Gateway Church's first service was held on Easter morning, April 23, 2000, at the Hilton Hotel in Grapevine. Approximately 180 people attended the service. The church grew, and moved to an old movie theater in Grapevine.
A note about sales tax: The sale of a car is taxed at 7% in NJ, very few residents are taxed at half that rate which is 3.5% because they live in areas which qualify for the reduced state tax rate (example: Vineland and Millville in Cumberland County).
Currently, New Jersey imposes a 10.5 cents per gallon tax on the sale of gasoline and a 13.5 cents per gallon tax on diesel fuel. Although the tax is passed directly to the consumer at the retail level, it is actually collected by the Division of Taxation at the wholesale level from distributors. New Jersey's motor fuel tax rate has consistently ranked in the range of 45th-48th lowest in the country. The tax was last raised in 1988 by 2.5 cents when it was only 8 cents per gallon for gasoline and 11 cents for diesel.