Wayne Christian Assembly, NJ

There is a KLC-exclusive assembly in Wayne Twp., Passaic Co., NYC metro, New Jersey that has been meeting in that county since 1878 or before. In its earliest days, it met in the town of Passaic thru at least 1889, with a correspondent of William Gribbon (1828-1906), an Irish-born linen merchant in 1880. In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III (TW-Lowe) assembly in the county with 42 attending a rented hall with a capacity of 150. Its earliest meetings thru at least the 1920's were thought to have been in German.  +1946-1957+, the assembly met at 123-125 N. Fifth St., Paterson where it was known as the Gospel Hall or Christian Assembly, with correspondents Chris DeKoster & Oscar Tielmann. A Pentecostal group, the Prophetic CoG acquired it in 1975. In 1977, the assembly moved to Wayne Twp., where it currently assembles, in fellowship with the KLC-BGG exclusives.

Also See

• Who's Who at Wayne Christian Assembly, NJ notable alumni
• WCA's website

Sources

• EB address books 1878, 1879, 1946
• Ancestry.com