Core Team

John Filler

John was born and raised in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the oldest of three children. Raised in a Christian home, he began his personal journey with God when he was nine years old, and knew he was called into full-time ministry by the age of ten. After graduating from High School, he moved to Seattle Washington, where he attended Northwest University, preparing for the call of God on his life. During that season, he met Ruth, his future bride.

In active ministry for over thirty years, John has spoken at many seminars and conferences, both nationally and internationally. John and his wife Ruth are Regional directors of RAIN Ministries for the state of Idaho. He has a deep desire for all of God’s people to find their true identity in Him, to discover and fulfill their destiny. His personal metamorphosis and on-going journey into the Father’s heart has given him sensitivity and authority to speak into the lives of individuals, as well as a unique ability to steward corporate moves of the Holy Spirit. These life changes have led him into many cultures and sub-cultures, where he has had the privilege of bringing a number of people into their own relationship with God.

John's passion and purpose in life is to see the flow of Heaven activated and moving in people’s lives. He has a special love for youth and young adults, which he says is "in his blood," and a rare ability to capture the Father's love for each one. He is in the process of writing a book called, "Up Papa, Up!—the raw and passionate cry of an abandoned generation.”
He and Ruth have been married since 1980, and have made their home in John’s hometown of Coeur d’Alene since 1981. They have two awesome children and a wonderful daughter-in-law.
 

Core Team

Ruth Filler

  As the youngest of six children in a pastor's family, Ruth was raised with a very hands-on, people-oriented view of ministry. Some of her favorite memories are of doing hospital visitation with her father, who was used mightily in healing as well as in a jail and street ministry, being moved with compassion for the broken. She was raised to "go anywhere and pray anywhere" there was a need.

  Attending Bible college in Seattle, for Ruth, meant traveling ministry teams and student body leadership, all while pursuing a double major in Church Music Administration and Missions. In her second year of college she became reacquainted with a "gorgeous" man of like passion, and was so blessed to find that God had kept him just for her. One of the first things young John shared with her was that his deep passion for his home town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, would one day require him to return there to minister, and anyone who would marry him would have to be okay with that!

  Ruth’s love for worship, she believes, began “in the womb,” and she was involved in music from age three. Her passion is ever increasing, with an awareness of a new sound from heaven being released on the earth. Anything that will be established will come out of worship and intercession. Presently, she is focusing on that,  and raising up teams of worshipers from a variety of backgrounds, but with one purpose—to worship under an open heaven and see His Kingdom come to earth! Ruth and her husband John are Regional directors of RAIN Ministries for the state of Idaho.    

Core Team

Melissajoy Hayton

Melissajoy gave her life to the Lord in 1996, and since then has had a burning desire to see the Body of Christ walk in the fullness of their destiny. She has been ordained through R.A.I.N. ministries (Resurrection Apostolic International Network) and, since March of 2000, has been on the prayer team for the Spokane Healing Rooms, where she also serves as a team trainer. She has written prayer directives for the International Association of Healing Rooms newsletter and has been on the SOZO ministry team for several years. Melissajoy is the Head Intercessor at The Gateway, as well as being involved with Momentum, our young adults’ ministry. She has a passion for Throne Room intercession and intimacy, as well as for missions, both in the United States and internationally. She lives in Rathdrum, Idaho, and has one wonderful son and a beautiful daughter-in-law.

 

Core Team

Rob Lange

Having been involved for many years in supportive ministry, Rob comes with a heart to encourage the diversity of giftings in God's people in love and unity. While he has a degree in Christian counseling, he has never used it in the traditional way; rather God has seen fit to use him in many one-on-one situations over the years, both within and beyond the walls of the fellowship. His desire is to sow the love and peace of God for the walking out of Kingdom life, encouraging forgiveness and restoration in broken lives, so that we may all display God’s heart toward all of His children. He and his wife, Maureen, live in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, and are blessed with two gifted sons and a beautiful daughter-in-law.




     

Core Team

Winston Tan

Winston brings a strategic perspective to The Gateway, due to his international travels and Christian roots established in community in northern Canada and Belgium. He carries a passion to see people released into their gifting, and integrates his “tentmaking” talents (management consulting) into Kingdom initiatives. He has spearheaded the forming of a monthly Sunday-lunch meeting, called City Gates, where entrepreneurs and others in the marketplace can network and discuss Kingdom strategies. Winston and Julie, his wife of over “fifteen way-too-fast years,” live in Liberty Lake, Washington, with their two beautiful children.


   

Core Team

Kristina Wayne

Kristina has always pursued God into the deep places, desiring nothing more than more of Him. As a watchman on the wall, she brings wisdom and clarity to the most difficult situations, promoting healing and unity. Her passion is for the Body of Christ to come to see and know Him as He really is. In late summer of 2006, after nearly twelve years on staff at Elijah House, Kristina entered marketplace ministry; she and her sister co-own a business in Post Falls, Idaho, where she lives with her husband, David, and their terrific teenage son.