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See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren").  AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.

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Central MN

Cass County

Pine River

Otter Tail County

Fergus Falls

Pope County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of a PB-I (Grant EB) assembly in Pope Co., with 52 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 150.

Glenwood

  • Glenwood Assembly (G-A EB) +1949+
    • c/o Lewis C. Larson

Lowry

  • Lowry Meeting Room, MN (TW-EB) +1973-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • c/o Signer Rykhus +1973+; Vernon Bergquist +1973+; George L. Erlandson +1973-1985+;

Stearns County

St. Cloud

Todd/Wadena Counties

Staples

Central SE (Minneapolis/St.Paul/Bloomington metro), MN

Anoka County

Bethel

Coon Rapids

Fridley

Ramsey

  • Trott Brook Gospel Hall, MN (G-eb) 1898-1949; (G-A-eb) 1949-2025+
    • @ Anoka +1949+
    • 1949 c/o William Loucks, James Keillor, William G. Amies, Bill Amies, Bror H. Lennardtz, Lawrence P. Keillor, Rozel W. Hunt, David Hunt, R. Gerald Davis, Harold R. Hunt, A.L. Keillor, David Amies & James W. Hunt
    • there have been two gatherings in this location since 2024.

Ramsey County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Ramsey Co., with 14 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 50. There was also an open brethen assembly that year with 30 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 100.

New Brighton

  • Long Lake Community Church, MN (OB) 1961-1987; (OB BC) 1987-2002
    • Sunnyside SS; Sunnyside Bible Chapel 1963-1987
    • hive from Northeast Gospel Chapel
    • Founders: Lloyd and Lois Brandt, Claire and Karen Dean, Ken and Irene Manning, Grant and Helene Zedicher, Arthur and Audrey Redling, James and Mary Upton, Melvin and Coral Jacobson, and Sherman and Delores Camp.
    • Later Leadership: C. Ted Grant, Dennis Katterhenry, Kenneth Manning, Grover Sayre III, and David Wagner
    • @ home of Grant & Helene Zedicher 1961-1962; Long Lake Rd., Sunnyside Terrace, New Brighton 1962+

St. Paul

  • Maryland Bible Chapel, MN (OB) 1984-2024
    • Como Bible Chapel 1984+
    • hive from Longfellow & Northeast Gospel Chapels. Folded in Dec. 2024, and re-merged into Northeast.
    • @ Como Ave. 1984+; 606 E. Maryland Ave.
    • Founders: Ted Gliske, Kurian Abraham, and Bruce Wahlin. Later: Scott Bourquin.
  • Bible Truth Hall, St. Paul, MN (G-eb) +1890-1949; (G-A-eb) 1949+
    • +1912+: H.A. Gray
    • +1949+: c/o J. Leslie Canner, Philip Canner, Robert Sisson & Ronald M. Canner
  • St. Paul Meeting Room, MN (TW-Lowe-eb) +1896-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1949+
    • c/o Alfred Gill +1896-1903+; Frank B. Gill +1903-1908+; H.A. Gerst +1914-1917+; Roy Wagner +1927-1933+; Miss Charlotte Wagner +1944-1949+; Howard Wagner +1949+

Dakota County

  • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of two PB-I (Grant) assemblies in Dakota Co., with 43 meeting in rented halls with a combined capacity of 90.

Farmington

  • Farmington Meeting Room, MN (TW-EB) +1966-1973+
    • c/o Marceline Hulet (b. 1919 Springfield, Williams, OH - d. 1987 Farmington, MN); dau. of Charles Adelain Hulet (b. 1875 Belgium - d. 1943 Austin, MN) & Adeline Marie Dimestre Hulet (b. 1892 France - d. 1961 Austin, MN)
      • 1946 @ Yakima, WA m. Clyde Emmett Hemstrom (b. 1915 Colby, KS - d. 1988 Farmington, MN), son of Arthur Albin Hemstrom (b. 1887 Bennett, Fillmore, NE; +1915-1961 Methodist Church, Colby, KS; d. 1965 Scottsdale, AZ) &
      • 1959 @ Spokane, WA

Hennepin County

  • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of three open brethren assemblies in Hennepin Co., with 65 meeting in a home, as well as a rented hall and an owned hall (worth $25) with a combined capacity of 300. Also two PB-IV assemblies, with some meeting in a home, and others in a rented hall (with capacity of 75) and combined attendance of 75.

