North Surrey Gospel Chapel, BC

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The assembly in North Surrey was the outgrowth of several groups that met in homes in the lower Fraser Valley. Some of these gatherings go as far back as the 1920s, and evidently were coming together for prayer and Bible study. In 1955, the believers came together and formed an assembly, renting a small building in the Whalley district of Surrey in the Vancouver metropolitan area. The building was rented from the Canadian Legion on Sundays, and midweek meetings were held in various homes of believers in Surrey. The assembly had no registered name at this time.

In 1958, the assembly moved to a rented building at the corner of Hjorth Road (now 104th Avenue) and 148th Street in Surrey, which was usually referred to as the Hjorth Road Hall. In 1959, the assembly was incorporated as North Surrey Gospel Hall. Several years later this was changed to North Surrey Gospel Chapel. In 1961, a new building was erected at the corner of 96th Avenue and 130A Street in Surrey, where the assembly is still located.

Frank and Susan Hildebrant, Dan and Julia Clark, Henry and Helen Klassen, John and Isabella Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Crowston, Andy and Karen Malcolm, Fred and Betty Bennett, all of whom had brethren backgrounds, were the initiators of the assembly. Elders over the years have been Frank Hildebrant, John Morton, Ted Mesher, Henry Klassen, George Wiebe, Art Wiebe, Fen Dorozio, Dave Roy, Bob Stevens, Paul Sly, Al Stahl, Ozzie Horton, and Chuck Baker. North Surrey Gospel Chapel has commended workers to Germany and Ecuador. About 70 adults and children are in the assembly.