HISTORY

With the call from the Lord, Pastors Gene and Mary Pat Stowell started Cornerstone Church (now known as Life Connections Ministries).  The journey of walking out the call of starting a church, as well the call to be a pastor started before the beginning of Cornerstone.  The vision for Cornerstone Church began on May 16, 1989 when Gene Stowell received a scripture from a man that he did not know while Gene was at a conference in Canada.  Pastor Gene was then serving as an elder at New Life Fellowship at Fort Leavenworth, KS.

The impetus for the formation of the church came in January of 1995 when a small group of people met at Gene and Mary Pat’s home for prayer for the shared vision.  They also prayed about the vision and name of the church. The vision laid out by Pastor Gene was to advance the Kingdom of God, to train up future leaders of the church, to preach the Word in an uncompromising manner, to be a lighthouse in a dark world, and to be warriors for Christ.  The first official meeting of Cornerstone Church was held on February 9, 1995 in the Buffalo Book Store Meeting Room in downtown Leavenworth.  Sunday services were held there until May of 1995 when services were moved to Riverfront Community Center also in Leavenworth, KS.