Wakesiah Gospel Chapel, Nanaimo, BC

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[edit] History

Twelve miles north of Ladysmith is Nanaimo, where one of the oldest assemblies in British Columbia met. In 1904, a small gathering of believers met in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Marshall in Irwin Street in Nanaimo. Will Rae, a traveling salesman from Vancouver, initiated the meeting for Remembering the Lord and for Bible study. The families of Sandy Stewart, James Cochrane, Robert Lindsay, Leslie Richmond, and others were involved in the beginning of the Nanaimo assembly.

For a time, the believers rented a Finnish assembly hall in Nanaimo. Later they purchased the building and named it Victoria Road Gospel Hall. The assembly numbered about 60 in the 1950s. At one time, Sunday School attendance reached 250 students. As the Sunday School grew, the brethren excavated a basement on the property, then added above-ground rooms for the Sunday School and youth programs. The believers built and moved into the Wakesiah Gospel Chapel on Wakesiah Avenue in 1975, their present location. Today Wakesiah is an assembly in transition and has about 40 people in fellowship.

[edit] Address/Contact

Current Address, Date

170 Wakesiah Ave

Nanaimo, BC, Canada

V9R 3J9

Phone # (250) 753-4641

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Contact Address

Brian McKibbin 5990 Blairmore Place, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6P6

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Phone # 250-758- 6038

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[edit] Links

Wakesiah Gospel Chapel - Speaker Messages

[edit] Meetings

Sunday

Breaking of Bread: 9:30am Family Bible Hour & Sunday School: 11am

Tuesday 7:30pm - Young Adult Bible Study Wednesday 7pm- Home Bible Study Thursday Prayer Meeting and Bible Study- 7pm Friday Social Event- young adults TBA