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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.

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.

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Central NJ

Burlington County (Philadelphia, PA / Camden, NJ / Vineland, NJ stat area / Delaware Valley)

Beverly

Burlington

Willingboro

Hunterdon County

Flemington

Lambertville

Three Brothers ?

Mercer County

Hightstown

Princeton

Trenton

  • Trenton Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1879-1908+
    • c/o Charles Page +1880+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated two PB-III assemblies in Mercer Co., with 23 meeting in homes.

Middlesex County (NYC metro)

Fords

  • Fords Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1926-1941+
    • @ New Brunswick Ave. +1926-1927+; home of W.E. O'Brien, 55 Second St. +1936-1941+
    • c/o Frank Seel @ 225 Mead St., Perth Amboy; 531 Cornell St., Perth Amboy; W.E. O'Brien +1936-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 15 in fellowship (5 men, 10 women) including 2 S.S. teachers, presiding over 15 children (for a total of 30). The Hall was a rented facility (with $539 in annual expenses), and $283 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Middlesex

  • Middlesex Chapel, NJ (OB) +1941+
    • @ Fairfield Ave., nr. Bound Brook Rd.
    • c/o H. Armerding, 513 Greenwood Rd., N. Plainfield

Woodbridge

Monmouth County (NYC Metro)

  • Asbury Park Meeting Room, NJ (TW-Lowe-Raven EB) +1889; (Raven EB) 1890+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census identified one PB-IV assembly in Monmouth Co., with 5 meeting in a home.

Belmar

  • Fifth Avenue Chapel, Belmar, NJ (OB) +1926-2025+
    • The Room; Asbury Park Gospel Hall +1926-1927+; Bradley Beach Gospel Hall; Neptune Gospel Hall +1941+; Fifth Avenue Chapel 1941-current;
    • @ 605 Bangs Ave. +1926-1927+; N.E. cor. 7th & Atkins Aves., Neptune +1933-1941+
    • c/o James Wilson @ 112 Webb Ave., Ocean Park +1927+; Bertha Dussman @ West St., Eatontown +1927+; F.C. Hart, 517 Garfield Ave., Avon-by-the-Sea +1933+; Robert Hazel @ 600 Ocean Blvd., Villa Park +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 12 in fellowship (5 men, 7 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $150 in annual expenses), and $400 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • see FAC's website

Colt's Neck

Keyport

Long Branch

  • Long Branch Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) +1926-1941+
    • @ 374 Division St.; 437 Division St. +1926-1927+; Art St., nr. Grand Ave. +1936-1941+
    • c/o Nunzio Pizzulli @ 332 Chelsea Ave. +1926-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 20 in fellowship (10 men, 10 women) including 1 S.S. teacher, presiding over 15 children (for a total of 35). The Hall was a rented facility (with $158 in annual expenses), and $212 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Ocean Grove

  • Ocean Grove Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922+
    • @ American Legion Hall, 605 Bangs Ave.
    • c/o W. Jelly, 308-8th Ave., Asbury Park
    • Summer Assembly

Red Bank

Ocean County

Berkeley Twp.

Bayville

Jackson Twp.

  • Jackson Township Meeting Room, NJ (TW-Lowe EB preaching point) +1908+; (TW) +1985-1986; (TW-S) 1986-2023+
    • Morganville Meeting Room, Marlboro Twp., Monmouth Co. +1982-1985; Shrewsbury Meeting Room, Monmouth Co. 1985+; Marlboro Meeting Room, Monmouth Co.

Toms River Twp.

Northcentral NJ

Morris County (NYC Metro)

Chatham

Chester

Long Valley

Morristown

  • Morristown Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1936-1941+
    • Speedwell Avenue Chapel +1936+; Morristown Gospel Hall +1941+
    • @ 235 Speedwell Ave. +1936+; Atno Ave. & Clinton St. +1941+
    • c/o Paul Mullins, 126 Washington +1936+; Frederick McLaughlin +1941+

Parsippany

Pequannock Twp

Somerset County (NYC Metro)

Franklin Twp.

