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The House Will Stand - Apostle Bobbie Jean Merck The Real Church - Harold Hanley World Training Center - Randy Grier Were On The Move!!! - Linda Frederick Apostle David Coker: A Gift to the Body of Christ - Apostle Jonas & Rhonda Clark Transformation and Discipleship - Andy & Stephanie Coker Gateway for Learning and Fulfilling Destiny! - Carol & Randall Hanley Doers of Gods Word! - Tenana & Nessa Singleton We Celebrate You Gateway! - Jennifer Wiley A Son of the House - Nathan Mack Happy Anniversary, Gateway! - Lois Hylton

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Let us go forward. The foundation of the house is the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, the house is sure and secure on Him. This is the year of many God-given instructions and The song Amazing Grace could be a summary directions, one being, rebuild. The of his love, gratitude, and commitment to foundation is strong, but sometimes some God. By grace, through faith, he has been wood, hay, and stubble have crept in chosen, and by grace, through faith, he has unawares into the building process. prevailed. He has proven and is proving that Gods grace is sufficient. He freely Without hesitation, some of the building acknowledges in many ways that he is what that should be torn down has been torn he is by the grace of God. down. The re-building process will perhaps in progress for many years. But, be But, be assured the house will stand, be assured the house will stand, multiply, and replenish in the earth and in multiply, increase, and replenish increase, the Kingdom of God as His church. in the earth and in the Kingdom of

Bobbie Jean Merck

The House Will Stand
"And with great power gave the apostles witness ofthe resurrection ofthe Lord jesus: and great grace was upon them all. (Acts 4:33)

ho can measure the call, the gifting, the anointing with which God has graced Apostle David? I do not believe his call and his faithfulness to that call can be measured in this life. Truly, his life is an example of one who is submitted to God.

God as His church.

From the personal perspective of attending services where I am not ministering but Apostle David is, I have been strengthened and encouraged. What a joy it is to observe and to be a part of his yielding to the Holy Spirit in teaching and ministering to people and their needs. Compassion from his heart overtakes all cares and he simply cares for the people. Yes, he has discovered what grace can do.
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Congratulations Gateway Believers Fellowship! In Jesus Christ the best is yet to come! And yes, you aint seen nothing yet. Be blessed In His Great Love,

~Apostle Bobbie Jean Merck

Harold Hanley
The Real Church

ears ago, my wife, Callie, and I were seeking God in our home. We were hungry for more, and we needed Him to show us where to go. Through those prayers, God brought us together with David Coker.

be committed in whatever Im doing and be here every time the doors open. We value the truth in the Word here. That truth is the most important thing taught here in this house; its what keeps us all growing and reaching our purpose.

This church is real and the people are real. That speaks volumes and it means everything to me.
This church is real and the people are real. That speaks volumes and it means everything to me. Not only that, but Apostle David is real. I feel like I know his heart. I was there in the very beginning when he received his call into the ministry and was prophesied over by Sister Pearl. When I heard that, it put a desire in my heart to help him fulfill his destiny. It has been a privilege to see Gateway blossom like a flower for 25 years. Hold on, because we are getting ready to bloom out like never before!

For the last 25 years, Gateway has given me what I needed every day. This church keeps me alive. I have seen the transformation in my life and in the lives of many others from the teaching that is taught here at this church. Ive learned, over the years, how to ~Harold Hanley live my life in a way that demonstrates what Ive been taught. One of the most important things I have learned here at Gateway is to

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Randy Grier
World Training Center
"Fear not, only believe! That day she began to improve and the Lord Jesus raised her up from her deathbed. The church began to improve and much success and prosperity came. The church bought the entire shopping complex they had been renting a room in, and later brought the land around them. They rebuilt the entire complex and changed it into a functioning church facility and built other buildings. The Lord Jesus Christ spoke to Pastor David and told him why he struggled so much in his calling. He said, You are an apostle, not a pastor. That set him free and his ministry took off on an entirely different level, spiritually.

y wife, Patti, and I became acquainted with Apostle David and Mrs. Geraldine Coker around 1989. We met at a Rhema ministers function at a hotel and became good friends from that day. We had both attended Rhema Bible Training Center. Apostle David was called Pastor David Coker at that time, and we were both doing our best to see our ministries survive from day to day, with great struggles. I was a traveling evangelist and was barely getting by myself. We were both walking by faith and not by sight or we would have both given up on our calling, because Satan was doing his best to destroy us. Pastor David would invite me to his church to preach, and God would bless us mightily. There were only twenty or so people in a very small rented room. One day, after several years of knowing him, I was talking with Pastor David. He said to me, They lied to me at Rhema! I said, What do you mean? He replied, They told me to preach the Word and the people would come, but they have stayed away by the thousands! I could tell he was upset, but I laughed with him, as I understood how he must feel. He told me, There must be more to God than they told me. I am going to put my head down and run at God until I hit Him or die one. I sensed the determination in his voice and told him that I agreed with him.

