Lifegate Church began in 1975 as Trinity Church Interdenominational when God used a group of 55 committed individuals to call Pastor Elmer Murdoch as their senior pastor and begin a church where people could meet Jesus as Lord and Savior and take their first steps into the Spirit-filled life.

They met at first in various locations- a YMCA building, Newcastle, Roncalli High School- but soon purchased a piece of land on 156th & West Dodge Road which was outside of the city and surrounded by farmland. On July 31,1977 we broke ground on what was to become today’s West Dodge Campus. During the construction project, church members volunteered their time and skills to finish the drywall and woodworking and on October 28, 1978 the new building was dedicated. Pastor Murdoch was passionate about the “Whole Bible for Whole People for the Whole World.” and the congregation lived this out. As early as 1979, Trinity began to sense God's heart for the nations and sent pastors, teams and financial gifts to invest in the work of missionaries in Mexico, Argentina and Costa Rica in the years that followed as Pastor Lincoln Murdoch carried the torch for the nations.

In 1980 our preschool started as Trinity Learning Center (TLC) and has continued to operate for the 45 years since. Thousands of children have come through our doors to be cared for and nurtured as they step into school for the first time.

The 80's were filled with life and growth in our church family and Family Bible Camps, outreaches to Mexico, international guest speakers, an annual VBS led by Nancy Murdoch, and countless classes and conferences all flourished into the 90s. In 1987 Pastor Les Beauchamp, then a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, was invited to become the Solos pastor - much like 20 years later Pastor Micah Eldridge would be invited to come and be the young adults pastor. In 1988 a large edition to the church building was completed which created space for Trinity Christian School (TCS) to open it's doors to students in August of 1989. The partnership between the church and school has been one of mutual contribution for a shared goal and we are so honored to provide this service to our community with a school that consistently ranks at the top for academic performance to say nothing of the spiritual foundation it instills.

The 90s were an era of fruitful ministry, especially for youth, young adults and single adults. In Solos, Pastor Les and Kris led a vibrant community of single adults, many of whom are still core participants in Lifegate to this day.

Likewise, Zeros (Zealous Evangelistic Radicals Of the Savior ... because in the 90s, everything had a cool name) led by Pastor Ty Schenzel transformed the lives of youth and young adults and introduced them to the power of the Holy Spirit available in their lives. In 1996 Pastor Les Beauchamp received the baton of leadership and became Trinity’s next senior pastor. Under his leadership, we continued our investment in global missions and declared our focus on the 10-40 window - an area of the world desperately in need of Jesus.

When Pastor Les' wife, Kris was diagnosed with cancer in 1999 and 2004, Les and Kris openly shared this journey of suffering and trust in God with the congregation and thus began several very challenging years.

A painful church split occurred in 2007 which threatened to completely end the powerful trajectory of our fellowship. Les and Kris chose to stay and fight for unity and God poured out His blessing on our church. After the hardships from the previous years, we began to focus on emotionally healthy spirituality and what it means to live out of the tree of life and be grace-givers. Our church was a place where people could belong before they believed and many encountered God’s love for the first time in this season.

2007 was also the year that Pastor Micah Eldridge and his wife Shireen moved to Omaha and dove into ministry with young adults, even in the midst of the split. In 2010 God inspired us to take a new name, Lifegate Church, with the vision to invite people everywhere to discover, live and give life in Jesus! And it was shortly after this He gave us the call to launch into multicampus ministry. To make this multicampus vision a reality, we faithfully embraced two large capital campaigns - the Advance and Lasting Impact - which, thanks to the generosity of our people, directed millions of dollars towards this end. Lifegate Papillion and Lifegate Novi Sad opened their doors in 2013, Lifegate Midtown launched in 2015 and Lifegate Fremont became a reality in 2020. God blessed our obedience to advance into this new vision!

During this time, Pastor Micah went from leading Converge, to serving as the first campus pastor at our Midtown Campus. He eventually took on the role of Teaching Pastor for the whole church and then the Associate Lead Pastor under Pastor Les Beauchamp and Pastor Mike Ballard.

In 2023, after a decade-long process of healthy transition, Pastor Micah became the lead pastor of Lifegate Church. Under his leadership, God has been moving our hearts - to live cross-shaped lives- loving God and loving others. We do this by seeking God in prayer and cultivating spiritual practices at the center of our lives that enable us to truly love others from a place of peace and closeness to our Father, all of which has been at the core from the very beginning.

Over the years, our church has inspired many impactful ministries and churches, such as Emmanuel Fellowship, Waypoint Church, Step Up to Life, Fresh Start, and the Hope Center, among others, each contributing to God's work in its own way.

Our hearts are filled with gratitude to God for what He has done through our church these past 50 years and to the people who have sacrificed, served, and made us who we are- and at the same time, we believe the best is yet to come as we are set Free to Run into all He has for us.