Turner Road Bible Chapel, Windsor, ON

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Canada – Ontario

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2100 Turner Road,

Windsor. ON N8W 3K3

Canada.

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Email: contact@trbc.ca

Phone: 519-252-7812

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In 1913, four young men who attended a Methodist Church, Windsor, ON – Bert Hall, Joe Hallett, Herbert Farnal, and Erwin Dresch (who later became a missionary to Mexicans living in Texas) – desired to Remember the Lord in a weekly service. They rented an apartment on Sandwich Street (now Riverside Drive) in Windsor for Bible studies and prayer. Others joined them and many came to new life in Christ. Over the years they met in believers’ homes and a rented store on Wyandotte Street. A commitment to the assembly character of the church precipitated the erection of a building on Pierre Avenue, which became known as Grace & Truth Gospel Hall, Windsor, ON.

As the Grace & Truth Gospel Hall, Windsor, ON continued to grow, some of the Christians began a Sunday school work in the new South Walkerville subdivision. In 1926, outreach Gospel meetings and a Sunday school commenced in a little building built for that purpose on the corner of Turner and Lens in Windsor. The work grew, and in 1930 an assembly was formed at Turner Road Gospel Hall, Windsor, ON, at which 31 brothers and sisters from Grace & Truth Gospel Hall, Windsor, ON formed the nucleus.

Mr. and Mrs. Foggin left to serve the Lord in China after the first Lord’s Day in Turner Road Gospel Hall, Windsor, ON. They were the first of many from Turner Road to serve as overseas missionaries, to China, Taiwan, Zaire, Zambia, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, and to ministries in Canada and the U.S.

The work prospered and soon larger quarters were needed. Land was purchased at the corner of Turner and Tecumseh Roads, which is still the location of the assembly. The new chapel was occupied in 1951. The assembly took the name Turner Road Gospel Chapel, Windsor, ON about then, and the Sunday Schools and adult Bible class were moved to Sunday mornings, from their previous Sunday afternoon times. Open-air meetings on Saturday nights and Sunday evenings were common. Boy’s Clubs and Girl’s Clubs were a feature of the assembly. Many of the younger people traveled to Lapeer, Michigan to preach and sing on the radio broadcast that Mr. Lomax had each Friday night. Sunday School outreaches away from the assembly facilities were conducted by Jim Hendry, Ralph Greenhow, and Vic Kendall.

The Gospel Chapel facilities were expanded in 1976, and the name was shortened to Turner Road Chapel, Windsor, ON. Elders at Turner Road have included Jack Briggs, Ian Cameron, Jan Cizmanski, Dave Hernandez, Ron Hesman, Alex Hill, Milko Lamos, Cyril Lapsley, Don McFarlane, Ken Palmer, Jim Pitman, and Jerry Potma.

In 1952, opportunity to help in evangelical work in the town of Harrow, south of Windsor, was given to the Turner Road Gospel Hall, Windsor, ON, and eventually Turner Road was asked to take over and establish the work on New Testament lines. Thus the Harrow Assembly, ON began. Clifford Beggs, on furlough from Angola, helped establish that work. Many Portuguese families who worked on the farms in the Harrow area came to know Christ.

Turner Road Chapel, Windsor, ON grew and many younger families living in the South Windsor area became exercised about planting an assembly there. In October 1964, about 10 families began a Sunday School in Glenwood Public School for 36 children, with 16 in an adult class. By the end of 1966 the group had grown to 62 children and 28 adults. Bible studies and prayer meetings were also being held in various homes. The neighborhood was canvassed in early 1967.

In November 1967 the group commenced Breaking Bread together, and in September 1968 ground was broken one block from the school for a new chapel. The Oakwood Bible Chapel, Windsor, ON was completed in May 1969 with much of the labor being done by those in fellowship. Henry Petersen of California came for six weeks to help with visitation and to launch the new chapel.

Since then, two additions have been completed. About 200 are in fellowship, with about 125 in a Junior Sunday School and 40 in the Young People’s group.

Brampton is on the western side of the Toronto metropolitan area. It was there that the assembly known today as Bramalea Bible Chapel, Brampton, ON began in 1964 in Parkway Public School, with the attendance of perhaps six believers. It was named Bramalea Bible Chapel, Brampton, ON at first, and did not derive from any of the area assemblies. Two or three families who had been transferred to the area for business reasons were exercised to start the assembly in that location. Fred Clarke, from the Turner Road Chapel, Windsor, ON, and Robert Saynor from the Sarnia area, were among the first to commence the work.