I was caught up in the Spirit... above the church sanctuary. I heard the words, World Training Center.
I was sitting in the parking lot of the church, years ago, when I had a vision. I was caught up in the Spirit and seemed to be standing about one hundred feet in the air above the church sanctuary. I heard the words, World Training Center. I saw buildings behind the church that were not there yet and I saw what seemed to be a large auditorium setting on the southeast side that was not there. Since then, the first buildings I saw have been built but not the large building I saw on the southeast side. I know the Lord Jesus Christ has many great plans for Gateway Believers Fellowship, and the devil does not want those plans to come to pass. The good news is that the devil is already defeated and victory is sure! I have been very blessed to be friends with Apostle David Coker and to be acquainted with Gateway and see its supernatural growth and maturity over all these years!

He began to fast, pray and seek God. The Lord spoke to him and told him to pray in other tongues for twentyfive hours a week. He set out on that journey, and it started to look like he and his church were going under 47 different ways. He would walk the floor of his little church and fast and pray for hours and hours. There were times that I would join him for several days at a time and fast and pray with him. I can say he made the devil mad. All hell broke loose against him and his family! Mrs. Geraldine Coker was attacked with a very rare disease and was destined to die because medical Happy Anniversary, Gateway! science did not know how to help her. One day the Spirit of God spoke to Pastor David about his wife and said, ~Randy Grier

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Linda Frederick

Were On The Move!!!

arly in 1993, I was so hungry for more of God that I began an intense time of seeking God on my own, immersing myself in the Word and praying and fasting. Little did I know that 40 miles away, Pastor David Coker and a few of the members of his little church in Carnesville were doing the same thing. That time of seeking God led to a deep dissatisfaction with what I was seeing in the Body of Christ. Where were the miracles? Where were the salvations? Where was the manifestation of Holy Ghost? These things certainly were not happening in the church where my family attended, nor were they common in the church circles in which we had fellowship. By 1996, we had had enough. We didnt know where to go to find people who were hungry for what we were hungry for, but we knew God would lead us: and He did!

anointing that Apostle David carried. He was plain; he was real; he was insightful, and he was funny! The Sunday after that, we joined the church, and God showed me in a supernatural vision that David Coker was my spiritual father. Within six months, we relocated to Carnesville and the rest is history! Through the years, we have been stretched and pruned, shaped and molded into the people we are today. I have experienced so much personal breakthrough and deliverance through the teaching in this house. Ill never forget Apostle looking at me from across his desk, telling me that I was crusty and that people were afraid to talk to me. What kind of minister could I ever be if I couldnt reach out to people and show them that I cared about them? Learning to love myself and love others has opened the door for me to experience the most significant relationships of my life. Through these relationships, I have come to know the Love of God on a whole new level.

We are moving out of this territory into the land that He is opening up for us... Get ready, cause were on the move!!!

Its hard to believe we have been a part of Gateway for fifteen years already! Although we have experienced great change over the years, I get the feeling that all of We thought we were only dropping by Faith Christian the change has been preparing us for what is in store Fellowship to hear a friend of ours preach while he next. God is enlarging our tent and expanding our was home for Christmas holidays from RHEMA. circle of influence and love. We are moving out of this Little did we realize Holy Ghost had orchestrated the territory into the land that He is opening up for us. entire service to show us how He had access in this Cant you just hear the buzz on the streets: Those house and this is where He wanted us to be. We could people over there at Gateway who have turned the sense the anointing so strongly on every aspect of the world upside down have come here to our city, too! service that day and, to top it all off, five people Get ready, cause were on the move!!! received Christ at the end of the service! Dave and I decided we needed to go back to hear the man of the house preach, so we went back the next Sunday. I ~Linda Frederick remember being blown away by the authority and