Brooklyn Park

Hopkins

  • Hopkins sister (KLC) +1946+
    • c/o Mrs. Carl Braatz

Maple Grove

  • Rice Lake Bible Chapel, MN (OB) 1951-2024+
    • Golden Valley SS 1951+; Westview School Assembly; Mission Farms Assembly; Westview Good News Chapel 1955-1970; Plymouth Bible Chapel 1970-2014;
    • @ home of John & Ruth Clift, Golden Valley 1951+; Westview School; Mission Farms; Westview; Plymouth;
    • Founders: John and Ruth Clift, Don and Vi McLellan, Robert and Marge McLellan, Bob and Mary Wilson, and Stan and Janette Tjomsland.
    • Leadership: John Clift, Bob Wilson, Arnold Petersen, Don McLellan, Scott Henderson, Jay Swisher, B.J. Tuininga, and Gary Campbell.
    • c/o John & Ruth Clift 1951+

Minneapolis

  • Longfellow Gospel Chapel, MN (OB) 1909/1910-2015?
    • Minneapolis Gospel Tabernacle +1922+; Longfellow Avenue Gospel Hall 1925/1926-1959
    • founded by Carl F. Leverentz & Henry Gilkerson in 1909 or 1910, first breaking of bread in 1911.
    • 1911: Walter Purcell, James Innes, Fred Beadle, O.E. Dunkerton, Carl Leverentz, August Leverentz, O.E. Magee, Carl Bergstrom & R.D. O'Brien. Later leadership included: Robert Wilson, Ted Bailey, William Denham, Paul Leverentz, Dan Leverentz, and William Western. Then David Denham, Glen Ellis, and Philip Leverentz.
    • @ 3012 Longfellow Ave. +1922-1927+
    • c/o Alfred Beadle, 97 Moore Ave. +1922+; B. de Weerdt @ 1745 Iglehart Ave., St. Paul +1927+
  • Minneapolis Assembly (Grant EB) +1890-1949+
    • Cedar Avenue Gospel Hall +1924+; 42nd Street Gospel Hall
    • Vernon Schlief attended SS @ Cedar Avenue in 1924. Harry Ironside ministered here occasionally.
    • c/o J.H. Fleming +1912+; 1932: E.A. Buchenau, G.H. McCandless, J.W.H. Nichols, William Dewar, A.V. Steeple, Charles Cross, L.B. Darby, D.M. Allan & John Robson.
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of one PB-III assembly in Hennepin Co., with 44 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 125.
  • Minneapolis Bible Truth Hall, MN (G-A EB) +1949+
    • c/o (1949): Sherwood W. Hoel, Leland F. Hoel, Albert E. Keillor, L. Hovik, John D. McNeil, D.M. Allan, D.E. Allan, H.A. Rayner, Lawrence E. Hovik, Robert B. Allan, Paul K. Schoen & Henry H. Hauer
  • Minneapolis Gospel Hall, MN (OB) +1904-1922+
    • c/o William Amos Upton (b. 1860 Kingston, MN - d. 1949 Rest Haven Homes, Ottawa, MI).  Saved in 1886 when Reuben Torrey visited Minneapolis, as per Uplook TV's Fireside Friday episode "Who Then Is Willing".  Jim Upton's grandfather, Bob Upton's great-grandfather.  William retired from a seed business at the age of 76 with intent of covering the city of Minneapolis with a million gospel tracts before he died, he "left seed selling for seed sowing".   William Pell wrote an editorial on this story in 1949 in Assembly Annals.      
      • son of Rufus Porter Upton (b. 1820 Dixmont, ME - d. 1893 Minneapolis, MN) & Emaline Aleda Harshberger Upton (b. 1840 Marietta, OH - d. 1917 Los Angeles, CA).  Rufus was a lifelong Congregationalist, unknown whether he or Emaline became saved, there is no mention of either in his obit.  In 1880, Rufus operated a spice mill.  
      • wife: Ida May Johnson Upton (b. 1865 Otter Creek, WI - d. 1936 Minneapolis, MN)
        • dau. of Rev. Albert T. Johnson (b. 1821 Erie County, PA - d. 1889 Mosinee, WI) & Almeda Clarissa Rouse Johnson (b. 1831 Otsego County, N.Y. - d. 1920 Minneapolis, MN.  Albert was a farmer & Methodist Episcopal pastor.
    • c/o John Upton, 2544 Ulysses St. NE +1922+
  • Minneapolis Meeting Room, MN (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • c/o A.M. Dole @ 114 N. 4th St. +1878-1880+; E.H. Smith 1879+; L.W. Braden +1889+; J. Spetch +1889+; Daniel Bennett +1901-1908+; W.C. Mapes +1903-1905+, +1911-1933+; M. McMiller +1914-1933+; U.C. McMiller +1944-1973+; Herman Wurz +1944-1949+; C.A. Strand +1944+; Evert Jyrkas +1949-1962+; Rudy W. Liljeberg +1962-1973+; Stephen Gammell +1985+; Richard Radtke +1985+; William J. Sanford +1985+;
  • Northeast Gospel Chapel, Minneapolis, MN (OB) 1923-1927+
    • Northeast Gospel Hall 1923+
    • @ rented storefront, 1103 Johnson St. NE 1923-1924; 28th Ave. & Ulysses St., N.E. 1924-1927+
    • hive from Longfellow Ave. Gospel Hall
    • original trustees: W.A. Upton, L.W. Anderson, O.A. Anderson, J.A. Innes, W.E. Purcell, O.E. Magee, and W.R. Simpson.
      • later leadership: Albert Upton, Truman Manning, J.S. McLellan, Joe Reavis, Jay Walden, Harold Crawford, Brad Biddle, John Block, Milton Haack, and James Green.
    • c/o James Innes @ 4126 Nicolet Ave. +1927+

