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GCM Board

Gateway Christian Ministries is a family of ministries led by a leadership team comprised of key leaders from each of the associated members. While they daily serve and oversee the individual ministries, together the board regularly meets to pray, plan, and protect one another.

Two leaders from each of the churches and the Gateway House of Prayer serve on the board and meet with the board president for strategic planning, budgeting, and discernment of God’s collective will for GCM. Each ministry is free to implement the over-arching vision in the way that best fits its part of Christ’s mission.

BOARD MEMBERS

  • Scott Joggerst – Team leader of the Southgate Crestwood eldership team
  • Kevin Pratt – Elder at Southgate Crestwood and head of buildings and grounds
  • Vic Gerson – Team leader of the Southgate House Springs eldership team
  • Rick Borage – Elder at Southgate House Springs
  • Julie Henry – Key visionary and administrator at Gateway House of Prayer
  • Nathan Panke – Main worship leader at Gateway House of Prayer and Southgate Crestwood
  • Tim Schneider – President of Gateway Christian Ministries

Our Function

We exists to envision and foster relationships amongst related ministries to hasten the coming move of God. Isolated and lonely leaders do not produce healthy churches or ministries. GCM connects these ministries in relationship, vision and practical efficiencies.

Our Dream

We believe church planting, pursuing a world-class youth ministry, and night and day prayer are central to our primary corporate callings. We want to inspire believers to love God and worship extravagantly, love His Word, and to be discipled by it. We are to committed to radical love for one another and those who don’t yet know Christ, as we run to the place of prayer together.

Our Identity

We are a collection of Christ-centered leaders with similar passions and dreams with a commitment to one another. Our goal is to lead from amongst the people rather than from above them. We want to see all God’s people equipped to serve and lead in His holy purposes.

Statement of Faith

THE BIBLE

The Bible, both Old and New testaments, are inspired by God and are the revelation of God to man. The Bible is the guide for our faith and the instructions of our conduct.
(II Timothy 3:15-17; I Thessalonians 2:13; II Peter 1:21)

THE ONE TRUE GOD tHE tRINITY

The One true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM” (what God called Himself in the Bible), the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He also reveals Himself in the relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10,11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22)

THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. God come in the flesh. The Bible declares: His virgin birth (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31,35), His sinless life (Hebrews 7:26; I Peter 2:22), His miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38), His work on the cross as the substitute for our sins. (I Corinthians 15:3; II Corinthians 5:21), His physical resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; Luke 24:39), His being raised to the right hand of God. (Acts 1:9; 2:33; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:3; I Timothy 3:16).

THE FALL OF MAN

Man was created good and upright; for God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.” However, man by his own will fell into sin and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
Genesis 1:26,27; 2:17; 3:6; Romans 5:12-19)

THE SALVATION OF MAN

Man’s only hope of redemption is through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Condition to Salvation: Salvation is received by turning from sin toward God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. By grace alone man inherits eternal life through the work of the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7) The Evidence of Salvation: We have inner faith and peace as the evidence of our salvation. (Romans 8:16) The outward evidence is a life of following Christ and holy living.
(Ephesians 4:24; Titus 2:12)

THE PRACTICES OF THE CHURCH

Baptism in Water – Baptism by immersion is in the Bible. All who repent and believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus, they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
(Matthew 28:19; Acts 10:47,48; Romans 6:4)

COMMUNION

The Lord’s Supper, consisting of the elements – bread and wine – is the symbol of our Lord Jesus Christ’s body and blood (II Peter 1:4); a memorial of His suffering and death (I Corinthians 11:26); and a prophecy of His second coming (I Corinthians 11:26); and we are told to participate in communion, “till He comes.”

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

All believers are entitled to and should seek the promise of the Father – the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This is a command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian church. With it comes the power for life and service, the gifts of the spirit and their use in the work of the ministry. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; I Corinthians 12:1-31) This experience can be distinct from the experience of the new birth. (Acts 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9). With the baptism in the Holy Spirit comes such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit (John 7:37-39; Acts 4:8), a deepened reverence for God (Acts 2:43; Hebrews 12:28), dedication to God’s work (Acts 2:42), a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for those who do not yet know Him.

THE MINISTRY

A divinely called purpose has been provided by the Lord for the purpose of leading the Church in: Evangelization of the world (Matthew 28:19,20), Worship of God (John 4:23,24), Building a body of Christians being perfected in the image of His Son (Ephesians 4:11-16).

DIVINE HEALING

Divine Healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for by the Lord and is the privilege of all believers.
(Isaiah 53:4,5; Matthew 8:16,17; James 5:14-16)

OUR HOPE AND JUDGMENT

Our hope is in Jesus who provides for us the certainty of everlasting life in heaven. (I Thessalonians 4:16,17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; I Corinthians 15:51,52). There is also the assurance of a bodily resurrection at the end of time where we are given new incorruptible bodies. The sobering fact that goes along with this is that those who don’t know Jesus will be judged and given everlasting punishment.(Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20, 20:11-15; 21:8)