Cornerstone Church is an elder-led congregational church. That is, we have a church led by men who submit to the body of Christ (Ephesians 5:21; 1 Timothy 5:17-20), and we have a church body that submits to its appointed leaders (Hebrews 13:7, 17).  The biblical term “elder” is used interchangeably with other words like pastor, overseer, and shepherd throughout Scripture. Though we call our vocational elders “pastors” because they are supported financially to fulfill the role of elder, ultimately all elders are pastors and all pastors are elders (Acts 20:13-37; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4).

	Pastor Matt Proctor and his wife Carrie were introduced by a mutual friend while students at Iowa State University, where Matt received his BA in Religious Studies. They married in 2003, and today have three young sons. Matt is a native Iowan, being born in Northeast Iowa and graduating from Indianola. Matt says the most influential person in his life, besides Jesus, has been his wife; she helps him to be a better man. Matt accepted a call as Cornerstone’s Pastor after completing his Masters of Divinity, with an emphasis in Biblical Studies, at Denver Seminary. Matt is ordained by the Evangelical Free Church of America. You can keep up on his life and ministry at mattproctor.blogspot.com
	Elder: Darrel Hershberger grew up in the Kalona  area.  He met his wife Diane while they were both attending Parkview Evangelical Free Church.   They were both serving on the choir ministry team.  Darrel and Diane have a son, and a daughter.   Darrel is an avid reader. Darrel made Cornerstone his  home because he had a desire for his children to be raised in an atmosphere where Biblical truth was being taught, and where he knew his family would grow in Christ.  Darrel tells us the two most influential people in his life are his friend Tim who helped him come to know Jesus as his Savior, and his father, who Darrel says did more with an eighth grade education than many do with master’s degrees.
	Elder: Dave Erlacher met his wife MaryLou while they were both attending the University of Iowa.  They have three sons and two grandchildren.  Dave and MaryLou had a strong connection with Cornerstone from its infancy and always felt that Cornerstone would be their church home at some point.  That time came a number of years ago.  The most influential person in Dave’s life is his wife MaryLou.
	Elder: Tony Weber was born and raised in the Cedar Rapids / Marion community.  He met his wife Lisa when they were in high school together.  Lisa and Tony have three children, and this year they were blessed with their first grandchild.  Tony’s journey to Cornerstone started as a desire that he and Lisa shared when they wanted a church closer to where they lived.  They found it awkward to invite friends and neighbors to church, when church was half an hour away.  Tony is a founding member of the Cornerstone core group, from the first meetings with the church planting missionary to today.