Rev. Dr. Daniel Mercaldo, Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Daniel Mercaldo has been the Senior Pastor of Church at the Gateway (formerly Gateway Cathedral) for more than 40 years, having founded the Interdenominational Church with 16 people in January of 1965.  That small group has now grown to a congregation of over 1,600 with a church facility located on more than 22 [...]

Rev. Timothy J. Mercaldo, Associate Pastor and Director of Creative Arts

With more than 20 years on staff, Pastor Tim Mercaldo is responsible, in partnership with the Senior Pastor, for the casting of vision and the implementation of Gateway’s mission. He and the Senior Pastor oversee the senior staff in all four core ministries – Worship, Children, Youth and Small Groups. A graduate of Moody Bible [...]

Rev. Paul Schooling, Director of Administration and Congregational Care

Rev. Paul Schooling is the Church at the Gateway’s Director of Administration and Congregational Care. His responsibilities include handling the administrative duties of the daily operation of the church, overseeing Congregational Care, Counseling, Security, Heritage Builders, and the Ushers’ Ministry as well as Gateway’s Benevolence Ministry, and assisting with mission team development.
Pastor Paul came to [...]

Rev. Greg Timms, Director of Small Groups and Connections

Rev. Greg Timms recently joined the Church at the Gateway staff as the Director of Small Groups and Connections.
Greg and his family moved to the States from South Africa in 2009. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Bible Theology through Global University, Springfield, MO and a diploma from Hatfield School of Theology, Pretoria, [...]

Jim Dickinson, Director of Programming

Jim Dickinson, Director of Programming, is committed to helping thousands upon thousands of people in the community to come to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ. That’s why our motto at Gateway, “Connecting people to God and others…” is so important to him.
Creativity and fun go together, which is why I’m so grateful to [...]

Ron Francis, Director of Student Ministries

Ron Francis, Director of Student Ministries at Church at the Gateway, has quite a colorful background…
In 1972, Ron was part of a commando unit that was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit.  Of course, Ron and the others promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade and ended up [...]