Gateway International Baptist Church
New Church Community - Phase I
Cranbury, New Jersey

Perspective of Gateway International Baptist Church

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This new church facility will be built on a 101.69 acre site of which 35% is buildable and the remainder is restricted by wetlands. Public water service is not accessible, so a well water system is designed for domestic water and fire suppression system usage. Also public sanitary sewers are not accessible, so a septic mound and drip irrigation system is designed.

There will be parking for 680 cars for Phase 1.

 

The Phase 1 Community Center is a two story building.  It has a 1^st floor with 59,027 square feet and a 2^nd floor with 35,230 square feet. The main entrance to the Phase 1 Community Center is into the narthex or gathering area which has a café/bookstore. From that area all major areas can be accessed.

 

There is a multipurpose room or auditorium that will accommodate a NCAA basketball courts or two high school basketball courts. The room will be used as a temporary sanctuary that will seat 1510 people or a banquet room for 890 people at tables. To the rear of auditorium is a stage with a baptistery and green rooms with changing rooms behind.

 

Other areas adjacent to the auditorium are men’s and women’s restrooms/showers/locker rooms, and storage rooms.

 

There is a commercial kitchen adjacent to the auditorium that will service this room and the senior fellowship hall across the corridor. This fellowship hall will accommodate 600 people in a lecture setting or 460 people at tables.

 

The building has forty classrooms/meeting rooms, twenty of which will be used as offices until Phase 2 is completed. There are other restrooms throughout and also a bridal room.