Missions

In 2008, the leadership decided to give 10% of our tithes to support the work of missions both home and abroad.

We prayerfully and financially support the following missions.

Christians Against Poverty

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is an award winning debt counselling charity. CAP is based in Bradford and has a growing network of centres around the UK.

Thousands of families in situations just like yours have already been released from the pressure of debt through a combination of advice, financial education, budgeting and insolvency services.

CAP's unique approach means you are supported all the way as you take each step out of debt and towards freedom.

Open Doors

The ministry of Open Doors began in 1955 when God called a young Dutchman to act on the basis of Revelation 3:2: "Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die." He went to Poland and discovered a church under threat behind the Iron Curtain, and desperately longing for the Word of God.

So Brother Andrew became God's Smuggler, taking suitcase after suitcase of Bibles to the persecuted church, facing great danger, but determined to bring encouragement and hope. He has never forgotten the words of one believer: "Your presence here with us is worth more than your ten best sermons."

Right now millions of Christians are at risk of persecution around the world. Open Doors is active in around 45 countries, supplying Bibles, leadership training, Scripture-based literacy programmes and support for Christians suffering for their faith. And we want to continue to encourage the church here to play its part: that means not only responding to the needs of the persecuted church, but also learning from their experience of what it means to follow Jesus.

So welcome to the ministry of Open Doors. We hope that as you see all that is made possible by the gifts and prayers of people like you, information will become inspiration.

Central African Missions

Central African Missions (CAM) is a UK Christian charity supporting a group of Pentecostal/Charismatic missionaries in Central Africa since 1915.

Our Aim is to bring encouragement, help, skills and finance to the churches in Central Africa by sending missionaries to work alongside the local churches, in partnership with them.

Mark Greenwood - Evangelist

The Gateway Christian Centre is proud to be Mark's home church, In 1988 Mark left Bradford as a 17 year old to train to become an evangelist. Over 20 years later, Mark is now a nationally respected evangelist who crosses denominational barriers to win the lost and train a multitude of Christians in the local church to win the lost.

Victory Outreach UK

Vicotry Outrach is an organisation that provides homes for young people with great needs. Some have been in prison while others struggle with addictions. At V.O, these young people find love, hope and the truth about Jesus.

The Corabia Foundation & Casa Sperantei

In 1996, nine year old Josh Face from Gateway Christian Centre, Bradford, sent out a Christmas shoe box through the Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal. Inside the box of gifts, Josh included a photograph of himself and his address. Eighteen months later, a letter arrived for Josh from the recipient of the box, Radu Delean, a nine-year-old Romanian boy from Sardu. Through correspondence a friendship began between Josh and Radu and in July 2000, Josh, his mother and a youth worker from gateway travelled to Sardu to meet Radu and his family. Further visits took place over the next two years with larger groups.    It became evident that that there was a great need for resources and organisation to encourage, develop and occupy the children and young people of this village and surrounding areas.

In 2004 the minister of gateway Christian Centre, Bob McDonald, with the help of the local church in Sardu, purchased a house and land in the village. The house has been enlarged so that teams can be accommodated while they work in the area, and was named Casa Sperantei, meaning, 'House of Hope'. In November 2004 the first staff of the project, Glenn and Tray Wilson, travelled to Sardu to lay the foundations of the work, returning to the UK one year later. Edith and Bob McDonald became the new onsite staff in March 2006 and will continue the work, holding various missions throughout the year.