Welcome to Frontline…. May you enjoy meeting the Gokees and hearing about the history of Frontline through what the Lord impressed on their hearts, and the ministry that He has established through them. Bill and Mary Pat Gokee are the Founders and Directors of Frontline Ministries International. They also are the Senior Pastors of Frontline Worship Center. For Your Glory, Lord!

In 1995, having five teenagers of their own, the Gokees began a Bible study in their home in Jackson Township, Ohio, for area teenagers and young adults. The doors to their house were always open to “kids in the area,” and their home became a haven for the hurting, questioning, and lost, as well as the eager ones who were looking for “the real deal,” not religious tradition. The Gokee home became a safe haven for hundreds of teens and young adults over the years, a place where the presence of God was evident. The Father was drawing His sons and daughters to Himself. Word of this “place” spread across denominational lines, to the streets, to the schools, and wherever young people “hung out.” Bill and Mary Pat had heard the Lord’s direction, feeling that youth were hungering after the demonstration of the Father’s heart and were to be drawn into the truth of His heart through unconditional love, one life at a time.

The expression of this love was offered through vibrant worship, as Bill organized, taught and led the new team of young worship leaders in the making. “The Edge” Bible study was known for its solid revelatory and Biblical teaching, training and impartation, as well as, for healing and restoration of the heart. In addition, opportunities for local outreach and global missions were offered in a community setting of family love. This was different…this was the Lord.

With tender papa and mama hearts of love, Bill and Mary Pat invested themselves into those who desired healing of their hurts, attention, affection, friendship, affirmation, consistency, training, stability, and truth. Answering the call on their lives to take the Gospel of the Kingdom to the ends of the earth, Bill and Mary Pat prepared and led the first mission team to Jamaica in 1996 on a short term trip. Overseas trips, local street ministry, area youth retreats, discipling, and prophetic evangelism was soon the norm for those “catching the Spirit” through this powerful ministry of love. Countless lives have been touched as the Gokees have served as solid role models in the faith over the years. The youth grew in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and man, walking in their true identities. People were amazed…how was this happening?

The Lord was deeply tugging at the Gokees’ hearts to fully offer themselves in this “new venture,” since they desired the Lord’s purifying work in each young adult. They envisioned what this multiplication of lives would look like as part of His Kingdom advancement. As they continued to train up and lead teams overseas, while leading The Edge, becoming a 501-(c)3 tax exempt organization in 2000 was the next step. During that season, a strong prophetic word was given to them by a trusted pastor and prophetic voice that Bill and Mary Pat had a powerful apostolic anointing and call on their lives and that Frontline would greatly expand and invade the four corners of the earth with the Gospel of the Kingdom. This was a confirmation to the growing and burning desire in their hearts, and they determined to obey the call.

Many salvations and incredible miraculous healings marked this budding new ministry, as young ones were being nurtured and trained up in the realm of faith and deep intimacy with Jesus. These “radicals in the making” were stepping out in child-like trust both locally and abroad, and God was showing up big time! The supernatural was becoming natural.

The Gokees are ordained pastors, who have been trained by The Master in the School of the Holy Spirit through impartation, study, revelation, and experience. Those who truly know them have seen the anointing on their lives and have fanned the flame of destiny. Bill and Mary Pat’s unwavering trust in the Lord has been built as they have triumphed through many personal trials. Simply put, as a dynamic husband and wife team, they believe their dreams and visions will come true since the Lord is their sufficiency.

Bill and Mary Pat have 34 years of combined educational experience as former public and private school instructors for children and young adults, including general, business, and Bible. Mary Pat also has a trained business background and has served in a local business in the area of sales and business ethics. Both have been leaders in ministries and taught Biblical courses to adults since the 1980’s, as well. In those endeavors, there were releases of the Spirit of wisdom, knowledge, revelation, and understanding wherever they served, whether in prison ministry or on the streets, or in corporate settings. In addition to teaching and training, outreach and prophetic evangelism have marked both of their lives since meeting Jesus decades ago.

Restoration and healing of the heart is part of the Gokee’s mandate from the Lord, as they solidly believe in the promises of Isaiah 61. Both are anointed prophetic teachers who love the Word and love to preach! A gifted writer, song writer and anointed prophetic worship leader, Bill is seen as one who beautifully displays God’s wisdom as a caring father with a powerful warrior spirit. Many are healed and set free through his music ministry. Mary Pat carries a strong anointing for healing and deliverance, as well as a powerful prophetic and intercession anointing. She also has a nurturing mother’s heart for the individual as well as the masses.

With over 30 years of experience in all types of ministry, “It’s all about Him” is still the heart cry of the Gokees and those in Frontline who share the same vision of wanting to see the glory of the Lord cover the earth as the waters cover the seas (Hab. 2:14). Many of those who connect in heart with the vision of Frontline are part of the company of radical bridal warriors and forerunners who are not content with the ordinary or mundane.

Revivalists and visionaries in heart and practice, Bill and Mary Pat’s cry for intimacy with the Lord has demonstrated to those around them here and abroad that the Lord will do what He says, that every promise is a yes in the Lord’s eyes. They also believe that we are the bride who makes herself ready for the soon coming of our King, Jesus. Through the training and equipping of the saints, reaching out to the lost (whether through powerful crusades or sitting at a kitchen table), and becoming a house of prayer, the Lord told the Gokees to begin a local church in 2005. This expression of His heart is now a thriving and multi-generational family of believers known as Frontline Worship Center. He is raising up an army of laid-down lovers of God!

35 overseas mission trips and 14 countries later, Bill and Mary Pat are enthusiastically contending for a divine outpouring in their region, as well as continuing to pioneer new ventures locally and abroad. They carry the unquenchable flame of God and are actively pursuing His heart as they see a new breed of missionary arising, both in the private/public sector, as well as the “traditional” mission realm. These missionaries are being marked by humility and power, a deep desire for His presence, and an inner resolve to never quit and fight from a place of victory. They enjoy being romanced by the King. They are the light that invades the darkness. More pages of this “story” are being written each day as the Lord continues to unfold His plan.

May you be strengthened and inspired today, knowing that the Lord uses ordinary people to accomplish His extraordinary plans through His powerful and relentless outpouring of love. Today is a new day. Be blessed!