Third Avenue Gospel Chapel, Flagstaff, AZ
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In 1951, Mr. and Mrs. George Baxter, commended by Midland Assembly, Detroit, MI (later Pembroke), started the Arizona Indian Mission of Flagstaff, Arizona. They labored alone for several years; then the Eldon Miners came to help them. Later Joseph Paulick, commended from Norwood Gospel Chapel, Chicago, IL, and Miss Betty Hollman, commended from New Haven Gospel Hall, Hamden, CT, came to help.
In June 1952, George Baxter conducted two youth camps with boys and girls in attendance from Hopi, Navajo, Hualapai, and Supi tribes. The Navajo adult camp which followed was well attended, with several people saved.
The Baxters and co-workers were urged by the new Native Americian believers in Flagstaff to go to their tribal relatives on the reservation with the Gospel message. At Shonto the Native Americians asked for a meeting place for their services. This was accomplished in July 1958, and in August 1960, the Navajo tribe gave a permit for a grant of land at Shonto.
Messrs. Baxter and Paulick erected the Third Avenue Gospel Chapel, Flagstaff, AZ in Flagstaff, AZ. The workers and native believers meet regularly for the Breaking of Bread, preaching of the Word, Bible study and Sunday School. The meeting continues today.
For a time, there were three missions in Arizona that went by the name of Immanuel Mission. The work at Valentine was called the Immanuel Mission to the Hualapais. The work at Winslow, 200 miles east of Valentine, also went by the name Immanuel Mission. This work was initiated principally by Carl Armerding and his daughter Minnie Armerding. They labored among the Native Americians at Winslow and vicinity for more than 25 years. Mr. Armerding built a chapel at Winslow in 1934, which had Gospel meetings, Bible studies, and Sunday schools, attended largely by Native Americians of the Laguna, Hopi, and Navajo tribes. Mr. Armerding was still active in the work in his 91st year in 1952.
Those two ‘Immanuel Missions’ have evolved into other works. Still going strong is the Immanuel Mission to the Navajos, near Teec Nos Pos in the northeast corner of Arizona. Though these three missions were separated each from the other by about 200 miles, their aims and interests were the same: the winning of precious souls from among the Native Americian tribes of the Southwest.
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Norwood Gospel Chapel, Chicago, IL
New Haven Gospel Hall, Hamden, CT
Third Avenue Gospel Chapel, Flagstaff, AZ
Navajo Immanuel Chapel, Immanuel Mission, AZ
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Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
[edit] Resources
Colorado Assemblies on Mountain and Plain, by Robert L. Peterson, 1992
Letters of Interest, December 1945, p. 14; March 1946, p. 21; September 1967, p. 4; July/August 1971, p. 13; June 1976, p.12; November 1976, p.16; March 1978, p. 10; February 1982, p. 6; January 1985, p. 12
Letters of Interest, March 1978, p. 10; February 1982, p. 6
Letters of Interest, February 1975, p. 31
A Brief History of Immanuel Mission, by Greg Staley; Issue 7, Winter 1995; Issue 8, Spring 1995; Issue 10, Spring 1996; Issue 11, Fall 1996; Issue 12, Spring 1997; Issue 13, Fall 1997
Letters of Interest, August 1943, p. 23; March 1946, p. 21; December 1947 p. 26; December 1948, p. 10; May 1952, p. 19; August 1952, p. 8; September 1952, p. 4; February 1957, p. 11; February 1962, p. 11; March 1971 p. 4?
La Voce Nel Deserto (The Voice in the Wilderness), October 1965, p. 10, by M. Rannelli
Letters of Interest, November 1945, p. 15; March 1946, p. 20; November 1946, p. 19; July 1952, p.18
