Founder of Gateway Center for Israel // Senior Executive Pastor of Gateway Church
About Nic Lesmeister
Nic Lesmeister is an entrepreneur, pastor and the founder of the Gateway Center for Israel. He is also the Senior Executive Pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX. After a successful business exit in the finance sector, Nic and his family moved to Israel where in 2015 he earned a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2019, Nic led the vision to create the Gateway Center for Israel as a part of Gateway Church, recently handing off the leadership to his successor. Nic now serves Gateway Church as Senior Executive Pastor, executing vision with and for Pastor Daniel Floyd. Nic’s most adventurous and rewarding “start-up” has been with his wife, Tabatha, raising and growing with their three children, while proudly living in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.