Brae Road Gospel Chapel, Duncan, BC
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North of Victoria on Vancouver Island is the town of Duncan. Starting at the beginning of 1921 and continuing for several months, a series of Gospel meetings were held in the Odd Fellows Hall in Duncan, with well known speakers such as W.M. Rae of Portland, OR; G.L. Hunt of Yakima, WA; Peter Smart of Victoria; and others. In summers, the Gospel meetings were transferred to a tent at Maple Bay.
The Duncan Gospel Hall on Duncan Street opened in January 1923, a separate rented building ‘between the Cowichan Creamery and Duncan Coal Depot, opposite Freight Shed.’ Its founders and leaders for many years were H. Corfield, C. Butcher, H.A.H. Rice, B. A. Rice, G. S. Dobbie, and S.K.B. Rice. The assembly continued there for several years, with tent meetings and picnics at Maple Bay during the summers. In 1930, a new Cedar Hall was built on Brae Street, and the first meeting there took place in September 1930.
Over the many years since then, the assembly had many special speakers such as Walter Ainslee of Liverpool, England, John Smart of Victoria, and C.O. Bowen of Vancouver. At some point, the name of the meeting place was changed to Brae Road Gospel Chapel. Other elders of the assembly over the years include Steve Saunders, Huron Sheppard, Harvey Lowe, Sid Biggs, Paul Brammall, and Terry Ryan. About 70 are in fellowship at Brae Road, which has a large Awana program. Several missionaries have been commended to the Lord’s service.
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University Chapel at Quadra, Victoria, BC
Brae Road Gospel Chapel, Duncan, BC
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Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
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Questionnaire responses and other correspondence
History of the Assembly in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, by Amy Spence, 1987
History Outline of the Balsam Bay Assembly, by Harry Newman, 1977
Brandon Gospel Hall, 1888 - 1988
The (Austin) Gospel Hall Story, by Lyle Knox, about 1985
St. James Gospel Chapel, Historic Highlights, undated
History of Arlington Street Gospel Chapel, by H. Zimmermann, undated
Letters of Interest, June 1955, p. 12
