Mila and Hernani Resueno
Our first involvement with Mila and Hernani Resueno was in the mid-eighties when Jono and MaryTurner were looking for suitable outreach opportunities for their CATS (Church Action Training School)students. Eric Hodgkinson, who was on the Church staff at the time, had met Mila in the 1970’s when hewas travelling with Youth for Christ, and recommended […]
Martyn and Wendy
Martyn and Wendy began attending Gateways (then ‘Christian Centre’) in the late 1970’s when they were both students, and were married there in 1980. They were actively involved in prison ministry, outreach and home group leading. Martyn and Wendy both count this time as being foundational in their life and ministry, appreciating the rich Biblical […]
Barry Cleland
Gateways’ connection with Bosnia goes back to when Julie Smart (1976) and then Betty Hills (1983) visited on outreach. In both 2000 and 2001 Gateways sent teams to Konjic to assist the local evangelical church in outreach via teaching English. Different members of our family were on both teams and during the second outreach, Zahir Šurković, who […]
Eleanor Rich
After being involved in the 1980’s with the Church Action Training School (CATS) initiated by Jono and Mary Turner in Gateways, Eleanor went to Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Initially she was with YWAM Kona in Hawaii involved in the worship ministry. Later she moved to Norway and started leading Discipleship Training Schools (DTS’s), teaching […]
Mark and Faye Griffiths
Faye joined Gateways Christian Fellowship (then Christian Centre) in 1980 when she moved to Palmerston North to study at Massey. She spent some time away, firstly in YWAM Australia and then in China where she was greatly encouraged by letters from the Palfreyman’s house group (era: late 80’s!). On her engagement to Mark (1994), he […]
Mark and Jane Banyard
Our history with Gateways dates back to early 1998 when Mark was invited to speak at your leaders’ camp. Mark didn’t realize it at the time he accepted the invitation, but he had already met Jono and Mary Turner at a conference in Auckland in 1995. A year later, when Mark returned in […]
Missions Update – Nov 2020
Missions Update – Nov 2020 Eleanor Rich has been scammed. She has lost all the money in her American bank accounts – money set aside for her green card, money for her mortgage for the next three months, money she had been saving over five years by adding a few dollars each month to the […]
Mark and Faye Griffiths Serving with SIM in Niger
Faye joined Gateways Christian Fellowship (then Christian Centre) in 1980 when she moved to Palmerston North to study at Massey. She spent some time away, firstly in YWAM Australia and then in China where she was greatly encouraged by letters from the Palfreyman’s house group (era: late 80’s!). On her engagement to Mark (1994), he […]
Our first involvement with Mila and Hernani Resuenos was in the mid-eighties when Jono and Mary Turner were looking for suitable outreach opportunities for their CATS (Church Action Training School) students. Eric Hodgkinson, who was on the Church staff at the time, had met Mila in the 1970’s when he was travelling with Youth for […]
Medical Relief in Niger is the name of the new fund which Mark and Faye have been wanting to set up for some time now. The purpose is to help people in Niger who need surgery they are unable to pay for. Currently there are three people needing surgery for broken legs which have been […]