Franklin Park

Hillsborough Township

Somerville

  • Somerville Assembly (G-A EB) +1949+
    • c/o Harold B. Crane & Kenneth F. Spaulding

Northeastern NJ (NYC metro)

Bergen County

Dumont

  • Dumont Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • @ German Lutheran Bldg. and/or Methodist Episcopal church, Madison Ave. +1926+; Washington Ave. +1941+
    • c/o Mr. Campetello, janitor +1922+; Angus C. MacGillivary @ 36 Main St., Bergenfield +1926+; C.G. Murray, 262 E. Clinton Ave., Bergenfield +1936-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 37 in fellowship (16 men, 21 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with no annual expenses), and $1000 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Elmwood Park

Hackensack

  • Hackensack Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • Hackensack Assembly +1936+; Hackensack Gospel Hall +1941+
    • @ 350 Main St. +1922+; 335 Main St. +1926-1927+; State St., nr. Mercer St. +1936+; 253 Main St., 2nd floor +1941+
    • c/o H. Van Blarcom @ 84 Fairmount Ave. +1922-1927+; Florent D. Feltz @ 346 Clinton Place +1926-1927+; F.E. Mead, 4th Ave., Westwood +1936+; Otto Speck @ West Englewood +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 27 in fellowship (18 men, 27 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 13 children (for a total of 40). They also commended a family of 4 to China. The Hall was a rented facility (with $405 in annual expenses), and $441 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Lodi

  • Church of the Lord Jesus, Lodi, NJ (OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ 23 James St.
    • Frank A. Bira @ 26 Main St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 29 in fellowship (19 men, 10 women) including 9 under 13 years old. The Hall was valued at $5,000 with $500 owed (with $102 in annual expenses), and $152 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Lodi Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) +1927-1941+
    • @ 5 Autumn St. +1936-1941+
    • c/o Cesar Patrizio @ 1412 N. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, PA +1927+; Joseph Camicioli, 26 Main St. +1936-1941+

Mahwah

Midland Park

  • Midland Park Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) 1927-2025+
    • @ storefront, 197 Godwin Ave. +1926-1928; 61 Prospect St. 1928-current;
    • c/o L.C. Greene @ 61 Chestnut St. +1926-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 34 in fellowship (16 men, 18 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 30 children (for a total of 64). The Hall was a rented facility (with $115 in annual expenses in 1926).
    • see MPGH's website & FB & YT

Palisades Park

  • Central Bible Chapel, Palisades Park, NJ (OB) +1922-2024+(?)
    • Boulevard Gospel Hall +1922+; Palisades Park Gospel Hall +1927-1941+
    • @ 14 W. Central Blvd. +1926-current
    • c/o Peter Steenland, Lumberyard +1922+; E.H. Miroeylees +1926-1927+; William C. White @ 325 Broad Ave. +1926-1927+; H. Stanley Ford, 190 Moore Ave., Leonia +1936+; L. Stanley Ford, 173 Christie St., Leonia +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 62 in fellowship (25 men, 37 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 102). The Hall was a rented facility (with $338.31 in annual expenses), and $2,757.05 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Ridgefield Park

  • Park Street Meeting House, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • Park Street Meeting Room +1922+; Park Street Meeting House +1927+; Park Street Chapel +1933-1941+
    • 62 Park St.
    • c/o James Alex Anderson @ 48 Austin St. +1922-1927+; F.M. Biffen, 210 Walnut Ave., Bogata +1936+; Harold Pinkham +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 34 in fellowship (12 men, 22 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 40 children (for a total of 74). The Hall was a rented facility (with $700 in annual expenses), and $500 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Ridgewood

