Revision as of 10:53, 12 June 2020

See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB & TW-P are Halls & Chapels within (or with loose affiliation with) 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.

The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall History. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.

Assemblies are sorted geographically, and will, D.V., eventually have further history within. Red links on Brethrenpedia are presently undeveloped, and blue links contain data. Appreciate patience with our progress, and if you'd like to help, please contact any of the editing team, preferably via social media.

Northcentral Nebraska

Garfield County

Burwell

• Burwell Gospel Hall, NE (OB) 1993-2020+
  • @ 420 Grand Ave.
  • c/o Laddie Joe Hulinsky (1934-2003) 1993-2003

Northeast Nebraska

Burt County

Oakland

• Oakland Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1898+

Dixon County (NE suburb of Sioux City, IA)

Newcastle

• William John Curry (OB) (b. 1861 Philadelphia, PA - d. 1935 Newcastle, NE) +1927+
  • no meeting
  • William's father Daniel's funeral in 1902 was conducted at C.A. Leonard's home (of Ponca Gospel Hall);

Wakefield (Dixon & Wayne Counties)

• Wakefield Assembly, NE (OB) +1950-1966
  • c/o Felix Valentine Jelinek (1902-1966) @ Felix's home
    • parents from Czechoslovakia

Ponca

• Ponca Gospel Hall, NE (OB) +1902-1936+
  • c/o Charles Alexander Leonard (b. 1860 Terre Haute, IN - d. 1936 San Antonio, TX) +1902-1904+; John H. McKinley (1873-1946; parents born in Ireland) +1927+; Wyley Edwin Merritt (b. 1885 Ponca, NE - d. 1961 Kern, CA) +1936+;
  • "no meeting" in +1927+
  • Leonard officiated wedding in 1902 for Wm. A. Bradford & Mary Ann Will @ Omaha as "Minister of the Gospel in the "Brethren" Church, Ponca, NE;

Knox County

Creighton

• Creighton Assembly, NE (OB) +1948-1982
  • @ Tell T. Sandoz's home +1948-1954; Daniel Edward Girdner's home 1955-1982;
  • c/o Tell T. Sandoz, Jr. (b. 1900 Verdigre, NE - d. 1989 Hayward, CA) +1948-1954;
    • Tell operated jewelry & watch repair stores in Seattle, WA, Verdigre, NE, Creighton, NE, then in 1955 in Vista & Lemon Grove, CA, retiring in 1973; He was a son of Tell Henry Sandoz, (b. 1851 Neuchatel, Switzerland - d. 1917 Verdigre, NE);
  • c/o Daniel E. Girdner (b. 1927 Cornville Yavapai, AZ - d. 2001 Fontanelle, IA) 1955-1982
    • son of Glen C. Girdner (1897-1988) and Marie Ellen Holcomb (1900-1963); His mother was a daughter of Horace Apollos Holcomb (b. 1852 Dryden, MI - d. 1931 Immanuel Mission, AZ), founder of the forementioned Navajo Indian outreach in AZ.

Winnetoon

• Winnetoon Gospel Hall, NE (OB) +1943+
  • c/o Edward Felix Holan (b. 1888 Verdigre, NE - d. 1977 Creighton, NE) +1943+
    • son of Joseph M. Holan & Rose Mary Stoural Holan, both born in Czechoslovakia;

Norfolk (Madison County)

• Norfolk GG Assembly, NE (Geftakys) 1970-2001+

Antelope County

Neligh

• Neligh Meeting Room, NE (PBCC) ?-1931

Tilden (in both Antelope & Madison Counties)

• Tilden Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1903-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
  • c/o Arnold V. Uhlmann (b. 1875 Switzerland - d. 1962 Portland, OR) 1903-1917
    • He was living in Cimarron, KS in 1895 with his brothers Fred (b. 1867) & John (b. 1870);
    • His wife was Hilda Martha "Mary" Whitwer Uhlmann (b. 1878 Kenton Berne, Switzerland - d. 1931 Portland, OR)

Omaha

• Grand View Chapel, NE (OB) 1962-1976
  • c/o Willard Lineus Rodgers (1904-1994) 1962-1963+; A.O. Nelson 1964-1968; R.L. Cranston 1969-1971; G.S. Knee 1972-1974; Carl Myron Angster (b. 1922 Wausa, NE - d. 2009 Sun City, AZ) 1975-1976;
  • @ 4940 N. 93rd Ave. home +1964; 4905 N. 96th St. aka 96th & Grand 1965-1974; Carl Myron Angster's home @ 4940 N. 93rd Ave. 1975-1976;
  • home meetings 1962-1964; 1975+; West Omaha Chapel 1964;