Rice County

Dundas

Northfield

  • Northfield Assembly (G-A EB) +1890-1949+
    • c/o L.E. Aldrich +1949+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of one PB-I assembly in Rice Co., with 15 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 100.


Washington County

Cottage Grove

  • Cottage Grove Meeting Room, MN (EB) +1878-1884; (G-EB) 1884+
    • c/o B.C. Greenman; William H. Glenn +1878-1880+
    • founded by B.C. Greenman via gospel tent meetings; then @ meeting room on the Hummel farm.

St. Paul Park

Wright County

Howard Lake

  • Howard Lake Assembly (G-EB) +1894+
    • c/o D. Little

Central-East MN

Kanabec County

Mora

  • Mora Meeting Room, MN (EB) +1901-1905+; (TW) +1914-1949+; +1985+; (TW-N) +1999-2005+
    • c/o Julius C. Koch +1901-1905+; Jacob Annas +1901+; Fred Koch +1903-1905+; Mrs. Fred Maurer +1914+; Mrs. Margaret Maurer +1917-1923+, +1933-1949+; Carl Maurer +1923+; Frank Frase +1923+, +1933+; Fred W. Maurer +1927-1949+, +1985+; Mrs. Charles Erickson +1933+; Walter Stolle +1933+; William Maurer +1944+; Ruth Nelson +1999-2005+

Quamba

  • Quamba Meeting Room, MN (TW-eb) +1923-1973+
    • c/o George Hoist +1923-1933+; Frank Frase +1927+; William E. Mittelstadt +1933-1944+; Mrs. Bertha Peterson +1944+; P.H. Peterson +1949+; Fred Maurer +1962-1973+; Stanley Soderstrom +1962-1973+

Pine County

Brook Park

  • Brook Park Meeting Room, MN (TW) +1933-1949+
    • c/o E.B. Ammans +1933+; Mrs. Cecil Kelsey +1933+, +1949+; A.H. Karges +1933-1944+; A. Erickson +1933+; Frank Kuchenbacher +1933-1944+; Mrs. Margaret Kelsey +1944+; Miss Eunice Kelsey +1944-1949+; Asa Campbell +1944-1949+; Ruth Soderstrom +1944+; Stanley Soderstrom +1949+;

Hinckley

  • Hinckley Gospel Hall, MN (OB) 1985-2025+
    • @ home of Roland & Amelia Ekstrand 1985-1990; 401 Lawler Ave. S 1990+
    • founded from Gospel meetings and 3 years of home Bible studies by members of assemblies in Willmar and Minneapolis including Roland Ekstrand, David Klar, and Raymond Grazin.

Sandstone

Central-West MN

Douglas County

Alexandria

  • Alexandria Gospel Hall, MN (OB) +1922-1927+
    • possibly a forerunner of Manor Park Bible Chapel which closed in the 1980's
    • c/o R.B. McFarlane +1922-1927+

Northeastern MN

Aitken County

McGrath

  • McGrath Assembly (G-A EB) +1949+
    • c/o Alf G. Thomsen & Ralph Thomsen

Saint Louis County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Saint Louis Co., with 5 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 25.

Duluth

  • 56th Avenue Assembly (OB) +1927+
    • @ 56th Ave., West & Cody Sts.
    • c/o A.E. Bennett @ 5801 W. Eighth St.
  • Duluth Assembly (G-A EB) +1949+
    • c/o E.H. Knutila, F. Grant Rowe & M.L. Carscadden
  • Duluth Meeting Room, MN (EB) +1879-1890+; (TW) +1933+
    • c/o Samuel Stevens 1879+; Mrs. William Clow +1889+; Mrs. Rose Symes +1933+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated the presence of one PB-III assembly in Saint Louis Co., with 12 meeting in a home.