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Jonas & Rhonda Clark

Apostle David Coker: A Gift to the Body of Christ

o one has influenced me more than Apostle David Coker. His unique ability to minister the Gospel of the Kingdom of God in a simple yet profound way is inspiring. I first met Apostle David after receiving an invitation to minister at Gateway Believers Fellowship on the restoration of the apostolic in 2001. I was so impressed with the gift of God in him and his spiritual maturity that we invited him to minister at our annual Global Cause Network conference in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Since that time, Apostle David has traveled with us to Honduras, Nicaragua, France, Belgium, and England. He is a valuable team player in every way. No doubt Apostle David will tell you of the many exciting adventures he has shared with us in the nations: preaching in a Gothic church that met in a London pub, receiving an offering in a small wooden coffin, proving his apostleship by eating raw turtle eggs on the beach in Nicaragua, being abandoned on the street corner by a Muslim taxi cab driver in Paris because he was an American, lying awake all night because his hotel room was directly above a bottle crushing plant and nightclub in England, falling down the escalator at the train station in Belgium under all of Mrs. Geraldines luggage, preaching eight services in coat and tie in 107 degree weather in Managua, enjoying Leon the loudest and hottest city in the world, experiencing the floor moving under his feet while preaching during an earthquake in Crucero, dying in the flesh with the

Mombotombo while sharing his room with the slowest carpenters in the world, forced to join a conga line on Pochomil Beach by Dutch Evangelist Rudy Langenberg, and hiking to the top of a mountain ridge in the hot sun while asking for a photo to show his church what he looked like right before he died. Of course all of these are from his perspective, but thats another story!

Not only can he teach the Word of God in a way that everybody can understand, but he also knows how to minister in the Holy Ghost.

Apostle David is a true gift from God to the body of Christ. Not only can he teach the Word of God in a way that everybody can understand, but he also knows how to minister in the Holy Ghost. David continues to remind us that the Holy Spirit is our teacher and without him we can never fulfill our purpose in life. I have witnessed him lead thousands of people to Christ and get them baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. It is my honor to know him and to attend the 25th year anniversary of Gateway Believers Fellowship. We love you, Apostle David and Geraldine. Your partners,

~Apostle Jonas & Rhonda Clark

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Andy & Stephanie Coker

Transformation and Discipleship

ateway has meant EVERYTHING to us! Its true that Andy is one of Apostle Davids sons and has been here from the very beginning (and before). Its true that we met and got married right here at Gateway. Our journey began here, but Gateway means so much more than just that to us. It's hard to wrap words around it, but transformation and discipleship are the things that have meant the most in our life, and those are the most valuable things that we have received here at Gateway. Our whole lives have changed because of the teaching, training, and relationships we have here. We left Gateway for a season, but our hearts were still with the church. Our love for this house never changed. What we believed never changed. While we were gone, we had an opportunity to find out what we really knew for ourselves and we realized that we still don't fully understand everything that's in us. We gained a whole new perspective about church and who we are in Christ. When we came back, we were looking for something that was real, and that is what we found here at Gateway. Not only that, but we now know for certain that we are here because this is where God has called us, not because of who our family is. How to grow up spiritually is one of the most important things you will ever learn at Gateway. This ministry is built around the pursuit of truth

and helping believers know the truth for themselves. It doesnt matter who you are or what youve done, Holy Ghost will develop you here if you stay and pursue the truth. No person can develop you: only Holy Ghost can.

... transformation and discipleship are the things that have meant the most in our life, and those are the most valuable things that we have received here at Gateway.

Apostle David leads us with the truth no matter what the cost. He has this transparency that you won't get anywhere else. We can tell you better than anybody can that he is the same all the time; he's real no matter where you see him. His dependency on God and his willingness to change and grow is what has helped him make it twenty-five years. No matter how far you have come, you will always have to depend on God. Weve come a long way over the years, both personally and as a ministry. We have more clarity and structure around here now than we ever have. There are more and more people stepping into what God has called them to be, and there is going to be even more of that happening as we enter into the next phase that God has for us. Stick around! God is doing great things here at Gateway!

~Andy & Stephanie Coker

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Gateway for Learning and Fulfilling Destiny!

