Gateway Church (Texas)

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Gateway Church
Country  United States
Denomination Non-denominational
Website www.gatewaypeople.com
History
Founded April 2000
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Robert Morris

Gateway Church is a non-denominational Charismatic Christian megachurch located in Southlake, Texas. In 2011, Outreach magazine named Gateway as the 13th largest church in the US, and the 2nd fastest growing in numerical gain.[1] In 2012, the church averaged 19,600 in weekly attendance, with over 40,000 attending the annual Christmas program, saw over 3,500 salvations, and over 1,600 baptisms.[2] The church is home to Christian recording artist, and Dove Award winner Kari Jobe; who works as a worship pastor.[3]

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History [edit]

On September 16, 1999, Pastor Robert Morris began to plan a Bible-based, evangelistic church in Southlake, Texas. Morris hoped to serve Northeast Tarrant County, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond. Gateway’s first service was on Easter morning, April 23, 2000, at the Hilton Hotel in Grapevine with approximately 180 people in attendance. A few weeks later, the church began meeting on Saturday nights at Christ Our King Church in Southlake. In July 2001, Gateway Church began meeting at the A World of Learning daycare facility in Grapevine, during which time the church grew to five services with over 2,000 people attending weekly. [4] In 2012, approximately 19,600 people were attending services each weekend over the four DFW campuses.[2]

Senior Pastor [edit]

Robert Morris is featured on the weekly television program, The Blessed Life. He is the author of ten books including The Blessed Life, From Dream to Destiny, The Power of Your Words and The God I Never Knew.[5] Morris is also part of the advisory counsel for The Vernon Wells Perfect 10 Foundation.[6]

Senior Pastoral Team [edit]

Pastor Tom Lane as Executive Senior Pastor of Gateway Church, overseeing the church ministries on a weekly basis working with the Associate Senior Pastors to execute the vision and values of the church.

The Associate Senior Pastors are: Thomas Miller, David Smith, Todd Lane, John Spurling, Kevin Grove and Bobby Bogard, each of them oversee multiple areas of ministry through a group of Executive Pastors.

Campus Locations [edit]

The church currently conducts 20 weekend services at 5 locations across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. An affiliated church plant called Gateway Scottsdale opened in Scottsdale, AZ in August 2012.

Southlake Campus [edit]

In 2008, the church began work on the new campus located on State Highway 114 between Kimball Ave and Carroll Blvd. The initial phase includes a 4,000 seat sanctuary, which opened on November 13, 2010 with more than 6,000 people in attendance. In 2012, the Southlake campus averaged over 13,000 per weekend.[7] The new campus serves as the church's central ministry facility.[8]

  • 2121 Old Southlake Campus

  • 114 New Southlake Campus

North Richland Hills Campus [edit]

In November 2007, Gateway opened a new campus in North Richland Hills, TX. The building is almost 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) in size and sits on approximately nine acres. Weekend services at the NRH Campus are a mirror of those at the main Southlake Campus with live worship and personal ministry, but with the message delivered via live video from the Southlake Campus. In addition to facilitating five weekend services, the NRH campus also serves as multi-purpose facility with an emphasis on ministry to Jr. and Sr. High students.[4] Pastor Byron Copeland serves as the Campus Pastor, where he oversees a growing campus staff. The NRH campus is also home to Gateway's Messianic Jewish ministries. The Messianic congregation is the largest in the United States, with some services reaching over 1,000 people.[2] The average weekend service attendance in 2012 at the North Richland Hills campus was over 4,400.[2]

  • NRH Campus

  • NRH Campus

Frisco Campus [edit]

In April 2010, the overseers of Northstar Church in Frisco, Texas asked Gateway to assist them in a transition process following the resignation of their senior pastor, Blaine Bartel.[9] Gateway provided video messages and worship teams for the church before announcing that Northstar would become a Gateway extension campus on June 10, 2010.[10] As with the NRH campus, the weekend services are a mirror of those at the Southlake Campus with live worship and personal ministry, but with the message delivered via live video from the Southlake Campus. In addition to facilitating five weekend services, the Frisco campus serves as a multi-purpose facility with an emphasis on ministry to Jr. High and Sr. High students. Pastor Randy Cochran serves as the Campus Pastor. In 2012, the Frisco campus averaged over 1,700 people per weekend.[2]