Rutherford

  • Rutherford Bible Chapel, NJ (OB) +1899-2025+
    • Rutherford Public Library Gospel Hall +1902-1904+; Park Avenue Gospel Hall +1922+; Rutherford Gospel Chapel +1926-1941+; Rutherford Bible Chapel +2014-current
    • @ home of William Doig, cor. Montross & Donaldson Aves. 1899-1902+; Ivison Library Hall +1902-1904+; 37 Park Ave.; 150 Park Ave. +1904-1922+; 116 Union Ave. (cor. Union Ave. & Grove St.) 1925-1969; Summit Ave. & Walnut St. +1927+ (different assembly?); former home of Arthur Mauger, 161 W. Passaic Ave. 1970-current;
    • c/o William Doig +1899-1902 (b. West India); Arthur Mauger +1899-1932; Mr. Ball, 80 W. Newall Ave. +1922+; E.H. Hageman @ 90 Montross Ave. +1926-1927+; L.C. Hershey, 117 W. Newhall Ave. +1927-1936+; Charles E. Davis, 275 W. Passaic Ave. +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 50 in fellowship (20 men, 30 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 50 children (for a total of 100). The Hall was valued at $8,000 with $4,660 owed (with $1,591 in annual expenses), and $338 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • see RBC's website & FB & YT
    • also see South Bergenite 2014-7-24 & 1918 biography of Dr. Naomi Norsworthy (1877-1916) by Frances Caldwell Higgins.

Tenafly

  • Grace Chapel, Tenafly, NJ (English & Chinese OB) +1922-2025+
    • @ Washington St. +1922+; 341 Tenafly Rd. +1926-current
    • c/o H.N. Wadham; Henry W. Redfield @ 318 Engle St. +1922-1927+; Harvey N. Wadham @ Engle St. +1936-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 85 in fellowship (34 men, 51 women) including 1 under 13 years old, and 13 S.S. teachers, presiding over 80 children (for a total of 165). The Hall was valued at $30,000 with no debt (with $834 in annual expenses), and $4,157 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • see GC's website & VBS FB & YT

Washington Twp.

Essex County

In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted three open brethren assemblies in Essex Co., with 77 attending rented halls with a combined capacity of 700. There was also a Raven meeting with 9 meeting in a home.

Bloomfield Twp.

Irvington

  • A Street Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
    • @ A St., opp. station of Hudson Division of N.Y.C. Railway
    • c/o S.T. Matthews @ Ardsley
  • Irvington Centre Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 987 Springfield Ave. +1922+; 5 Dassing Ave. +1926-1927+
    • c/o Emanuel Clements @ 77 S. Burnett St., East Orange +1922-1927+; James Priest @ 339 Seventh Ave., Newark +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 23 in fellowship (12 men, 11 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 40 children (for a total of 63). The Hall was a rented facility (with $720 in annual expenses), and $384 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Maplewood

  • Maplewood Bible Chapel, NJ (OB) 1910's-2025+
    • Maplewood Gospel Hall +1922+; Maplewood Gospel Meeting Room +1927+; Maplewood Gospel Chapel +1933-1941+
    • @ 6-8 Highland Pl. +1922-1927+; 1787 Springfield Ave. +1933-1938; 127 Burnett Ave. 1938-current
    • c/o Charles Bellinger @ 8 Ridgewood Terr. +1922-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 31 in fellowship (16 men, 15 women) including 6 S.S. teachers, presiding over 42 children (for a total of 73). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,500 in annual expenses), and $2,000 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • see MBC's website & FB.

Montclair

  • Ebenezer Bible Hall, NJ (AA OB) +1922-1941+
    • Ebenezer Bible Hall +1922+; Montclair Gospel Hall +1936-1941+
    • @ 119 Bloomfield Ave. +1922+; 44 Maple Ave. +1926-1936+; 102 Bloomfield Ave. +1941+
    • c/o S. Riley @ 44 New St. +1922+; Thomas W. Athill @ 10 Linden Ave. +1926-1927+; Joseph Johnson, 29 Woodland Ave. +1936+; Samuel Reilly @ 28 Lexington Ave. +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 29 in fellowship (6 men, 23 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 16 children (for a total of 45). The Hall was valued at $9,000 with $5,000 owed (with $1109 in annual expenses), and $58 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Newark

