Gateway To Heaven Ministries

01/03/2026

📣 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | SAVE THE DATE 📣

Restoring the Remnant Fellowship of Churches, Inc. is excited to officially announce that Holy Convocation 2026 has been SET!

🗓 August 6th–9th, 2026

As we prepare our 2026 Ministry Calendar, we invite every leader, pastor, and believer connected to this movement to mark your calendars now. This gathering is divinely appointed and prophetically timed.

🔥 Holy Convocation 2026 Theme:
“Restoring the Sound of the Remnant” Ezra 3:10–11

This convocation will be a sacred moment of rebuilding, re-sounding, and re-establishing the praise, worship, and authority of the Remnant in this hour. Just as the foundation was laid and the sound of worship was released in Ezra’s day, so shall it be again, the sound is returning.

Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle
Her Eminence, Apostle Tanisha Williams-Smith

🏠 Host Church
Pathway To Freedom Outreach Ministries, Inc.
Overseer TaeVaughn Smith, Host Pastor & National Overseer

✨ More details are forthcoming, but the date is official, the theme is set, and the expectation is high.

SAVE THE DATE. SPREAD THE WORD.
THE SOUND OF THE REMNANT IS RISING AGAIN. 🔔🔥

01/03/2026

✨ SAVE THE DATE ✨
It’s that time of year again! The Daughters of the Remnant invite you to join us for our annual Women’s Brunch —
🌸 “She Believes Beyond Measure” 🌸

Theme: Blessings Beyond Measure (Luke 6:38)

🗓 Saturday, March 21, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM PROMPT

Come experience a powerful time of fellowship, impartation, and divine overflow under the leadership of:
✨ Overseer Fredreika Hunter, National Overseer of Women
✨Apostle Tanisha Williams-Smith, Chief Apostle & Presiding Bishop

Come expecting increase, restoration, and blessings beyond measure.
🌷 Secure your seat and save the date! 🌷

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

From Gateway to Heaven Ministries, I extend warm Christmas greetings and heartfelt New Year blessings to you and your family. As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, may this season remind you of God’s unfailing love, unending grace, and the precious gift of hope given to us all.

As we step into the New Year, I pray it is filled with renewed faith, divine favor, and fresh purpose. May God open new doors, strengthen your walk, and cause you to prosper in every good work.

Thank you for allowing us to be part of your journey of faith. We look forward to all that God will do in and through you in the coming year.

With love and blessings,
Pastor-Elect Sandra Matthews-Thomas
Gateway to Heaven Ministries

12/07/2025

CHIEF APOSTLE!!

✨🎉 CONGRATULATIONS, APOSTLE TANISHA WILLIAMS-SMITH! 🎉✨

Today, we rejoice and give God the highest praise as we celebrate the Consecration to the Sacred Office of Bishop and the Apostolic Affirmation & Enthronement of our Founder and Establishmentarian, now, Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle, Her Eminence, The Most Reverend Tanisha Williams-Smith!

What a historic and heaven-ordained moment for the Restoring The Remnant Fellowship of Churches, Inc. Heaven has placed its seal, the oil has flowed, and the mantle has shifted. This is not just elevation, this is DIVINE ENTHRONEMENT, legacy unfolding, and the Kingdom advancing!

RTRFOC, let’s rejoice as God honors the life, labor, sacrifice, and unwavering YES of our Chief Apostle. Truly, “the one whom God has chosen, He also establishes.”

We love you, we honor you, and we thank God for your leadership, vision, and covering.

Congratulations, Chief Apostle Tanisha Williams-Smith!
We are Remnant Strong, and the best is yet to come!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving To you and yours from
Elder Sandra Matthews Thomas & Gateway To Heaven Ministries
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11/19/2025

11/11/2025

🚨🔥 BREAKING CONVOCATION NEWS! 🔥🚨
We told you to keep your ears to the ground, because Holy Convocation 2025 is shaping up to be HISTORIC and one for the books!

On Official Day, Sunday, December 7th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, we will witness a powerful move of God and a moment that will go down in Kingdom history!