Apostle David is a mighty man of God! He is a man after Gods own heart. We have appreciated the way he seeks the truth no Gateway is truly a gateway for matter what the truth is. Because he wants and your and not a lie or a faade, he is one of the !... Stick around to see what truth most transparent people you could meet. He is God will do next! not prideful. When he misses it, he will let you know! He is also a man who hears from God and allows God to flow in our services. We Randall and I have known Apostle David from have never met anyone who is as transparent way back. We knew of him even before as Apostle David and we love him dearly! Gateway ever existed. What brought us here and has kept us here is the belief in Apostle Gateway is truly a gateway for learning and Davids ministry and that God has sent us to fulfilling your destiny! Prophecies have been be a part of this mighty work. We believe in spoken over this house and some have already what Apostle David preaches each time he been fulfilled. Gateway has many more steps into the pulpit. He is all about the truth prophecies that WILL be FULLFILLED! Stick no matter what the truth is. around to see what God will do next!

eing at Gateway has meant a great deal to us. It is a place where we can seek refuge. Not only is Gateway a place of refuge for us, it is also a place where we can come and grow spiritually. There is no other place that can feed us the Word and help us to grow and fulfill the destiny that God has for us as individuals and as a couple. It was prophesied that this will be a school of learning and it has definitely been that for us. We are taught the Truth every time the doors are open. Not some sugar coated, watered down, resemblance of the Word, but we are taught the WHOLE Truth!

changed us a lot over the years. We have grown to trust in God more and to look to Him for help through the difficult circumstances that will sometimes happen in life. Each day, we grow and learn more that God does truly love us and He is helping and teaching us to Stand on His Word. We have also learned that God does have a plan for us personally. That plan includes being at Gateway where we are fitly framed together in our place. We have a place where we fit so that we can fulfill our destiny.

fulfilling

Being brought up under this ministry has

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~Carol and Randall Hanley

Tenana & Nessa Singleton

Doers of Gods Word!

wo years ago, we wanted a deeper and more meaningful life with the Lord and a friend of ours invited us to Gateway. Right away, we knew this was the place where God placed us. At Gateway, we began to experience what it means to walk with the Lord and allow Him to be the Lord over every aspect of our lives. First, we were challenged with truth, transparency, and the reality of His Word. We began to learn who we are in Christ and that God wants to manifest His glory and power through us. In this church, we have been challenged to grow and develop our character and allow the Lord to use us, and we are truly being transformed. In fact, transformation is an ongoing process that has caused us both to get out of our comfort zones! Weve been able to do that easily because people here dont put others down. We came for the anointing, but we have stayed because of the love that the people show us. At Gateway, not only do we have powerful teaching and a powerful anointing, but we also have a church where the people treat us like family. Apostle Davids example of transparency, truthfulness, honesty, and integrity causes us to get real about ourselves. He is a leader by example - a father figure, strong but gentle, tough but tender. You might describe him as a warhorse: powerful, anointed, selfless, and unafraid to preach and teach the truth. Apostle

David gives you the unadulterated truthno sugar coating! Hes an awesome spiritual father and we are blessed to have him!

At Gateway, we are encouraged, equipped, and challenged to be the best that God created us to be... At Gateway, we are not just hearers of the Word, but we are doers of Gods Word!
Every member of the body at Gateway has a Kingdom assignment. At Gateway, we are encouraged, equipped, and challenged to be the best that God created us to be. You can just sense that God is going to do great exploits through every believer at Gateway. There is going to be an explosion of every facet of the ministry, from our local fellowship to the world. We are already seeing miracles, but we are going to see MIRACLES, MIRACLES, MIRACLES! We want to invite everyone to come be a part of the body of Christ in action. At Gateway, we are not just hearers of the Word, but we are doers of Gods Word!

~Tenana & Nessa Singleton

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Jennifer Wiley

I remember our first impression of Gateway was the prompt attention and sincere welcome we experienced while simply parking our car. Wow! We had never seen this kind of servants heart in an usher ministry in all our years of church attendance!

We Celebrate You Gateway!

e Celebrate You Gateway!