  • Frisco Campus

  • Frisco Campus

North Fort Worth Campus [edit]

The fourth campus of Gateway Church started weekend services in a temporary location at Fossil Ridge High School in August 2012. A permanate location at the intersection of Beach and Basswood is scheduled to open Easter, 2013. As with the NRH campus, the weekend services are a mirror of those at the Southlake Campus with live worship and personal ministry, but with the message delivered via prerecorded video from the Southlake Campus. On October 7, 2012, the North Fort Worth location began offering a third service to help meet the growing congregation size. Pastor Marcus Brecheen serves as the Campus Pastor. In 2012, the North Fort Worth temporary campus averaged over 1,300 people on a Sunday.[2]

Grand Prairie Campus [edit]

In early 2013, it was announced that Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, would become a campus of Gateway. The transition starts in March 2013. The Grand Prairie location seats around 1500. The campus is off of 161 (The President George Bush Turnpike) and Carrier Parkway.

  • Grand Prairie Campus

Gateway Church Scottsdale [edit]

In Fall 2011, Gateway announced that Pastor Preston Morrison (former Young Adults Pastor) was planting a new "Gateway Church" in Scottsdale, Arizona. The church launched in August 2012. This is different from a campus as Morrison will be the senior pastor that will be preaching with a staff team and independent eldership.

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Outside

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Outside

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Lobby

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Kids Area

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Guest Central

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Auditorium

  • Gateway Church Scottsdale Worship

Ministries [edit]

The King's University at Gateway [edit]

Launched in September 2012, The King's University at Gateway will offer full accredited undergradate, master, and a doctorate degree. The University extension campus will be located at the former Soutlake campus on Southlake Blvd. Dr. John Spurling serves as the Director.

Gateway Live [edit]

Gateway Live is Gateway's online webcast of most services at the North Richland Hills and Southlake Campuses. gatewaypeople.tv

Gateway App [edit]

The Gateway App http://gatewaychurchapp.com/get-app, launched in 2012, for Android and iOS devices, is an easy way for tablet and phone users to access church information, including calendars, sermon notes, online giving, and prayer walls.

The Blessed Life TV Show [edit]

Gateway produces a weekly television program called The Blessed Life. This program airs on the Daystar Television Network, Golden Eagle Broadcasting, and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and features sermons and worship from past Gateway Church services.[11]

Gateway Worship [edit]

Gateway Worship, the worship band that leads worship at the Gateway Church, had some success in 2008 with their live album Wake Up the World. The album reached #2 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart. Gateway's live album God Be Praised was released on November 9, 2010,[12] with Japanese, Korean and Portuguese versions released in 2012. In 2012, Gateway Worship released an EP, Great, Great God Gateway's live album Forever Yours was released on October 9, 2012. Gateway's Compelation Album Gateway Worship The First 10 Years is set to release on March 18, 2013.

In 2012, Gateway Worship released two worship albums in various languages. In addition to the above mentioned God Be Praised, a compilation album titled The Lord Reigns was released in Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin. Gateway has also released several devotional albums and training videos

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Outreach 100 Largest and Fastest Growing Churches in America". Outreach. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f http://annualreport.gatewaypeople.com
  3. ^ [1] Kari Jobe, Dove Award Winner
  4. ^ a b http://gatewaypeople.com/index.php?action=abt_about
  5. ^ "About Pastor Robert". Gateway Create. Retrieved 18 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "Vernon Wells Project". 
  7. ^ http://annualreport.gatewaypeople.com/
  8. ^ "Gateway Church Opens New Campus". Retrieved 5 November 201o. 
  9. ^ http://www.northstarchurch.cc/progress.html
  10. ^ http://www.gatewaypeople.com/emails/generic/2010/northstar1_alt.html
  11. ^ The Blessed Life program Information
  12. ^ BillboardAllmusic

External links [edit]

Coordinates: 32°56′21″N 97°07′17″W / 32.939123°N 97.121525°W / 32.939123; -97.121525

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