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.
Campusesedit
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.
Gateway Church utilizes its worship band to lead worship services and create original music that it sells on a commercial record label. Its Live albumGod 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]
Referencesedit
^"Robert Morris". Gateway Church. March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^"About Us". Gateway Church. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^Smith, Diane. "Gateway Church wants 100 percent of its members to vote". Fort Work Star-Telegram. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^“Robert Morris”. Gateway Church. gatewaypeople.com. Accessed October 8, 2020.
^"Southlake-based Gateway Church confirms it will cut staff by 10-15 percent". Retrieved August 24, 2017.
^"Gateway Church opens new campus". MySouthlakeNews.com. November 25, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^"Gateway Church Seeing Revival, 500 Salvations at Its New Prison Church Campus". CBN News. February 4, 2019.
^"Gateway Church". gatewaypeople.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^"Texas megachurch opens new campus in maximum-security prison: 'Our brothers and sisters in Christ'". Fox News. January 31, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^Moore, S. David (October 1, 2020). Pastor Jack: The Authorized Biography of Jack Hayford. David C Cook. ISBN978-0-8307-8112-6.
^"TKU – Accreditation and Assessment". TKU.edu. 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Gateway Church Texas news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Gateway ChurchService in 2011CountryUnited StatesDenominationNon denominational charismaticWebsitegatewaypeople wbr comHistoryFounded23 April 2000 Easter ClergySenior pastor s Robert Morris 1 Contents 1 History 2 Campuses 3 Ministries 3 1 The King s University at Gateway 3 2 Gateway Worship 4 References 5 External linksHistory editOn 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 edit nbsp Worship in 2010 old Southlake CampusIn 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 editThe King s University at Gateway edit 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 edit Main article 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 References edit Robert Morris Gateway Church March 9 2015 Retrieved March 11 2021 About Us Gateway Church Retrieved February 14 2022 Smith Diane Gateway Church wants 100 percent of its members to vote Fort Work Star Telegram Retrieved May 4 2017 Robert Morris Gateway Church gatewaypeople com Accessed October 8 2020 Southlake based Gateway Church confirms it will cut staff by 10 15 percent Retrieved August 24 2017 Gateway Church opens new campus MySouthlakeNews com November 25 2010 Retrieved May 4 2017 Gateway Church Seeing Revival 500 Salvations at Its New Prison Church Campus CBN News February 4 2019 Gateway Church gatewaypeople com Gateway Church gatewaypeople com Retrieved October 5 2019 Texas megachurch opens new campus in maximum security prison Our brothers and sisters in Christ Fox News January 31 2019 Retrieved October 5 2019 Moore S David October 1 2020 Pastor Jack The Authorized Biography of Jack Hayford David C Cook ISBN 978 0 8307 8112 6 TKU Accreditation and Assessment TKU edu 2017 Retrieved August 7 2017 a b Billboard AllMusicExternal links editOfficial website Texas Official website Arizona32 56 21 N 97 07 17 W 32 939123 N 97 121525 W 32 939123 97 121525 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gateway Church Texas amp oldid 1200620737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