It is with great joy and divine excitement that we announce the Official Appointment of Elder Sandra D. Matthews-Thomas as the Pastor-Elect of Gateway To Heaven Ministries 🔥💒

Under the leadership and covering of our Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle, Apostle Tanisha Williams-Smith of Restoring The Remnant Fellowship of Churches, Inc., this moment marks a new chapter of elevation, destiny, and divine assignment! ✨

📍336 Springfield St., Springfield, MA
🗓️ Sunday, December 7, 2025 | ⏰ 7:00 PM

Get ready… History. Is. Happening. 🙌🏾🔥

🚨🔥 BREAKING CONVOCATION NEWS! 🔥🚨
We told you to keep your ears to the ground, because Holy Convocation 2025 is shaping up to be HISTORIC and one for the books!

On Official Day, Sunday, December 7th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, we will witness a powerful move of God and a moment that will go down in Kingdom history!

It is with great joy and divine excitement that we announce the Official Appointment of Elder Sandra D. Matthews-Thomas as the Pastor-Elect of Gateway To Heaven Ministries 🔥💒

Under the leadership and covering of our Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle, Apostle Tanisha Williams-Smith of Restoring The Remnant Fellowship of Churches, Inc., this moment marks a new chapter of elevation, destiny, and divine assignment! ✨

📍336 Springfield St., Springfield, MA
🗓️ Sunday, December 7, 2025 | ⏰ 7:00 PM

Get ready… History. Is. Happening. 🙌🏾🔥

11/07/2025

10/22/2025

🔥 IT’S OFFICIAL — HOLY CONVOCATION 2025 IS ON THE WAY!!! 🔥
Get ready to ASCEND & RECEIVE THE LATTER GLORY!
📖 Haggai 2:3–9

Join Restoring The Remnant Fellowship of Churches Inc. for three days of divine power, prophetic release, and glory manifestation!

🗓️ December 5th–7th, 2025
📍 Deliverance Center Ministries
336 Springfield St., Springfield, MA 01107
Pastor Mark Baymon, Senior Pastor

✨ Speakers Include:
• Prophetess Ebony Hopper-Robinson – Women’s Day, Friday 7:00 PM
• Apostle Michael Gadsden Sr. – Affirmation, Saturday 11:00 AM
• Apostle Tanisha Williams Smith, Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle – Official Day, Sunday 7:00 PM

This is not just another Convocation — it’s a GLORY SHIFT! Prepare your heart, your spirit, and your praise! 🔥🙌🏾

📢 THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING DAYS! Stay tuned… 👀🔥

10/08/2025

🌟 OCTOBER IS CLERGY APPRECIATION MONTH 🌟
Please join us as we celebrate our Clergy!

Today we Honor and Celebrate
✨ Elder Sandra Matthews-Thomas ✨

Elder Sandra Matthews-Thomas is a woman of unwavering faith & remarkable resilience. She currently serves for the time being as the Executive Pastor of Pathway To Freedom Outreach Ministries, Inc., under the dynamic leadership of Pastor Tae-Vaughn Smith. Her life and ministry reflect her steadfast commitment to God, His people, and the advancement of the Kingdom.

A proud mother of four beautiful children, Elder Matthews-Thomas is both a nurturer and a warrior, gracefully balancing her roles as mother & minister. She is currently in the process of establishing her new ministry, “Gateway To Heaven Ministries ,” which will operate under the covering of Restoring The Remnant Fellowship of Churches, Inc., where Bishop Tanisha Williams-Smith serves as Presiding Prelate.

Elder Matthews-Thomas is known as a woman of strength and endurance. Having endured and overcome seasons of great personal loss, she continues to stand as a living testimony that God is faithful through every storm. Her heart’s declaration remains constant: “I will bless the Lord at all times, and His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” — Psalm 34:1

Her ministry is marked by perseverance, and praise. She reminds the believer that worship is the key to survival. She is indeed a pillar of strength, and a vessel of purpose!

💚💐 Happy Clergy Appreciation Month Elder Matthew-Thomas! We Love you 💚💐