  • Newark Gospel Meeting House, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • Chadwick Avenue Meeting House +1927+; Newark Gospel Meeting House +1936-1941+
    • @ 41 Market St. +1904+; Bigelow St. & Chadwick Ave. +1922-1928+; 480 S. 10th St. +1936-1941+
    • c/o William Jelley @ 75 Renner Ave. +1922-1928+ (b. 1861 Belfast, Ireland, emig. 1883, d. 1953 St. Petersburg, FL). Founder of the W. Jelley, Inc. retail furniture store in Newark. Wife: Jane Ann McClelland Jelley (b. 1869 Belfast, Ireland - d. 1928 Newark, NJ); @ Grace Gospel Tabernacle, St. Petersburg 1928-1953. Evangelist in 1901 while living on Ava Street, Ormeau, Down, Ireland.
    • c/o John Dougall, 20 Laventhal Ave., Irvington +1936+; J. Wilgar, 58 Tappan St. +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 65 in fellowship (31 men, 34 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 100 children (for a total of 165). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,200 in annual expenses), and $4,685 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Newark Assembly (G-EB) +1912+
    • c/o F.G. Perkins
  • Newark Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1905+; (TW) +1944-1949+
    • @ 760 Broad St. +1880+
    • c/o N. Mauger @ 24 Bathgate Pl. +1880+; T. Holland @ 687 Market St. +1880+
  • Plymouth Brethren Meeting House @ 453 Orange +1899+
    • may be one of the above assemblies
  • Roseville Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 59 Myrtle Ave.
    • c/o William C. White, 345 N. 7th St., bookkeeper @ NY +1922+ (b. 1859 Mount Holly, Burlington, NJ), son of Sarene R. White (b. 1826 N.Y.) & Phebe Amy Hensdale White (b. 1826 N.Y.). Wife (1883 @ Rahway, Union, NJ): Lydia W. Martin White (b. 1858 Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ). Children: John G. White (b. 1896 NJ).
    • c/o Henry G. Morton @ 232 S. 6th St. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 18 in fellowship (6 men, 12 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $351.31 in annual expenses), and $282 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Nutley

East Orange

  • East Orange Gospel Hall, NJ (AA OB) +1922-1941+
    • Orange Gospel Hall +1922-1936+
    • @ Orchard & South Sts. +1922+; 25 Oakwood Ave. +1926-1936+
    • c/o A.C. Drayton @ 276 N. Clinton St., East Orange +1922-1927+; James Morgan, 228 Halstead Ave. +1936-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 26 in fellowship (8 men, 18 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 38 children (for a total of 64). The Hall was valued at $6,000 with $3,500 owed (and with $1,242 in annual expenses), and $129 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Park Street Gospel Chapel, NJ (OB) +1904-1941+
    • East Orange Gospel Hall (OB) +1904+; East Orange Gospel Chapel +1936-1941+
    • @ Kutcher's Hall, North Park St. +1904+; 160 Park St. +1920-1941+
    • c/o George H. Collett +1922-1941+
      • 304 Dodd St. +1922+; 655 Springdale Ave. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 99 in fellowship (33 men, 66 women) including 10 S.S. teachers, presiding over 85 children (for a total of 184). The Hall was purchased about 1920 at $4,000, with $2,000 owed in 1926 (and with $750 in annual expenses), and $1,749.95 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Hudson County

Bayonne

Harrison

  • Igreja Evangelica (Portuguese OB) +1982+

Hoboken

  • Hoboken Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) 1893-1941+
    • @ home of Michael Lisa 1893+; 107 Madison St. +1927+; 111 Clinton St., nr. First St. +1936+; 223 Clinton St. +1941+
    • c/o Geremia di Georgio 1893+; Cost. Giordano @ 328 Monroe St. +1927+; Sam Romano @ 320 Garden St. & 430 Palisade Ave. +1936-1941+
    • earliest Italian-American assembly