• Hillside Bible Chapel, NE (OB) 1980-2018+
  • Southwest Bible Chapel 1983+; Northwest Christian Assembly +1985-1987+; Northwest Bible Fellowship +1989-2016+
  • @ Daycare Center, 142nd & Arbor St. 1983+; 4905 N. 96th St. +1985-2016+; Cherry Hills Event Center @ 7040 N. 102 Circle +2018+;
  • c/o Billy June Fear (b. 1928 Aberdeen, SD - d. 2008 Bennington, NE) 1983-1986; +1989-1990; Scott Nordstrom 1991-2013; Dale Gleason 2009-2018+; George Tickle 2014+; Zachariah Plowman +2016-2018+; Todd Hemmingsen +2018+;

• Keystone Bible Chapel, NE (OB) 1890's-2020+
  • Omaha Gospel Mission 1890's-1920; Hamilton Street Gospel Hall aka Omaha Gospel Hall 1920-1956+; Omaha Gospel Chapel +1958-1970;
  • @ 26th St. & Douglas/Farnham Sts. 1890's-1915; Bee Building #214 +1904+; 813 N. 40th St. 1915-1920; 45th & Hamilton 1920-1970; 7840 Maple St. 1970-2020+;
  • Early Leadership:
    • Founders: Alexander Broadfoot? (b. 1850 Canada - d. 1916 Atlantic, IA) 1890's; Francis Rodgers (b. 1857 Davis, MO - d. 1938 Omaha, NE) 1890's+;
    • 1920's: William A. Bradford (b. 1871 Jefferson County, KS) & Isaac Matthias Roman (b. 1859 Sweden - d. 1941 Sacramento, CA) & Joseph Andrew Shopen (b. 1875 Cedar Falls, IA - d. 1952 Omaha, NE) & Ola Martinus Nelson (b. 1869 Broby, Sweden - d. 1959 Los Angeles, CA; journalist who emigrated 1887, applied for citizenship 1929 with help from Willard Rodgers & Gustaf Ludwig Johnson) & James Price Patterson (b. 1894 Cedar, MO - d. 1976 Omaha, NE);
    • Other early leadership: Donald Ross Charles (b. 1879 Byfield, MA - d. 1962 San Mateo, CA) 1909+; Arthur Beaumont Rodgers, Sr. (b. 1890 Akron, CO - d. 1961 Omaha, NE) +1918-1961;
    • Correspondents: Cecil Fosha Shopen (b. 1901 Elgin, IL - d. 1978 Kansas City, MO) +1927+; James Price Patterson (b. 1894 Cedar, MO - d. 1976 Omaha, NE) +1936-1948+; Raymond Henderson Rodgers (b. 1922 Atlantic, IA - d. 1990 Omaha, NE) +1950+; 1972-1975; William Raymond? Jones (b. 1912 Charles City, IA) +1954-1971; Lyle W. Rockhold 1976-1983+, +1996-2006; Stephen Rockhold +1985-1987+; Hank R. Pitschmann +1989-1994+; Chris Drowne 2007-2020+; Andrew Strautmann +2016-2020+;

• Omaha GG Assembly, NE (Geftakys) 1976-2003
• Omaha Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+; (TW) +1933-1951+/1973+
  • c/o Thomas John Beard (b. 1841 MI - d. 1917 Omaha, NE) +1889+; F.B. Gill 1933; Harry A. Johnson 1944-1951; Ralph H. Shaffer 1944-1949; Cecil C. Mittelstadt 1944-1951; Walter L. Gill 1949; Paul Mittelstadt 1951; Howard P. Wagner 1951; Mrs. Cecil C. Mittelstadt 1962-1973+;
  • Omaha PBCC Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+; (PBCC) +1952-1969+
    • c/o Thomas John Beard (1841-1917) +1889+
    • 3 meetings by 1969
• Omaha Gospel Hall, NE (OB) 1890's/+1954-2020+
  • Central Gospel Hall +1954-1963; Omaha Gospel Hall 1964-1971; Hartman Avenue Gospel Hall 1972-2000+
  • @ N. 16th & Carter Lake Blvd. +1954-1971; 5622 N. 69th St. 1972-2016+; 11510 N. 69th St. +2018-2020+
  • c/o Harry Alfred Hamilton, Sr. (b. 1901 Pontiac Livingston, IL - d. 1977 Omaha, NE) +1954-1971; Samuel Eadie (later @ Elkhorn) 1972-1998; James Harold Harvey (1922-2003 Omaha, NE) 1999-2003; Mark Vanderhart @ Elkhorn +2006-2010+; Mark Fitch +2013-2020+; David Reed +2018-2020+;

