Gateway Church (Texas)

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Gateway Church
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Service in 2011
Gateway Church (Texas)
CountryUnited States
Denomination Non-denominational charismatic
Website gatewaypeople.com
History
Founded23 April 2000 (Easter)
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Robert Morris [1]
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Gateway Church is a non-denominational, charismatic Christian multi-site megachurch based in Southlake, Texas, near Fort Worth. It estimates its weekly attendance at 100,000 as of 2022. [2] and is one of the largest churches in the United States. [3] The church was founded and is led by Senior Pastor Robert Morris. [4]

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History

On September 16, 1999, Pastor Robert Morris began to plan an evangelistic church in Southlake, Texas. Gateway Church's first service was held on Easter morning, April 23, 2000, at the Hilton Hotel in Grapevine. Approximately 180 people attended the service. The church grew, and moved to an old movie theater in Grapevine. In June 2003 the church moved into its first permanent building, a 600-seat, 64,000-square-foot (5,900 m2) facility on Southlake Blvd. In 2010 Gateway opened its current facility, a 64-acre (26 ha) property with a 4,000-seat sanctuary.

In 2017 Gateway Church confirmed 10–15% downsizing of their entire staff. [5] The downsizing story gained national attention by other church media outlets.

Campuses

Worship in 2010, old Southlake Campus Gateway Church Service 2010.jpg
Worship in 2010, old Southlake Campus

In 2008, the church began work on a new main campus located along State Highway 114. The project included a 4,000-seat sanctuary. It opened on November 13, 2010. Mark Jobe, father of contemporary Christian singer Kari Jobe, serves as the Campus Pastor. [6]

In early 2019, Gateway Church announced it was starting a ministry inside the Coffield Unit, the largest prison in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It is open to minimum security inmates (and, with special permission, medium security inmates) but all inmates may obtain church materials. [7] The church also ministers at the Estes Unit outside of Venus. [8] Stephen Wilson, an ex-offender who earned his masters from Liberty University [9] and has ministered in prisons previously, [10] serves as the leader of both of these prison efforts. The church uses the term 'campus' in describing each prison outreach program.

Ministries

The King's University at Gateway

The King's University was founded in 1997 by Jack W. Hayford. [11] in Van Nuys, California. In September 2012, The King's University at Gateway was launched. The school offers full accredited undergraduate, master's, and a doctorate degree. [12]

Gateway Worship

Gateway Church utilizes its worship band to lead worship services and create original music that it sells on a commercial record label. Its Live album God Be Praised was released on November 9, 2010, [13] with Japanese, Korean and Portuguese versions released in 2012.[ citation needed ] The live album, Walls , which was released on October 2, 2015, reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart. [13]

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  2. "About Us". Gateway Church. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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