LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Pastors Roger and Teresa McPhail for
special recognition as they commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Gateway
City Church on March 28, 2010

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is moved to recognize and pay tribute to
those individuals of firm belief and commitment who have devoted their
purposeful lives to the service of faith and community; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Pastors Roger and Teresa McPhail for special recognition as they commem-
orate the 20th Anniversary of Gateway City Church at a celebration
service to be held on Sunday, March 28, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Roger McPhail, and his wife, Reverend Teresa
McPhail, founded Gateway City Church, formerly New Hope Fellowship
Church, in 1990; and
WHEREAS, Today, Gateway City Church is a multi-cultural, multi-genera-
tional congregation with a city-reaching vision; through the years it
has grown from a prayer meeting in a rented facility to a thriving
congregation with an elementary school, having purchased several proper-
ties to accommodate a continually expanding ministry; and
WHEREAS, As Pastors of Gateway City Church, Reverends Roger and Teresa
McPhail have been called upon to contribute their time and talents to
countless endeavors on behalf of their congregation and have always
given of themselves unstintingly; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Roger McPhail is a member of the International
Coalition of Apostles and is the Chancellor of the regional Wagner Lead-
ership Institute; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Reverend Roger McPhail founded Mission New York,
which is a network of over 225 pastors that meet monthly for prayer and
impartation of vision; strategies are discussed and city-reaching
efforts are implemented; and
WHEREAS, One such city-reaching event was Pray New York, where Rever-
end Roger McPhail and the Mission New York pastors and their congre-
gations, "prayer walked" all 9,400 blocks of Brooklyn; and
WHEREAS, The success of these city wide endeavors have been covered by
periodicals such as Billy Grahams' DECISION Magazine, the Assemblies of
God, EVANGEL, Toronto Airport Fellowship, SPREAD THE FIRE, Robert
Stearns' KAIROS; they have also been featured in transformation videos
produced by the Assemblies of God and Ed Silvoso's HARVEST EVANGELISM;
CBS Evening News also covered one of Gateway City's Outreaches; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Teresa McPhail, co-founder and co-Pastor of Gateway
City Church, trains and oversees several Healing and Deliverance teams;
she is also currently working to create a network on intercessors from
the Mission New York base of pastors; and
WHEREAS, Furthermore, Reverend Teresa McPhail is a gifted teacher
whose background in education, coupled with her love for children, has
inspired her efforts for a higher standard in Christian education;
together, with her husband, she has founded four Christian schools
during the past 25 years; and
WHEREAS, She is currently writing a book entitled THE FIVE ANOINTINGS
OF CHILDREN IN INTERCESSION, which will detail the effective fervency of
the prayers of children and how to establish a children's prayer minis-
try; and
WHEREAS, Gateway City Church is committed to a broad-based ministry
that responds to the needs of its members and the community; in response
to this commitment, Community Ministry Groups have been established
under Reverend Teresa McPhail's leadership; and

WHEREAS, These are small group meetings held in various homes; semi-
annual themes are established and each group's leader trains with Pastor
Teresa about how to present these themes in accordance with the mission
statement of the Community Ministry Groups; and
WHEREAS, For the past 20 years, Pastors Roger and Teresa McPhail have
worked tirelessly to oversee and nurture the growing family that is
Gateway City Church; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when persons of
such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our attention, it is
appropriate to publicly and jubilantly proclaim and commend those indi-
viduals for the edification of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Pastors Roger and Teresa McPhail for special recognition as they
commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Gateway City Church on March 28,
2010; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Reverends Roger and Teresa McPhail, Pastors of Gateway City
Church.