Our Pastor

Jacob Kelch serves as the planting pastor of Cornerstone Church. For Jacob, the Eastside of Cincinnati isn’t just where he came to plant a church; it’s home. He was born and raised in West Clermont, attended Willowville Elementary in the 1990s, and graduated from West Clermont schools in 2005.

After high school, Jacob attended Bible college before moving to Oklahoma City, where he helped plant a church and spent the next 15 years in pastoral ministry. While in Oklahoma, he met and married his wife, Brittany. They have now been married for 14 years and have four children.

God eventually called their family home to Cincinnati to plant Cornerstone in the community where Jacob grew up. Today, Cornerstone gathers at Willowville Elementary, the same school Jacob attended as a child.

Jacob holds a bachelor’s degree in Christian Ministries and a Master of Divinity from Liberty University and is currently pursuing a doctorate in discipleship. He is passionate about preaching God’s Word, making disciples, and seeing people come to genuine faith in Jesus Christ.

Cornerstone is currently guided by a local board of trusted men and three local pastors who serve as advisors. Our desire is to establish a biblical model of church leadership with a plurality of elders leading and deacons serving the church.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” — Psalm 127:1