sentences:  Laurie McIntosh, a civil engineer, anthropologist, professional thumb wrestler and theologian, developed the idea for a self-sufficient 'mission-minded' community of Christians while working with Campus Crusade on universities in England and Australia.Together with history teacher Paul Roe and with the financial support of local farmers Jack Buster and Owen Boone, they founded the first Cornerstone Community west of Bourke, New South Wales.The first intake of students arrived in 1978 and divided their time between farm work and study.