Our name | Mission | Vision | Leaders Ministries | Schedule | Directions | Contact Home   Gateway Church gathers for worship Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Location: 6425 Jefferson Rd. (Hwy. 129) in Athens, Georgia. For directions, click here. Ministry of the Word: Recent sermons Our quarterly e-magazine Gateway Today For the Gateway family Pastor Jerry's Weekly E-Mail FROM THE BISHOP From Gateway Today The e-magazine of Gateway Church WINTER 2005 No small vision Our parish is the world But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Jesus in Acts 1:8) Bishop Davis Other columns by Bishop Davis In many congregations, the belief that "the church is for the world" is forced to compete with a selfish view that "the church is for us."  I hope that 2005 will witness a renewal of mission across our Conferenece -- a renewal that causes us to live more completely as an authentic New Testament church, letting Acts 1:8 guide our life together. Jesus promises followers the power of the Holy Spirit and instructs them to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the eath. How fortunate that the United Methodist Church already is structured to fulfill this Great Commission through local, conference, jurisdictional and general church ministries: • Jerusalem -- your local church making a holy difference in your local community; • Judea -- the larger geographic region, the 72 counties of the North Georgia Conference; • Samaria -- the Southeastern Jurisdictional ministries and national projects all over the United States; and • The ends of the earth -- all over the world through our General Board of Global Ministries, UMCOR and hundreds of other United Methodist organizations. Our task is much greater than how many people we can physically welcome into our own churches -- our parish is the world. Let us not settle for a small vision. May 2005 be a time when we receive the Holy Spirit anew and radiate the love of God throughout a hurting and troubled world. There is a desperate need in our conference for churches that are passionate about multiplying disciples of Jesus Christ and equipping them to follow the Lord into the worldwide mission field.  This is the essence of a New Testament church. Such congregations have been known to turn the world upside down.   Bishop G. Lindsey Davis North Georgia Conference The United Methodist Church To the Gateway Church home page How to contact us