115 years of history in the Chicagoland area. Formerly known as Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park, we moved our ministry to Villa Park, Illinois in September 2019. Over the years, our church has grown into a multi-cultural community that welcomes all.
Our Mission
Our mission is to reach people for Christ and build people in Christ for the glory of God. We connect people with Christ through prayer, fellowship, study, worship, and spread the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Foster a Christian community that provides a loving church family experience in an environment that nurtures its members.
Keep all of our teaching and practice faithful to the Gospel and submitted to the authority of God's Word.
Celebrate God by providing a quality worship service and using worship styles and forms that will best relate to our congregation.
Seek to be intentional in the way God uses us, along with His Word and Spirit, to transform unbelievers into people whose great delight in life is to know and trust in Him.
Seek to grow the church quantitatively through evangelism and helping people find a spiritual home.
Provide strong pastoral and lay leadership, equip the congregation, utilize lay member's skills, passions, and spiritual gifts in all aspects of the church.
In one God, Creator and sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Senior Pastor, Cantonese Congregation
Pastor Yoman Man has served at Cornerstone since 2004. During the 1990s, Pastor Man was the General Secretary of the Evangelical Free Church of Hong Kong in which he oversaw ministries of church-planting, Christian education, social service, publication, ministerial development, and denomination affairs. Pastor Man has a passion for overseas missions by serving in organizations working in South Africa, Brazil, Macau, and Taiwan. Pastor Man received a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Bachelor of Theology from Evangel Theological College.
Senior Associate Pastor, English Congregation
Pastor Raj Christodoss has served at Cornerstone since 2003. Previously, Pastor Raj ministered in a Fairlawn Community Church of New Jersey from 1997-2002. He has also served as a Youth and Young Adult Minister. Pastor Raj received a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Business from Trinity College.
Associate Pastor, Mandarin Congregation
Pastor Brian Yang has served at Cornerstone since 2019. Serving since 2003, he has ministered at two churches in Guangzhou and a campus ministry in Nanjing. Pastor Yang received his Bachelor of Economics degree from Sun Yat-Sen University. He also graduated from the Pastors College of the Sovereign Grace Churches and received the Master’s Degree of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Pastor Yang regards preaching the Word of God as his first priority in pastoral ministry. And he believes in the centeredness of the Gospel of the grace of God and the necessity of filled with the Holy Spirit in ordinary Christian life.
The Youth Ministries Intern is a part-time, paid position that coordinates youth programs for junior high and high school students. The Youth Ministries Intern will work closely with the Pastor of English Ministries and youth ministry leaders to support the youth ministries of the church in accordance with the mission and vision of Cornerstone Chinese Church.
We strive for God’s Great Commission of sharing the gospel to the ends of the earth. Throughout our church’s history, we have supported missionaries and organizations around the world in both prayer and financial support.
We encourage and prepare our congregations in evangelism and outreach to our surrounding communities and overseas. We partner with churches through the Chicagoland area in training and evangelism.
