In 1990, the Mountaintown Baptist Association bought an empty lot in Cherry Log, Georgia. Five years later, the Cherry Log Baptist Mission held its first meeting at a property near the still-vacant lot. Reverend James Holloway, a bi-vocational minister, volunteered to lead the new church, which was soon renamed Cornerstone Baptist.  Two years later, the first church building opened for services. Representatives of about fourteen families attended during the earliest period of our church’s existence.

In 2000, Dr. Paul Mims became the new pastor after he and his wife Janice retired to Cherry Log. Dr. Mims previously led churches in Atlanta and Virginia. The congregation grew, and another building was added on to the original to better meet the needs of the church.

On June 5, 2011, a fire from a lightning strike ultimately caused the total loss of the physical church building. Within months construction began on a replacement facility, the building Cornerstone Baptist currently occupies.

On April 28, 2019, Dr. Paul Mims resigned as Cornerstone’s pastor, just short of 20 years of service. Dr. David Drake was subsequently called as the interim pastor, a position he held for almost a year. Claude Mathis, a retired associational minister, also filled the pulpit during this time.

On December 1, 2021, the church called our current pastor, Michael McCormack.