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 On Sunday, November 18, 1956, 16 adult members from the Boulevard Church of Christ in Charleston held the first service for a new church known as Gateway Church of Christ. These 16 people lived in the Saint Albans – Nitro Area, and they initially met in a building at the corner of Church and B Streets in downtown St. Albans which they purchased from St. Andrew Methodist Church. Clinton Looney, the minister of Boulevard Church of Christ, served both churches for a few weeks until Gateway hired it’s first full-time minister, Norman Ward, in January 1957.

 In 1976, the original church building and property were sold to the Urban Renewal Authority for the Loop Development Project, and the Gateway congregation relocated one-half block north to our present site at 422 B Street where a new sanctuary and education wing were built.

 In 1999, a Family Life Center/Gymnasium was added. This area now houses the Gateway Christian Education Center, a state-licensed facility providing Christian-based preschool and after-school care for children aged six weeks to twelve years old.

 In 2006, a Children’s Ministry Area wing was built to accommodate our continued growth, and the bottom level of this addition served as an overflow seating area for adult worship until we were able, by God’s blessing, to complete our current auditorium and worship center in 2010.

 In 2011, our Teays Valley campus had its very first service at the Valley Park Community Center, and in early 2012, began meeting in the Teays Valley Cinema. In 2015, we purchased and expanded the former Calvary Baptist Church building in Scott Depot, where we now host Sunday services and small group studies throughout the week.

 In 2018, our Beckley campus began meeting for Sunday services in The Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, and now meets in the Raleigh County Convention Center.

 In 2020, our newest campus began meeting for Sunday services in the former Marmet Christian Church location in downtown Marmet.

 In 2022, construction began on a new student education center at our Teays Valley campus to accommodate our burgeoning youth ministry at that location.

 In the fall of 2023, our Barboursville location began meeting for Sunday services in the Hampton Inn outside the Huntington Mall.