Meet City Gate's staff
Dr. Lynn Bergfalk, Executive Director
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Paul Craft, Director of Operations
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Paget Keller Rhee, Urban Hands Director
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City Gate is an urban ministry in Washington, DC, seeking to open doors of opportunity, empowerment, and friendship. Our primary focus is on children and youth in the city and on internationals. We welcome the participation and support of all who want to serve and share in building a community of inclusion and hope.
Dr. Lynn Bergfalk, Executive Director
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Paul Craft, Director of Operations
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Paget Keller Rhee, Urban Hands Director
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Lynn has been involved in community work and urban ministry for many years. He came to Washington in 1987, serving as the Senior Minister of Calvary Baptist Church, a historic downtown church with extensive community programs, until founding City Gate in October 2000. Under his leadership as President and Executive Director, City Gate quickly developed a multi-faceted program of education and community-building at a variety of sites throughout the city. Lynn also is the pastor of 
Since his upbringing in Eastern Canada Paul has become fully acclimated to urban life in DC. He has a deep love and passion for the city. He also has a deep desire to help families with disabilities and those stuck in negative generational family trends. Paul is married and has two sons, one with a severe disability. In his spare time he enjoys sports particularly fantasy sports, the Redskins, Nats, Caps and golfing! Paul also coaches at the high school level. He has an MDiv from Southeastern as well as an Urban Ministry certificate from Fuller Seminary.
Paget brings a background of both business and community work to City Gate. She has worked with City Gate in a variety of capacities since our beginning in 2000, before taking the position of Program Director in January 2011. Paget's passion for children is rooted in her experiences growing up in the Amish Country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where her family opened their hearts and home to over 50 foster children. She has a double major in Recreation Management and Youth Development with a minor in Biblical Studies. She and her husband Rob have three children.
Alicia has over fifteen years of experience in family advocacy in family advocacy and early childhood development, working previously at the YWCA and Metropolitan/Delta Adult Literacy Council before coming to City Gate in 2007. She started her own family advocacy program in 1997 to address critical needs of the families involved in her adult literacy classes. Alicia currently serves as City Gate's 
Barry has a varied professional background, and served as Office Manager of Metropolitan/Delta Adult Literacy Council prior to coming to City Gate. Having been affiliated with many church organizations and non-profit programs benefiting the community, He brings his experience, perspective and passion to City Gate's commitment to urban ministry. Barry is a member of Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., and an active musician who enjoys singing with both the Shiloh Senior Choir and an independent choir called Psalm 150.