Canada – Plains Provinces
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J.J. Rouse ministered in Edmonton in the years 1903 to 1905. His biography mentions that an assembly of about 30 people commenced in that city in 1905. This may be the earliest assembly in Alberta. In the early 1900s, four assemblies came into being in Edmonton – Boyle Street Assembly, Edmonton, AB , Norwood Assembly, Edmonton, AB , 97th Street Hall, Edmonton, AB , and the YMCA Assembly, Edmonton, AB . The latter met at the YMCA under the leadership of Mr. Tom Cooper.
Taylorside is a country farm district west of Melfort, which is 100 miles northeast of Saskatoon. The assembly now meeting at Taylorside Gospel Hall had its start in 1902 when Herbert and Hannah Taylor moved from Ontario to the area to begin homesteading. They had been raised Anglican, had been saved in Gospel tent meetings, and had come into fellowship at Deer Lake Gospel Hall in Ontario. Herbert and his two brothers started the assembly, which met initially in the Herbert Taylor log house. In 1908, the Christians built Taylorside Gospel Hall in the area named for the Taylors. Those in leadership have been several of the extended Taylor family, including Jim Foy, Robson Bertram, Roland Seale, and Clifford Paul. The assembly has had a three-day Conference each year since 1936, and has an annual Easter Youth Conference. Many have been saved through the evening Gospel meetings of the assembly, which numbers over 100 today.
The majority of assemblies in Manitoba were the result of efforts of early brethren who labored under tremendous hardships. Money was scarce, but they trusted God. Traveling was difficult, mostly by horse and buggy. They pioneered where there were no assemblies; they Broke Bread where they could. Souls to them were the most important business in the world.
J. Ronald went from town to town and house to house with printed and spoken messages. Robert McClurkin spent 20 years of his life pioneering on the prairies, living in The Pas in northern Manitoba and spreading the Gospel in the mining towns of Flin, Flon, Sheridan, and others. As did the others, he had often to supply the needs of his family with manual labor.
[edit] Alberta
[edit] Calgary
Acadia Drive Bible Chapel (Korean), Calgary, AB
Berea Bible Chapel, Calgary, AB
Bowood Gospel Chapel, Calgary, AB
North Hill Gospel Hall, Calgary, AB
Northside Bible Fellowship, Calgary, AB
Properties Christian Assembly, Calgary, AB
Sixth Avenue Assembly, Calgary, AB
West Hillhurst Gospel Hall, Calgary, AB
[edit] Edmonton
97th Street Hall, Edmonton, AB
Belmont Gospel Chapel, Edmonton, AB
Bethel Gospel Chapel, Edmonton, AB
Boyle Gospel Chapel, Boyle, AB
Boyle Street Assembly, Boyle, AB
Capilano Christian Assembly, Edmonton, AB
Clairview Bible Church, Edmonton, AB
Conner’s Hill Gospel Hall, Edmonton, AB
Grace Community Church, Edmonton, AB
Mount Carmel Bible School, Edmonton, AB
Norwood Assembly, Edmonton, AB
Open Bible Fellowship, Edmonton, AB
Sharon Gospel Chapel, Edmonton, AB
Sherwood Park Community Church, Sherwood Park, AB
Southgate Christian Brethren Assembly, Edmonton, AB
Westgrove Gospel Chapel, Edmonton, AB
Westgrove Gospel Hall, Edmonton, AB
Wyecliff Bible Chapel, Sherwood Park, AB
[edit] Lethbridge
The Good News Centre, Lethbridge, AB
[edit] Red Deer
Balmoral Bible Chapel, Red Deer, AB
[edit] Other Assemblies in Alberta
Coleman Christian Assembly, Coleman, AB
Coleman Christian Assembly, Crows Nest, AB
Grande Prairie Gospel Hall, AB
Paradise Valley Gospel Hall, AB
Salem Christian Assembly, Elnora, AB
Starland Gospel Hall, Michichi, AB
[edit] Manitoba
[edit] Austin
Pine Creek Gospel Hall, Austin, MB
[edit] Beaconia
Wayside Gospel Chapel, Beaconia, MB
[edit] Binscarth
Binscarth Christian Assembly, MB
[edit] Fortier
[edit] Portage la Prairie
Crescent Heights Chapel, Portage la Prairie, MB
Portage La Prairie Gospel Hall, MB
[edit] Winnipeg
Maples Community Church, Winnipeg, MB
Oxford Bible Church, Winnipeg, MB
St. James Gospel Chapel, Winnipeg, MB
St. James Gospel Hall, Winnipeg, MB
West End Gospel Hall, Winnipeg, MB
[edit] Other Assemblies in Manitoba
Grand Marais Gospel Chapel, MB
[edit] Saskatchewan
[edit] Saskatoon
Fairhaven Bible Chapel, Saskatoon, SK
Grace Gospel Chapel, Saskatoon, SK
Hebron Gospel Hall, Saskatoon, SK
Lawson Heights Gospel Hall, Saskatoon, SK
[edit] Moose Jaw
Stadacona Gospel Chapel, Moose Jaw, SK
[edit] Other Assemblies in Saskatchewan
Bethany Gospel Chapel, Regina, SK
[edit] Assemblies Part of Plains History
[edit] Canada
[edit] Ontario
[edit] Author
Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
[edit] Resources
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