Our journey to Gateway was a culmination of many changes-one in particular was the fact that we had outgrown every previous Pastor we served. It was heart-warming and fulfilling to hear Apostle David say to both Scott and myself, I can assure you, you will never outgrow me. Those words rang in my ears throughout the I thank God for Gateway. I thank God for a place years we remained in ministry here, and I will be of divine opportunity that awaits individuals forever marked by them. who truly hunger after God and all He has for them. I thank God for men and women of Congratulations Gateway for increasing faith and tenacity who refuse to give in to the pressures of the norm, whose ultimate of and goal and purpose is to bring forth truth, while commitment in proclaiming the spreading the love of Christ and transforming gospel! lives a generation at a time.

The routine, mundane rituals that religion so easily provides can quickly mislead you into thinking youre on the right path when, in reality, youre far from it. God, in His rich mercy, provided countless opportunities to remind me that my position as a worship leader must never serve as a substitute for worship! You see, I thought I knew all about worship, praying, serving, and being diligent in the Word. But, I found out real quickly the definition of genuine relationships and transparency before a congregation, leadership and ultimately God Himself. You can only hide and pretend for so long.

25 years faithful dedication

Change is not an option but a necessity. This is one specific component that has stayed with me as a result of our powerful fellowship with this church. In order to go to the next level in ministry YOU MUST CHANGEperiod. I thank God the leadership of this house never left me alone. I am grateful they exercised tough love during those moments when my flesh wanted to stop and quit.
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Congratulations Gateway for 25 years of faithful dedication and commitment in proclaiming the gospel! Much blood, sweat and tears have been shed but not in vain. May God grant you many more years to come as He continues to add to the house daily those that are being saved (Acts. 2:47).

~Jennifer D. Wiley

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Nathan Mack
A Son of the House

I want to personally thank all of you for listening to the Holy Spirit in you because you have all played a major part in changing my life and that of my whole family.

y name is Nathan Mack. I am presently serving in the Army and my family and I are stationed at Fort Stewart in Savannah, Georgia, where we have been living for the past year. I have a beautiful wife, Amberly, and two children: my two year-old daughter Abrielle and my son Lathan, who just turned one.

walked out of that wreck with minor scratches! I have learned that if I have done all that I know to do, then it is time for me to give my problem to God and trust Him with the situation. I may not be at Gateway during this season, but every time I go home to visit I make sure I attend Gateway. I may be young, but my advice to you all is to cherish what God has and is doing at Gateway Believers Fellowship.

I have been attending Gateway since 1996. Words could not describe how much God has changed my life through Gateway! A few years back, I was involved in an auto accident where my car was T-boned. The ambulance worker told me that when he came to the wreck, he just knew that no one survived. I did survive. That night, I felt someone slide into the car next to me, which protected me from the impact of the wreck. I know for a fact, as I rode in the ambulance to the hospital, that if it were not for Camp Jubilee and Camp Destiny teaching me how to pray, as well as the covering of my family, and my Gateway family, I would be dead! I
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I want to personally thank all of you for listening to the Holy Spirit in you because you have all played a major part in changing my life and that of my whole family. I love you all and again, thank you.

~PFC Mack, Nathan

Lois Hylton

Happy Anniversary, Gateway!

hen my husband, John, and I first moved into this area, we drove by Gateway, and John told me to stop by the next day and talk to the staff. We rehearsed what I should ask that night. The following day I drove to the church and Apostle David was there. The first thing I asked was, Do you believe in segregation? I further explained, The reason Im asking is that were from the West and we dont have that type of thing going on out there, and we dont agree with segregation in the church at all! Apostle David broke into this large smile and said, Come visit us on Sunday; youll see what youre looking for. He was right, and from the minute we walked in we felt comfortable. More than that - we grew! To this day I consider everyone at Gateway my friend. Moreover, I respect, admire, and love Apostle David. His heart is genuine no hidden agendas. Hes not perfect, but both John

and I loved that about him hes real! He encouraged us to grow as we worked in many areas of ministry at Gateway. Since my dear husband went home to be with the

...I respect, admire, and love Apostle David. His heart is genuine no hidden agendas. Hes not perfect, but both John and I loved that about him hes real!

Lord a few years ago, there have been times that I wish I could have seen the roller coaster of my life before I embarked on the ride, but I doubt that I would have taken the trip if I had. God has shown me mercy and grace during many hard times, and it was through the life lessons and God lessons taught by Apostle David and his leadership that Ive been able to stand in the valley and see the light rise above the mountain! I thank God for Apostle David and for Gateway! Happy Anniversary, Gateway!

~Lois Hylton

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Gateway Believers Fellowship

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