Gateway Mission/Values

Gateway Woods History

Gateway Woods Apostolic Christian Children's Home was founded by love for lost and wounded children, by faith that God will provide and heal, and by obedience to God's Word and leading. In 1976, our residential childcare program opened two group homes on a beautiful 50-acre campus near Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Over the years, Gateway Woods' ministries have steadily grown. Program additions and facility expansions include:

• Residential Care - 1976
• Child and family counseling - 1979
• Independent living - 1986
• A third group home - 1988
• Foster care - 1989
• Family services in Illinois - 1994-2006
• Gateway Woods School - 1997
• International and domestic adoption - 2001
• A residential program for pregnant teens and teen moms - 2005
• A fourth group home: The Cypress House - 2007
• A fifth group home: The Pine House - 2008
• Adoption in Illinois - projected

Our programs are grounded in a biblical perspective and provided by a Christian staff dedicated to sacrificial love, solid values and quality care. Throughout the years, each new component of service has sprung from our skilled workers' awareness and our leadership's clear commitment to the pressing needs of the whole child, the whole family, the whole problem.

As a result, today Gateway Woods is a provider choice for a variety of children's services in northeast Indiana and beyond.