Gateway Worship Explained

Gateway Worship is an American Christian worship band from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.^[1] The team leads worship at Gateway Church, a 39,000 member congregation located in Southlake, Texas, which has grown quickly since the church's beginnings in 2000.^[2] Gateway Worship is made of a whole team of worshippers who serve Gateway. Thomas Miller served as the original senior worship pastor until becoming executive ministry pastor in 2018. He was succeeded by Mark Harris, formerly of 4Him. Harris leads a team of worship pastors including, David Moore, Matt Birkenfeld, Zach Neese, Aaron Crider, Jason Tam, Tim Sheppard, Jessica Sheppard, Levi Smith, Austin Benjamin.

Gateway Worship is currently signed with Gateway Create Publishing, Fair Trade Services, and Integrity Music.^[3]

The group's 2008 release Wake Up the World reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.^[4]

Discography

Gateway Worship's discography includes live albums and studio albums.

Live albums

Year	Album	Details	Peak chart positions		Notes
			US 200[5]	US Christ.[6]
2006	Living for You	Recorded: April 29, 2005 Label: Integrity Music, Gateway Create	—	—	Recorded live at Gateway Church's original Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas.
2008	Wake Up the World	Recorded: September 21, 2007 Released: April 8. 2008 Label: Integrity Music, Gateway Create	—	2	Recorded live at Gateway Church's original Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas.
2010	God Be Praised	Released: November 15, 2010 Label: Integrity Music, Gateway Create	63	3	Recorded live over two nights at Gateway Church's original Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas. This is the last album recorded at Gateway's original Southlake campus.
2011	Great Great God (EP)	Released: November 1, 2011[7] Label: Gateway Create, Fair Trade Services	55	3	Recorded live over a weekend at Gateway Church's Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas. This is the first album recorded at Gateway's new Southlake campus.
2012	Forever Yours	Recorded: May 4, 2012 Released: October 19, 2012 Label: Gateway Create, Fair Trade Services	46	2 [8]	Recorded live at Gateway Church's Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas.
2015	Walls	Recorded: May 15, 2015 Released: October 2, 2015 Label: Gateway Create, Fair Trade Services	33	1 [9]	Recorded live at Gateway Church's Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas.
2018	Acoustic Sessions: Volume One	Recorded: November 9, 2017 Released: January 19, 2018 Label: Gateway Music	—	—
2018	Greater Than	Recorded: May 25, 2018 Released: September 28, 2018 Label: Gateway Music, Fair Trade Services	121 [10]	2 [11]	Recorded live at Gateway Church's Southlake campus in Southlake, Texas.
2020	See You Move: Acoustic Session Volume 2	Released: August 28, 2020 Label: Gateway Music, Integrity Music	—	—
2023	Completely Abandoned (Live)	Released March 3, 2023 Label: Gateway Music, Integrity Music			Recorded live at Gateway Church's Grand Prairie campus in Dallas, Texas.
2023	Crowns Down (Live)	Released: September 8, 2023 Label: Gateway Music, Capitol Music Group			Recorded live at Gateway Church's Grand Prairie campus in Dallas, Texas.

Studio albums

• Unsearchable (2003)
• My Beloved (2009)
• (Songs Inspired By) Conversations with God (2009)
• The More I Seek You (2011)
• Gateway Worship Voices (2016)
• Monuments (2017)

Gateway Devotions albums

The album titles are taken from various sermon series led by Robert Morris, Founding Senior Pastor.

• Drawing Closer: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2006)
• The Battle: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2007)
• First: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2008)
• Let's Go: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2010)
• In Jesus Name: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2012)
• Love Expressed: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2013)
• It Is Written: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2014)
• The Blessed Life: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2015)
• The God I Never Knew: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2016)
• Waiting on a Whisper: Songs from Gateway Devotions (2017)

Compilation albums

• The First 10 Years (2013)
• Voices: Kari Jobe (2016)
• Voices: Thomas Miller (2016)

Gateway Choir albums

• We Cry Out (2016)

Gateway Kids Worship albums

• Look Up (as Gateway Next) (2012)
• Ready to Go (as Gateway Next) (2013)
• Heartbeat (EP) (2016)
• Believe It (2018)
• Todos Mis Dias (2020)

Gateway Generate albums

• Gateway Generate (EP) (2013)

Spanish albums

• El Señor Reina (2013)
• Gloria a Dios (2014)
• Por Siempre Tuyo (2016)
• Murallas (2017)
• Mas Grande (2018)
• Grande y Fiel (2022)
• Celebraré (2023)

Portuguese albums

• Glória a Deus (2012)
• Deus Reina (2015)^[12]
• Pra Sempre Teu (2016)^{[13] [14]}
• Muralhas (2017)^[15]

References

• "Gateway Worship Bio". Published by Integrity Media. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
• "Gateway Worship: About Us". Published by Gateway Church. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
• "Review on Soul-Audio.com". Written by Cindy Poch. August 1, 2008.
• "Review on Christianity Today". Written by Andree Farias. August 1, 2008

Notes and References

1. Poch, Cindy. "Review on Soul-Audio.com." "Article ". Retrieved August 1, 2008.
2. Unknown. "Gateway Biography" "Gateway Worship Bio". Retrieved August 1, 2008.
3. Farias, Andree. "Gateway Worship: Wake Up The World" "Review on Christianity Today". Retrieved August 1, 2008.
4. Billboard
5. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Gateway Worship|chart=Billboard 200}} Gateway Worship Song & Chart History]. Billboard Magazine. May 6, 2016.
6. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Gateway Worship|chart=Christian Albums}} Gateway Worship Song & Chart History ]. May 6, 2016 . Billboard Magazine.
7. Web site: Great Great God - Gateway Worship - Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic.
8. Web site: Top Christian Albums, Week of October 27, 2012. Billboard Magazine. October 3, 2018.
9. Web site: Top Christian Albums, Week of October 24, 2015. Billboard Magazine. October 3, 2018.
10. Web site: Top 200 Albums, Week of October 6, 2018. Billboard Magazine. October 3, 2018.
11. Web site: Top Christian Albums, Week of October 6, 2018. Billboard Magazine. October 3, 2018.
12. Vagalume. "Gateway Worship + Diante do Trono: Deus Reina" "Review on Vagalume". Retrieved September 2015.
13. iTunes. "Gateway Worship Português: Pra Sempre Teu" "Review on iTunes". Retrieved June 24, 2016.
14. Guia-me. "Album "Pra Sempre Teu" by Gateway Worship was recorded by brazilian singers team live on Lagoinha Church" "Review on Guia-me". Retrieved September 3, 2015.
15. Web site: Gravação em Português do CD Muralhas no Congresso Gateway Worship Diante do Trono - Cristão Mais.