Hibbing

  • Hibbing Grant Assembly (G-EB) +1932-1933+
    • c/o Albert J. Adolfson, Elwin H. Berg, Theodore Denucci, Frank J. Reid & Joseph McKay
    • Grant Williams Steidl (b. 1933 Hibbing, MN - d. 1996 Dane Co., WI)

Virginia

  • Virginia Bible Chapel, MN (OB) 1941-2024+
    • West Virginia Meeting House 1941+
    • @ West Virginia, Mountain Iron 1941+
    • Founders: Neil Fraser, Walter and Lois Neff, Selma Quade, Earl Perala, and Basil Ward.
    • Later Leadership: Raymond Andersen, Eino Peralo, Ted Johnson, Roland Rogers, Elwood Abramson, and Martin Backman.
    • Present Leadership: Bill Howell, Jerry Brown & Dean Lindstrom
    • see VBS' website

Carlton County

Barnum

Cromwell

  • Cromwell Meeting Room, MN (EB) +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1949+
    • c/o Henry Gravelle +1901-1908+; Joseph Richard +1905+; George Imbeau +1908+; Joseph Gravelle +1911-1949+; John Gravelle +1933+;

Northwestern MN

Beltrami County

Blackduck

Kittson County

Lancaster

  • Lancaster Meeting Room, MN (TW) +1917-1949+
    • c/o Mrs. Anna Quiner +1917-1933+; Mrs. A. Blair +1927-1933+; J.C. Quiner +1933-1944+; R.F. Quiner +1933-1949+; Mrs. Gertrude Blair +1944+

St. Vincent

Lake of the Woods County

Williams

Marshall County

Warren

Pennington County

Thief River Falls

Polk County

Fisher

Southcentral MN

Martin County

Welcome

Nicollet County

St. Peter

Southeastern MN

Mower County

Austin

  • Austin Meeting Room, MN (TW) +1933-1985+
    • c/o Charles Hulet +1933+; Mrs. Earl Pepper +1933+; Mrs. Charles Hulet +1944+; Samuel Hulet +1944-1985+; Joshua Hulet +1949-1973+

Olmsted County (Rochester metro)

Pine Island

  • Pine Island Fellowship (KLC-EB) +2016+

Rochester

Wabasha County

Lake City

  • Lake City Gospel Hall, MN (OB) +1904+
    • c/o Mr. Colborn, Gardener.
      • Doris E. (Aldrich) Colborn (b. 1910 Worcester, MA - d. 1996 Lake City, MN), m. Robert Colborn (b. 1910 NYC - d. 1996 Lake City, MN), son of Conrad & Ida Colborn. Lake City UMC.

Winona County

Nodine

  • Nodine Gospel Hall, MN (OB) +1904-1927+
    • @ New Hartford Town Hall, 42846 County Road 12, Dakota, MN +1904+
    • c/o Ira James Beach +1904+ (b. 1855 Elizabethtown, Brockville, Leeds, ON - d. 1934 Seattle, WA)
      • Joseph & Clara Beach emigrated to Township 105 Range 5, Winona County, MN in 1855. Joseph's ancestor, Elihu Beach, Jr., emigrated to Elizabethtown in 1811 from Vermont, and served in the Revolutionary War in 1780. Elihu was the first child born in Waterbury, CT. Their ancestor, John Beach (1623-1677) was born in St. Albans, Devon, England, and emigrated to New Haven, CT in 1643.
    • c/o Frank Haussman @ Dakota +1922-1927+

Southwestern MN

Brown County

Sleepy Eye

  • Sleepy Eye Assembly (G-A EB) +1949+
    • c/o Julius A. Hager

Cottonwood County

Westbrook

Kandiyohi County

Sunburg

  • Sunburg Assembly, MN (OB) 1998?+
    • hive from Willmar Gospel Hall, founded by Warren Ramsey
    • @ home of David & Dorothy Van Hal

Willmar

Redwood County

Redwood Falls

Vesta

?

Costa

  • Costa Meeting Room, MN (EB) 1879+
    • c/o Mrs. John H. Roberts
      • possibly Anna Margaret Hummel Roberts (b. 1847 Hessen, Germany - d. 1931 Cottage Grove, MN); m. John Hallet Roberts (b. 1848 Honey Brook, PA - d. 1930 Cottage Grove, MN)
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