About our Pastor

Pastor Murray has been with Cornerstone since January of 2006.  Before coming on as pastor here, he served as youth pastor and senior pastor of Clermont Bible Church in Columbia County for 10 years.  He has also been serving at the pastor of Greenville Center Baptist Church in Greenville since 2000.  In addition to serving as a pastor, he owns his own painting and drywall company.  He loves bi-vocational ministry, restoration work, writing, home schooling, family, and coffee – in inverse order!  He is married to Nancy, and they have five children.  After doing his undergraduate and graduate work in theology at Bob Jones University, he did his seminary work in divinity at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. 

A Message from Pastor Murray:

Welcome to Cornerstone Baptist Church!  Nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Catskill Mountains, you have found a church that wants to make a difference for Christ in the community He placed it – East Durham, NY.  As a church we are committed to loving God with all our hearts, and our neighbors as ourselves.  As a pastor I am committed to biblical authority and systematic, expository preaching.  I love to teach God’s Word and our church is focused on it because we are convinced it has the ability to change lives.  We are unapologetically evangelical!  We rejoice in the message of the cross – that our sins can be forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ, and then we can be restored to a relationship with God.  God has put together a diverse and unique group of people who all worship and serve here, and you will find your niche quickly enough.