Gateway Church Leadership Team
Gateway Church is blessed to have a leadership team who is truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our leadership team and their stories.
Elder Ministry
Elders of Gateway Church
Our Gateway Elders are as followes (from left to right) Curtis Cook, Johnny Prewitt, Greg Schaffer, Criag Cotten.
Greg Schaffer
Lead Pastor
Pastor Greg is the lead pastor at Gateway Church. He has been married to his wife Tiffany for 29 yrs. Together they have 5 children, Nathan, Kyle, Patrick, Isaac and Jacob.
Pastor Greg was born on April 26, 1970, in Broward County Florida. At the age of 17, he accepted Christ into his life and was baptized. Shortly after, he felt the call to the gospel ministry. In 1988, he perused that calling by enrolling in Bible College (Miami Christian College).
Greg met his wife to be Tiffany at his home church (Pembroke Road Baptist Church) in 1989. In 1993, they were married. For more than thirty years Tiffany and Greg have been blessed to serve in the church. Throughout the years, Pastor Greg has served as a youth pastor, worship leader, associate pastor and senior pastor. As a senior pastor, it has been Greg's honor to serve in two other churches; Lighthouse Community Church in Dania Beach Florida, 2000-2010, and First Baptist in Waverly Ohio, 2010-2015.
Pastor Greg holds a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Trinity Theological Seminary and a Master's in Pastoral Ministry from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
Pastor Greg's passion for life reflects the mission of Gateway Church, "To know Christ and to make Him known." (John 17:3; Acts 20:24)
Deacon ministry
From left to right: Dan, Brian, Danny, Eric, Michael
Our deacons are in many ways the backbone of our church. Deacons are servants of the church. From the maintenance of the building to serving communion we are bless to have men of character and integrity to serve in the deacon ministry.
(Acts 6:3; 1 Tim 3:8-13)
Joey Spearman
Office manager
Joey was appointed to serve as Gateway Church's Office Manager in 2019. She is a wife and mother of two. Joey enjoys reading, hiking and anything craft. Joey graduated from CSU and holds a B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science.
In her free time she enjoys volunteering by working in the SLV (nursing home and school). She is a mother that enjoys watching her children grow in their faith, education and sports.
Children's Ministry
Childrens Ministry Director
We would like to welcome Kathy Loman as our new Children's Ministry Director. Kathy has a lifetime of experience with children church ministry and will be a wonderful addition to our Gateway family. Picture coming soon.
Isaac Schaffer
Interim Student Minister
For the past year Isaac has served as our Interim Student Pastor. Isaac is currently enrolled at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is working towards his Masters of Divinity with a focus on the Pastoral Ministry. Isaac has a calling and passion to serve and is looking forward to a lifetime of service to the local church.