Council Bluffs, IA area (also see Iowa)

• Council Bluffs Bible Chapel, IA (OB) 1980-2016
  • hive-off from Keystone Bible Chapel, NE
• Council Bluffs Gospel Hall, IA (OB) +1904+
• Council Bluffs Meeting Room, IA (OB?) 1889-1898; (EB) 1898-1909; (PBCC) 1909-1954+

Logan, IA

• Logan Gospel Hall, IA (OB) +1927+
  • home assembly

Magnolia, IA

• Magnolia Meeting Room, IA (EB) +1879+

Walnut, IA

• Walnut Gospel Hall, IA (OB) +1927+
  • c/o Earl Charles Caddock (b. 1888 Huron, SD - d. 1950 Walnut, IA)

Saunders County

Ashland

• Ashland Gospel Hall, NE (OB) +1927-1936+
  • John Henry Mott's home +1927-1936+
  • c/o John Henry Mott (1858-1939 Ashland, NE)

Weston

• Weston Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1879-1880+
  • c/o Joseph A. Hardy (b. 1838 IN) 1879-1880

Washington County

Blair

• Blair Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • c/o George Pope & Frank Pope
  • George Miller Pope (b. 1817 NY - d. 1901 Orleans, NE) co-founded a Methodist Episcopal Church in Superior, NE in 1879. Unlikely the same.
• Christians Gathered in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, NE +2020+
  • @ 1013 State St., Suite 1; c/o Mark Vanderhart

Omaha Indian Reservation

Thurston County

Pender

• Pender Meeting Room, NE (TW) +1896+
  • c/o Fred Schumacher
    • possibly Fred F. Schumacher (b. 1877 Brandenburg, Germany), postmaster 1910 @ Hubbard, NE (26 miles from Pender), railroad laborer 1920 @ Solon Springs, WI; shoemaker 1930 @ Solon Springs, WI;

Southcentral Nebraska

Kearney

• Horace Apollos Holcomb (b. 1852 Dryden, MI - d. 1931 Immanuel Mission, AZ), eventual founder of the Immanuel Mission (OB) network of Navajo missions in Arizona, also served with the Gospel Missionary Union here in 1900.
  • see Indian American history
• Kearney Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1883?-1889
  • c/o John Fredrick Ramquist (b. 1848 Stockholm, Sweden - d. 1918 Seattle, WA) baptized his son Georg in 1874 in the First Lutheran Church of Monmouth, IL;
  • c/o Virgilius Hilarius Leander Hallgren (b. 1848 Horn, Ostergotland, Sweden - d. 1892 Kearney, NE) emigrated to the U.S. in 1862, never married, brought mother & siblings by 1870;

Axtell

• Axtell Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • c/o August Andersen (b. 1860 Sweden)

Loomis

• Loomis Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • c/o Emil Andersen

Phelps

• Phelps Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • c/o Charles "Karl" August Carlsson Samuelson (b. 1858 Kattilstad Parish, Ostergotland, Sweden - d. 1940 St. Joseph, MO)

Lexington

Gothenburg

• Gothenburg Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889-1909; (PBCC) 1909-2020+
  • c/o Alfred Wahlstrom (b. 1842 Fivelstad, Ostergotland, Sweden - d. 1926 Gothenburg, NE) +1889+; emigrated to the U.S. in 1865;
  • c/o August Isaacson (d. 1916 Gothenburg, NE) +1889+;
  • 2 meetings +1954-1959+:
    • 15th & Ave. F
    • 22nd & Ave. F
  • 3 meetings by 1969

Southeast Nebraska

Adams County

Hastings

• Hastings GG Assembly, NE (Geftakys) 1990's-2004

Juniata

• 1881 Barley Cake magazine (OB) reports on William John Faulkner & E. Rushbrook doing pioneer ministry in Adams County, including in Juniata.

