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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]].<ref> |
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northstarchurch.cc/progress.html |accessdate=June 17, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20100420054711/http://www.northstarchurch.cc:80/progress.html |archivedate=April 20, 2010 }}</ref> Gateway provided video messages and worship teams for the church before announcing that Northstar would become a Gateway extension campus on June 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatewaypeople.com/emails/generic/2010/northstar1_alt.html |title=Gateway Church Extension Campus |publisher=Gatewaypeople.com |accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> 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 2014, the Frisco campus averaged 2,674 people per weekend according to the church's annual report.<ref name="annualreport.gatewaypeople.com"/> |
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Revision as of 11:56, 25 February 2016
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| Address | 700 Blessed Way Southlake, TX (Southlake campus), 2121 E Southlake Blvd Southlake, TX (University campus), 7501 Davis Blvd, North Richland Hills, TX (NRH campus), 7125 Legacy Drive Frisco, TX (Frisco campus), 4209 Basswood Blvd., Fort Worth, TX (North Fort Worth campus), 2404 N Carrier Pkwy, Grand Prairie, TX (Grand Prairie campus), 12123 Hillcrest Road Dallas, TX (Dallas campus) |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Non-denominational charismatic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | April 2000 |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Robert Morris |
Gateway Church is a non-denominational Evangelical Charismatic Christian church located in Southlake, Texas. In 2015, Outreach magazine named Gateway as the 4th largest church in the US.[1] The church estimates it has 36,000 active members.[2] In 2014, the church averaged 27,271 weekly attendees, with 50,605 attending over Easter weekend, a total of 3,528 professions of faith, and 1,772 water baptisms.[3] The church is home to the Christian recording artist and Dove Award winner Kari Jobe, who works as a worship pastor.[4] It is also home to Gateway NEXT, the children's worship group who won Gateway's most recent Dove award for the album "Look Up," produced by Josh Alltop. The church has numerous national and international partnerships with other churches.
History
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. [5]
Senior Pastor
Robert Morris is featured on the weekly television program, The Blessed Life, produced by the church. He is the author of 11 books including The Blessed Life, From Dream to Destiny, The Power of Your Words, The God I Never Knew and The Blessed Church.[6] Morris is also part of the advisory counsel for The Vernon Wells Perfect 10 Foundation.[7] He is also the Chairman of Board of The King's University, an Overseer of New Life Church in Colorado Springs and an Apostolic Elder of Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas. He holds an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the King's University.
Senior Pastoral Team
Pastor Todd Lane serves as Lead Executive Senior Pastor of Gateway Church, overseeing the church ministries on a weekly basis working with the Senior Pastoral Team.
The Senior Pastoral Team consists of Thomas Miller, Steve Dulin, John Spurling, Kevin Grove, Gayland Lawshe, Allan Kelsey, David Leuschner, Josh Morris, Randy Cochran, Craig Terndrup, Mallory Bassham and Bobby Bogard, each of them oversee multiple areas of ministry through a group of Executive Staff.
Pastor Tom Lane had been Lead Executive Senior Pastor for over 10 years passed the baton to his son Todd and will now focus on developing Apostolic Ministries and launching the new Gateway Church location in Dallas in March 2016.
