God has given to us, His people, an amazing mission to glorify Him with our lives and to make Him known to others.2 Corinthians 5:17-21 gives us a glimpse of this mission He has given to us:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

We believe that God in His sovereign plan has put us in Montgomery for a reason. We desire to be a blessing to this community and a light to those around us here. We also know that God's heart is for all the nations (people groups) to worship Him. Therefore, we are intentional in taking the Gospel to peoples around the world who have never heard.

In addition to the local and global efforts you see below, our elders are currently working on a comprehensive missions strategy for Gateway, looking at how God has gifted us and where He is leading us to focus our efforts.

LOCAL MISSIONS

• Gateway strives by God's grace to be a blessing to our community and share the hope of Christ with those around us here. Our current work in Montgomery includes:

  • New Life in Christ
    NLIC is a Hispanic church that meets on the Gateway campus on Sunday afternoons for worship and during the week for Bible studies. We are thankful for our long partnership with NLIC.
    
    
  • Mixtec Church Plant
    The Mixtec are an unreached people group from Mexico with a large population in Montgomery. Gateway supports the work of church plant in that community. In addition, Gateway also has hosted the National Mixtec Summit multiple times.
    
    
  • Before School Bible Study Club
    Seth Rhodebeck and a number of Gateway volunteers lead a Bible study for middle school students before school on Tuesday mornings at one of the Montgomery Public Schools.
    
    
  • HOPES School Outreach
    Gateway serves in many ways at Capitol Heights Middle School to help with food needs of students and families, tutor struggling students, and encourage the teachers and administrators. 
    
    
  • Montgomery Baptist Association
    In addition to those efforts, Gateway contributes from the budget to the Montgomery Baptist Association to help with church development, pastor training, and benevolence right here in Montgomery.

Gateway members are involved in many other ways throughout the community. As you get to know us, you will find our people scattered throughout all of the river region, seeking to minister to others in neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

• Gateway has a heart to see all the peoples of the world worshipping God. We are involved in missions because we desire to see God glorified among all the peoples of the world, and because we want all the peoples of the world to find true joy from knowing their Creator.

  Internationally, we have long term partnerships:

  • Navigators in France
    Former Gateway member, Taylor Foxx, and his family live in France working with the Navigators. As their sending church, Gateway prays for and financially supports their work as they do evangelism and discipleship with college students in their city.
    
    
  • Church planting and discipleship in Haiti
    For the past several years, Gateway has come alongside "Pastor Marc," a gifted evangelical pastor who works with churches in the Bossier region. Through financial support, prayer support, and short term trips, the people of Gateway are partnering with him to see new churches started and believers discipled.
    
    
  • International Mission Board
    Gateway also contributes from our budget each month specifically to the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board to support evangelism, missions, and church planting both in North America and throughout the world.