Joel Hertzog

Joel serves as the pastor and one of the elders of Cornerstone. He’s originally from Pennsylvania but attended Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in MA. While in seminary, he met his wife Jill (a native New Englander) and they got married soon after his graduation in 2015. 9 days later, he began pastoring a church in Pennsylvania, where he served for 9 years until the Lord called him and his family back to Massachusetts in 2024 to serve at Cornerstone. Joel and Jill currently reside in Tyngsboro and have 2 little boys – Ezra (7) and Judah (3). In his free time, Joel enjoys reading history, racket sports, and doing puzzles, playing games, or going for a bike ride with his family.