Glenvil

• Glenville Meeting Room, NE +1878-1880+
  • no gathering but Exclusive (EB) brother residing
  • c/o J.C. Millen @ 2 mi. W of town +1878-1880+

Gage County

Beatrice

Wymore

• Wymore Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • c/o C.J. Klasson

Grand Island

• Sala Evangelica Grand Island, NE (Spanish OB) +2020+
  • @ 211 E. Fonner Park Rd. c/o Gabriel Lopez

Boelus (Howard City)

• Boelus Gospel Hall, NE (OB) +1948+
  • C. Dan Andersen's home
• Boelus Meeting Room, NE (TW) +1962-1985+
  • c/o Eric R. Pederson & Clifford M. Hall

Elba

• Elba Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • probably no gathering but Exclusive (EB) sister residing
  • c/o Mrs. H. Freeman

St. Paul

• St. Paul Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
  • c/o Mrs. Clara Freeman 1901-1903; Mrs. B.F. Adams 1903-1905; Mrs. E.E. Adams 1908-1917;

Jefferson County

Fairbury

• Fairbury Meeting Room, NE (TW) +1944-1951+
  • c/o Harry A. Hill

Lincoln

• Hollywood Heights Chapel, NE (OB) 1955-2020+
  • c/o Ralph Swanson @ 1667 Smith St. 1955-1980+; H. Andrew Joye +1982-1989; John Van Essen 1990-2009; Ron Kratzer 2010-2020+; Matt Van Essen 2010-2020+;
  • Lincoln Home Assembly 1955-1959
  • @ Fred Hennies' home @ 2826 Vine St. 1955-1959; 936 El Avado 1960-1998+;
• Lincoln GG Assembly, NE (Geftakys) ?
  • once HQ assembly for the CCM band Remedy Drive;
• Lincoln Meeting Room, NE (TW) +1896-1901+; +1944-1999+
  • c/o Edward Leighton +1896-1901+; Dr. Roland H. Loder 1944; 1951; 1973; Edmund E. Hespe 1944-1951; Lawrence W. Chamberlin 1949-1951; Don Jenkins, Sr. 1962-1966; Ervin L. Loder 1962-1966; Kent D. Turner 1962-1999;

Lancaster County

Malcolm

• Malcolm Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1896-1903+
  • c/o Charles Nash 1896-1903; Mrs. Canzler 1901;

Panama

• Panama Gospel Hall, NE (OB) +1904+
  • c/o J.R. Atkinson

Seward County

Pleasant Dale

• Pleasant Dale Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1905+
  • c/o John B. Nash

Pawnee County

Pawnee City

• Pawnee City Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
  • c/o John V. Baldridge +1896-1917+; M.D. Hammond 1903-1911;

Table Rock

• Table Rock Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1879-1889+
  • @ 4 mi. N 1879;
  • c/o John V. Baldridge +1879-1889+

Saline County

Crete

• Crete Meeting Room, NE (TW) +1951+
  • probably no gathering but Exclusive (EB) sister residing
  • c/o Mrs. Joy Talbert

Webster County

Guide Rock

• Guide Rock Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1879-1889+
  • @ 3 mi. SW 1879
  • c/o Eli Burdett 1879-1880+; Jacob Sutton +1889+;

Jewell, NE? or KS?

• Jewell Meeting Room, NE (EB) +1889+
  • can't locate in NE, but the one in KS is near Guide Rock, NE; Listed under NE so creating as such until further info provided;
  • c/o L.E. Carlson

Southwest Nebraska

Chase County

Imperial

• Imperial Gospel Hall, NE 1927?-1948/1949
  • c/o John Horn 1920's-?; I.C. Clark +1927+; Frank L. Cook @ 1219 Court St. +1936-1962;
  • @ Schoolhouse @ "From Junction Hiway 6 and 61 go North 7 miles on 61 to Co. gravelled road, then East 2 miles, and South 1/2 mile to Schoolhouse" +1936-1943+;
  • no meeting in 1927 but contact listed; +1950-1959+ no meeting but contact listed until 1962;

Hayes & Hitchcock Counties

Palisade

• Palisade Bible Chapel, NE +1927-2020+
  • c/o L.R. Little +1927-1950+; Kenneth Hayward @ McCook +1954-1965; Frank L. Cook @ 1219 Court St., Imperial 1966-1969; Dan McCormick @ McCook 1970-1987+; Ray Dean Ridlen (1932-2019) +1989-2019;
  • aka Palisade Gospel Hall +1927-1985;
  • @ 207 N./S. Osborn St.
  • hive from Berea Gospel Hall, IA, the 1st or 2nd OB assembly in Iowa (1884-1982)