Gateway Community Church

Gateway Community Church was formed as an independent, interdenominational Bible Study in November of 1991.  In January we incorporated as a Church under the name, Gateway Community Ministries, Inc. dba Gateway Community Church. 

 On Sunday December 18, 1994 the congregation of Gateway Community Church met in general session to vote on affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention.  The reason for this decision was two-fold.  First there was a need for a supportive body for the pastor; one from which he could receive encouragement and help.  Second, to give this local body the privilege of identification and fellowship with people of like mind.  After a careful search of a number of denominations, it was decided that the purposes of our local fellowship would best be served by the Southern Baptist Convention.

 Gateway Community Church is a member in good standing with the Stone Mountain Baptist Association, the Georgia Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Our Purpose:

The purpose of Gateway Community Church is GROWTH.  Our desire is to:

Glorify God in all we do.

Reach the lost wherever they are found,

Obey Christ by our active involvement in Christian fellowship,

Worship the Living God in spirit and truth,

Train believers to become faithful disciples, and

Help disciples discover and use their spiritual gifts in service for the    King.

We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God, inerrant in the original manuscripts and preserved by God in its entirety (2 Tim. 3:16 - 17; 2 Peter 1:21).

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  (John 6:27; Heb. 1:8; Acts 5:3-4; Matt. 28:19).

We believe that Jesus Christ in the flesh was both God and Man.  He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, and vicariously atoned for our sins through His shed blood on Calvary.  We believe that He died, was buried, He descended into hell, and bodily rose from the tomb on the third day.  He ascended to the right hand of God the Father where He is head of the church and intercedes for believers.  We believe that there is coming a time in future history when He will return visibly in power and great glory.  (John 1:1, 14; Phil. 2:6-11; Eph. 5:23; Rom. 8:34; 1 Thess. 4:16-17  1 Peter 3:19).

We believe that man in his natural state is born a sinner thus he is spiritually dead, and cannot discern the things of God  (Rom. 3:23; Rom. 6:23; 1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 2:1-2).

We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful men  (John 6:44, 65; 16:8-11).

We believe that the gift of eternal life is received by trusting Christ alone for Salvation (Eph. 2:8-9; Acts 4:12).

We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells all true believers and enables them to live a godly life (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:13-14).

We believe in the perseverance of the saints. (Phil. 1:6; Rom 14:4; Heb. 12:1-2; Eph. 1:13-14; John 6:39).

We believe that both the saved and the lost will be bodily resurrected from the dead -- they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation  (Rev. 20:11-15).

We believe in the spiritual unity of all true believers (Eph. 4:4-5; Rom 15:5-6).

We believe that the local church is God's primary tool for edifying the saints and evangelizing the lost.  (Eph. 4:11-13).