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San Jose, CA 95138
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 Sunday
Service 1- 9:00am
Service 2-11:00am

Tuesday
IMPACT! - 6:30pm

Wednesday
Reality Youth - 7pm
Cafe Lift - 9pm

Saturday
Morning Prayer - 6:00am

Emanuele Cannistraci
Apostle to the Nations

Apostle Emanuele Cannistraci has long been recognized as a healing evangelist, revivalist, teacher, local church pastor and prophet to the nations over his fifty nine years in full-time ministry.  Since leaving the Senior Pastorate of Evangel Christian Fellowship (now GateWay City Church) in San Jose, California in 2000, Apostle Cannistraci has moved into the apostolic call that has long been recognized by the prophets.  He turned the Senior Pastorate over to his spiritual son and nephew, Dr. David Cannistraci. Apostle Cannistraci stays vitally connected to GateWay City Church as he ministers many times a year to the church he founded and pastored for over 30 years.

 Apostle Cannistraci now travels with his wife Shirley as they pour their lives into pastors and leaders worldwide.  During his fifty-nine years of ministry to the nations, Apostle Cannistraci has ministered in over thirty countries.  Most recently, Apostle Cannistraci ministered the Word of the Lord at the Prophetic World Congress in Guatemala to a hungry crowd of over 12,000 men and women.

 Apostle Cannistraci leads a network of churches and ministers called Apostolic Missions International (AMI).  This is an apostolic fellowship of spiritual sons and daughters in the faith.  He also gathers Apostles to meet for encouragement, direction and strategy through an International Apostolic Leadership Summit (IALS) that meets annually in Hawaii.

Apostle to the Nations - Emanuele Cannistraci

"Called, Chosen, Faithful"

A New Move

In the early 1980s, Crossroads knew it was time to move to another building. Through prayer and fasting, God showed Apostle and Sister C a new building. At the time, the church was Cathedral of Faith with Rev. Kenny Foreman. Rev. Foreman needed someone to buy this building so they could continue building their new church. God orchestrated the perfect sale of Crossroads into what became Evangel Christian Fellowship - and it was debt free before moving in.

Although Apostle C was extremely busy, he continued his studies and received his Bachelor of Theology in 1981 from Christian International College, and his honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1982 from Pacific Coast Bible College.

From Moffett Field, to coffee houses, to San Jose State University in the mid 80’s, Bible studies always played a key role at Evangel in equipping men and women to successfully send them out in the ministry of God’s choice. GateWay continues these Bible studies in what is now referred to as J.O.Y. groups; each lead by an assigned Lay Pastor, teaching on whatever the current move of the Holy Spirit may be.

In the early 1980s, John Miller, with great excitement, asked Apostle and Sister C for LaNell’s hand in marriage. While joy for the couple was evident in the Cannistraci home, Apostle C was filled with expectation that God would keep them and bring them to a place of walking in their full inheritance. They are now Pastors of Church on the Rock in Texarkana, Texas. Praise the Lord!

In 1983 at Family Camp, the prophets agreed that Apostle C, who was on the radio for 18 years, be on TV. Offerings and pledges were made. Many people gave from their hearts and in one year, the cameras, studio and lighting was purchased and "New Beginnings" was born. God touched thousands of lives through Apostle and Sister C with the radio and television broadcasts. Many people that are current members of GateWay were saved on their way to work listening to the radio.

During the 1980s, the move of the Holy Spirit changed to directly minister to men and women one on one. Family Camp was disbanded and annual men’s and women’s retreats began. We have had dynamic conferences and speakers ever since, where the Holy Spirit moved mightily and people were healed, delivered, and ministered to. Lives were changed for the Glory of God.

Apostle C became intern Director of Miracle Mission in San Fernando. The Cannistraci’s became more and more involved with Miracle Mission In the Philippines. God sent many members of GateWay to serve as missionaries at the bible college and orphanage, as well as around the world to serve faithfully in God’s service., planting churches and evangelizing in the bario's and mountain villages.

God entrusted Apostle C in teaching the Antioch principle of equipping men and women, sending them out to the world to preach the Gospel for God’s glory. Many faithful servants have come through the Cannistraci ministry. One group in particular is Mobile Ministries under the direction of Glen and Pat Matthews. They came to GateWay at a time when God was ready to combine the two.

Sharonrose, now a successful attorney with her own firm, decided to be married in a country ceremony on the land they were to build their home on. Apostle C’s first word in the ceremony were, "Dearly beloved... it’s hot!"

Despite the weather, Apostle and Sister C had a wonderful afternoon, excited that God had given their first born a loving man. One of the best scenes at the wedding was when Apostle and Sister C danced to Anne Murray’s, "Can I Have this Dance for the Rest of My Life?" The anointed love they share has been passed down to their children and to their many spiritual sons and daughters. The 1990s were a real growing time for GateWay, where visions became reality through the faithfulness of prayers and service: Manna Food Ministry, The Tape Ministry, Television/Multi-Media Department, Lay Pastors, dynamic Worship, Realife Teen Outreach, Pastoral care, Women’s Ministries, S.A.R.A.H., Campus Ministries, IMPACT! School of Ministry, 12-Step Program, Children’s Department, Ushers, Hospitality, and David’s Company to name just a few. God put into motion and got the people ready for the tremendous harvest that has been prophesied to be released to Apostle C.

In 1995, Evangel released Apostle and Sister C to fulfill the apostolic ministry that God had given them and changed his title to Apostle and Mrs. Emanuele Cannistraci. The mantle of pastoral responsibilities was passed onto his nephew and spiritual son, Rev. and Mrs. David Cannistraci who has served faithfully in the ministry for twenty years. Rev. Mel Davis summed it up best, "It has always been Apostle C’s earnest prayer that the sons and daughters that God has given him to raise up would be of the Elijah generation, and that God would deposit twice the anointing and would be able to accomplish twice as much in their ministries for God’s glory."