Campus Locations
The church currently conducts 23 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
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 2014, the church reported that the Southlake campus averaged 13,876 per weekend.[8] The campus serves as the church's central ministry facility.[9]
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North Richland Hills Campus
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.[5] Pastor Byron Copeland serves as the Campus Pastor. The NRH campus is also home to Gateway's Messianic Jewish ministries. The Messianic congregation is said by the church to be the largest in the United States, with some services reaching over 1,000 people.[3] The average weekend service attendance in 2014 at the North Richland Hills campus was said to be 3,483.[3]
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Frisco Campus
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.[10] Gateway provided video messages and worship teams for the church before announcing that Northstar would become a Gateway extension campus on June 10, 2010.[11] 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 2014, the Frisco campus averaged 2,674 people per weekend according to the church's annual report.[3]
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North Fort Worth Campus
The fourth campus of Gateway Church started weekend services in a temporary location at Fossil Ridge High School in August 2012. A permanent location at the intersection of Beach and Basswood opened in July 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. The North Fort Worth Campus currently offers five services to serve their congregation. Pastor Marcus Brecheen serves as the Campus Pastor. In 2014, the North Fort Worth campus averaged 5,679 people per weekend.[3]
Grand Prairie Campus
In early 2013, it was announced that Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, would become a campus of Gateway. The transition started in March 2013. The Grand Prairie location seats around 1,500. The campus is off of 161 (The President George Bush Turnpike) and Carrier Parkway. Pastor Mark Jobe served as the Campus Pastor. In 2014, the Grand Prairie campus averaged 1,559 people per weekend.[3]
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Dallas Campus
In October 2015, it was announced that a former extension campus of Prestonwood Church in North Dallas, Texas, will become the newest Gateway extension campus. Building ownership is expected to occur in December 2015 followed by 3 months of renovation with first services expected to occur in March 2016. Pastor Tom Lane will be the campus pastor.[citation needed]
Gateway Church Scottsdale
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.
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Ministries
The King's University at Gateway
Launched in September 2012, The King's University at Gateway offers full accredited undergraduate and master's degree with a doctorate degree plan within two years. When initially launched, the Southlake campus was an extension campus located at the former Southlake church building on Southlake Blvd. On November 14, 2013, there was a special Dedication Service and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at The King's University at Gateway making it the official location for King's University founded by Dr. Jack Hayford. Dr. John Spurling serves as the President.
Gateway Live
Gateway Live is Gateway's online webcast of most services at the Southlake Campus. gatewaypeople.tv
The Blessed Life TV Show
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 and features sermons and worship from past Gateway Church services.[12]
Gateway Worship
Gateway Worship, the worship band that leads worship at the Gateway Church, had some success in 2008 with their live album. The album reached #2 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart. Gateway's live album "God Be Praised" was released on November 9, 2010,[13] with Japanese, Korean and Portuguese versions released in 2012.[citation needed]
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 Portuguese, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin. Gateway has also released several devotional albums and training videos.[citation needed]
In 2015 their live album "Walls" reached #1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart. Gateway's live album "Walls" was released on October 2, 2015.[14]
Controversy
Pastor Robert Morris has been accused of misusing scripture to say that people must tithe to their church if God is to bless them, saying "This is what the tithe does. When we give our firstfruits to God, the rest of our fruits (money) are redeemed". Some argue that what he says is referenced in the Bible, others contend that this is a form of Prosperity Theology [15] Morris was also criticized for inviting Mormon Glenn Beck to speak at the church.[16]
References
- ^ "Outreach 100 Largest and Fastest Growing Churches in America". Outreach. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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- ^ a b c d e f Johnson, Gunnar. "Gateway Church 2013 Annual Report - Every Number Has A Name". Annualreport.gatewaypeople.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ [1] Kari Jobe, Dove Award Winner
- ^ a b "Gateway Church | we're all about people". Gatewaypeople.com. May 10, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "About Pastor Robert". Gateway Church. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "Vernon Wells Project".
- ^ Johnson, Gunnar. "Gateway Church 2014 Annual Report - Every Number Has A Name". Annualreport.gatewaypeople.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "Gateway Church Opens New Campus". Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/20100420054711/http://www.northstarchurch.cc:80/progress.html. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Gateway Church Extension Campus". Gatewaypeople.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ The Blessed Life program Information
- ^ BillboardAllmusic
- ^ BillboardAllmusic
- ^ Morris, Robert. "Pastor". Ministry Today. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ John Ankerberg. "Why is Gateway Church in Dallas, Texas allowing Glenn Beck to give his testimony?". John Ankerberg Show.