Elim Gospel Chapel, Courtenay, BC

Canada – West

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Contents 1 History 2 Address/Contact 3 Links 4 Meetings 5 Leadership 6 Commended Workers/Ministries 7 Also See 8 Author 9 Resources

[edit] History

Courtenay is a good-sized town 50 miles north of Nanaimo. A.W. Rigler and Arthur Stewart, who had been in fellowship in Victoria assemblies, moved to Courtenay in the spring of 1920. Meetings started in the Rigler home as early as 1921. In the early to mid 1920s, Charles Bowen came with his Gospel Car and two young men; these built Elim Hall in Courtenay on 4th Street for the small assembly of Christians.

In the 1950s, a larger building was built at 566 Fifth Street, the current location of Elim Gospel Chapel. At that time there were some 80 believers in fellowship, with children’s works in two other locations.

Those responsible for the establishment of Elim Hall, in addition to the Rigler and Stewart families, were Mr. and Mrs. Pearce, and Mrs. Smith, and their families. Messrs. Rigler, Stewart, Burns, Pearce, Carter, and Murray were some of the early elders. A military airbase in nearby Comox supplies an ever-changing population to the assembly. The active assembly has a large Sunday School with 22 teachers, and has purchased a nearby house to accommodate the needs of the growing work.

[edit] Address/Contact

Current Address, Date Street City , State, Canada Phone # Google Maps	Contact Address Contact Name Street City , State, Phone # Google Maps
Past Address, Date Building Name Street City , State	Past Address, Date Building Name Street City , State

[edit] Links

[edit] Meetings

[edit] Leadership

Present Elders

Past Elders

Present Deacons

Past Deacons

[edit] Commended Workers/Ministries

Full-Time Service

Canada

Overseas

[edit] Also See

Lathom Road Gospel Hall, Port Alberni, BC

Helen Street Gospel Hall, Port Alberni, BC

Elim Gospel Chapel, Courtenay, BC

Elim Hall, Courtenay, BC

Vancouver Assembly, BC

Seymour Street Gospel Hall, Vancouver, BC

16th & MacDonald Gospel Hall, Vancouver, BC

Sixteenth Avenue Gospel Chapel, Vancouver, BC

[edit] Author

Robert L. Peterson

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