Cornerstone Church of Lakewood Ranch is wrapping up a $7.7 million expansion, but the Presbyterian church began with much more humble beginnings.
In 1993, a group of under 50 congregants worshiped at the Parkway 8 Cinema on Lockwood Ridge Road. By 2002, the church found a home of its own in Lakewood Ranch, but it was “in the country” and hadn’t been built yet.
Most of the members lived in Sarasota and didn’t want to drive a dirt road to church…