Winston-Salem Gospel Chapel, NC
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In 1934 a call for meetings came from Winston-Salem through Mrs. James Chappell’s sister, and Lester Wilson moved to that city. The work was slow in starting, but in time an assembly developed. Radio work started in 1936 brought many out to the Gospel services and established contacts with Christians. By 1939 there were 35 believers in fellowship; in that year another 46 professed faith in Christ and of these 38 came into the assembly. The Winston-Salem Gospel Chapel was built there that year, 1939, and Lester Wilson moved on to Greensboro to conduct evangelistic work and teach believers there. Harold Mackay moved to Winston-Salem to minister at the assembly. When Mr. Mackay left a few years later, Gordon Reager came for a time, followed by William Bousfield.
Glenn Avenue Gospel Chapel in Winston-Salem had its roots in the work of Lester Wilson, Mr. Gentry, Mr. Drage, and Mrs. Grace Snead. The assembly first met in the home of Mrs. Snead on 4th Street, and later moved to a storefront on 9th Street, and then to Glenn Avenue. Elders in the assembly have been H.R. Cromer, George D. Binkley, A.R. McConkey, Tommy Steele Sr., R.H. Wofford, C. Stender, H.R. Larrymore, C.C. Fishburne, James Crouch, and J.H. Cockerham. In the mid 1960s, the assembly dissolved into two new assemblies – Fair Oaks Chapel and Parkway Chapel.
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[edit] Also See
North Ridge Bible Chapel, Raleigh, NC
Winston-Salem Gospel Chapel, NC
Glenn Avenue Gospel Chapel, Winston-Salem, NC
Fair Oaks Chapel, Winston-Salem, NC
Parkway Chapel, Winston-Salem, NC
[edit] Author
Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
[edit] Resources
Questionnaire Responses
Asheville Gospel Chapel, anonymous, undated but after 1994
Historical Sketch of the Sanford Chapel, anonymous, undated, but after 1989
Brief History of Graham Bible Fellowship, anonymous, undated, about 1990
Letters of Interest, January 1944, p. 25; July 1946, p. 16; December 1949, p. 18; November 1953, p. 3; March 1954, p. 12; June 1959, p. 11; March 1975, p. 5
History of Cherrydale Bible Church, in The Cherrydale Messenger, fall 1997
Hampton Roads Community Church, mid 1990s
Grace Gospel Chapel: Historical Sketch of Assembly, 1998
Letters of Interest; November 1946, p. 34; December 1946, p. 30; October 1966, p. 9
Letters of Interest, July-August, 1972, p. 22
25th Anniversary Celebration of the New Hampshire Avenue Gospel Chapel, 1989
Letters of Interest, Oct. 1952, p. 13; March 1953, p. 18
Letters of Interest, August 1948, p. 22
Looking Backward, by Mary A. Harry, January 1946
Waynesburg Bible Chapel, undated
History of Indiana Gospel Hall, 1988
Our Heritage: Assembly History in the Philadelphia Area, March 7, 1999; by William J. Oliver and Robert Rea
A Brief History of Malvern Bible Chapel, 1996
History of the Germantown Christian Assembly, Philadelphia, Pa., Charles Hart, 1990
History of Monterey Chapel, P. David Sheaffer, undated
A History of the McKeesport Gospel Hall, by Harold F. Clark, 1999
Letters of Interest, November 1953, p. 3; January 1954, p. 9; June 1959, p. 11; February 1970, p. 33
