CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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We  hereby  consent  to the use of our  report  dated  March  20,  2007,  on the
consolidated  financial  statements of Gateway  Community  Financial  Corp.  and
Subsidiary  as of December  31, 2006 and 2005,  and for each of the years in the
three-year  period  ended  December  31,  2006,  in the  Amendment  No. 1 to the
Registration  Statement  and  Prospectus  on  Form  S-1  to be  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange  Commission and in the Amended  Application for Approval
of  Stock  Issuance  on Form  MHC-2  to be  filed  with  the  Office  of  Thrift
Supervision.  We further  consent to the use of our name as it appears under the
captions  "The Offering - Effects of the Stock  Offering - Material  Federal and
State  Tax  Consequences  of  the  Offering,"  "Legal  and  Tax  Opinions,"  and
"Experts."


/s/S.R. Snodgrass, A.C.

S.R. Snodgrass, A.C.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
April 27, 2007