Visionaries

John & Ruth Filler

John and Ruth are The Gateway’s Apostolic Overseers. Having originally come from traditional church backgrounds, they have found growing personal freedom and corporate release through prophetic worship and intercession. In 1987, when they became senior pastors, it was with a mandate to see the Church unleashed, moving outside of the four-wall "fortress mentality." Seeing the need for the Church to be transformed and take her intended place in the world with relevancy and effectiveness, John and Ruth are determined to be a resource to teach and equip for these changing times. Their passion is for the pure Word of God, true worship, and creativity through gifts to be restored to this generation with signs, wonders and miracles following.
For the last several years, they have poured themselves into a weekly gathering of radical young adults from around the region, and this has become one of their most fulfilling experiences! They know that it is only a foretaste of what is yet to come for this generation! Both of them speak into conferences, churches, and small groups, ministering both nationally and internationally. They have also been involved in missions in numerous countries over the years; in 1991 they spent a year in Poland, planting a local church and establishing a Bible college. Most recently, in early 2009, they led a ministry team on a two-week missions trip to the Philippines. John and Ruth are Regional directors of RAIN Ministries for the state of Idaho.
They have been married since 1980 and have two wonderful children, as well as a lovely daughter-in-law.