A brief History

Cornerstone traces its origin to a church plant of the Congaree Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) in 1971, and established as McGregor Presbyterian Church in the Irmo area of South Carolina.

By 1981, the PCUS denomination was no longer requiring it’s ministers to believe the Bible was totally true. Desiring to remain focused on the gospel and faithful to the Bible, the congregation voted overwhelmingly to leave the PCUS and to join the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). The following year the members began meeting at Irmo Middle School and took the name of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. Three years later, in 1985, Cornerstone moved to its current facility on Bush River Road.

During that time Cornerstone embarked on three major initiatives: Woods Edge; Sports, Outreach, Arts and Recreation (SOAR); and a second campus. Each of these initiatives were intended to see lives transformed by the truth of God’s Word.

Woods Edge (the building next to the basketball courts) was hand-built by the members of Cornerstone and continues to be a blessing to our Youth Group as well as 2 partner churches and 3 schools.

Today, SOAR is a thriving 501c3 non-profit and continues to minister to thousands of our Irmo/Chapin/Columbia/Lexington neighbors every sports season.

Cornerstone purchased land in the Ballentine area for their second campus. The church planting group began meeting at Dutch Fork High School, and have since become Grace Point Church (PCA) which continues to be focused on the gospel and faithful to the Bible to this day.

We rejoice in what the Lord has enabled Cornerstone to do over the years, and look forward to continuing to be focused on the gospel, faithful to God’s Word, and eager to see our neighbors and the nations transformed.