Jersey City

  • Grace Gospel Chapel, Jersey City, NJ (OB) +1922-2025+
    • Summit & Manhattan Aves. Gospel Hall +1922-1941+
    • @ N.W. corner of Summit & Manhattan Aves. +1922-current
    • c/o John Sabie, 189 Bowers St. +1922+; George A. MacLachlan @ 369 Webster Ave. +1926-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 73 in fellowship (27 men, 46 women) including 15 S.S. teachers, presiding over 132 children (for a total of 205). The Hall was valued at $12,000 with $5,000 owed (and with $1,965 in annual expenses), and $1,213 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • see GGC's website, FB & YouTube
  • Jersey City Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+
    • @ 96 Montgomery St. +1880+
    • c/o T. Howe @ 199 Montgomery St. +1880+; A. McCallum @ 191 Ogden Ave., Jersey City Heights +1880+
  • Wilkinson Avenue Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ 179 Wilkinson Ave.
    • c/o F.W. or N.J. Brown @ 222 Bayview Ave.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 39 in fellowship (16 men, 23 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 99). The Hall was a rented facility (with $907 in annual expenses), and $267 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Kearny (Newark metro)

  • Good News Chapel, Kearny, NJ (OB) +1892-1993+
    • @ Passaic Ave., foot of Johnson Ave. +1904+; Bergen Ave. & Maple St. +1922-1936+; 320 Belgrove Dr., American Legion Hall +1941+
    • c/o John Thompson @ 201 Brighton Ave., Arlington +1922-1927+; Joseph G. Oram @ 500 Devon St., Arlington +1926-1927+; Samuel C. Shearer, 498 Devon St. +1936+; John Spencer @ 120 Cedar Hill Ave., Belleville +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 152 in fellowship (68 men, 84 women) including 14 S.S. teachers, presiding over 235 children (for a total of 387). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,685 in annual expenses), and $1,261 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • founders include father of John Thomson (1899-1993); John worked many years with CMML & Yonkers Gospel Mission Home.

Union City

  • Bethel Gospel Chapel, Union City, NJ (Spanish OB) +1922-2019+
    • Union Hill Gospel Hall +1922+; Bethel Meeting House +1927+; Bethel Gospel Chapel +1936-current
    • @ Franklin & Palisades Aves. +1922+; 520-522 30th St. +1926-1927+; 644 Summit Ave., nr. 32nd St. +1936+; 3124 Summit Ave. +1941+
    • c/o N. Eckerson, 4719 Boulevard, North Bergen +1922+; Howard H. Klenk @ 318 28th St. +1926-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 90 in fellowship (40 men, 50 women) including 21 S.S. teachers, presiding over 250 children (for a total of 340). The Hall was a rented facility (with $2,340 in annual expenses), and $585 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • seeBGC's FB

Passaic County

Clifton

Passaic

  • Main Avenue Room, Passaic, NJ (EB) +1878-1890; (Raven EB) 1890-1959+
    • @ 276 Main Ave., Passaic Park +1959+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one Raven assembly in Passaic Co., with 8 meeting in a home.
  • Passaic Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1936-1941+
    • @ 209 Washington Pl. +1936+; 126 Madison St. +1941+
    • c/o Joseph Radimer, 151 Jackson Ave., Rutherford

Paterson

  • Paterson Gospel Chapel, NJ (OB) +1890-1941+
    • Paterson Hall +1904+; Paterson Gospel Chapel +1936-1941+
    • @ 33 N. 6th St. +1904+; 156 Broadway +1922-1927+; Graham Ave. & Ellison St. +1936-1941+
    • c/o William Hein, 194 N. 7th St. +1922+; James Baikie @ 168 N. 21st St. +1927+; James McKellin @ 891 Madison Ave. +1936-1941+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one (OB) assembly in Passaic Co., with 8 meeting in a home.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 131 in fellowship (42 men, 89 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 52 children (for a total of 183). The Hall was a rented facility (with $2,729 in annual expenses), and $1,702 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Wayne Twp.

  • Wayne Christian Assembly, NJ (German EB) +1878-1889; (German TW-Lowe EB) 1889-1908; (German Lowe EB) 1908-1926; (German KLC-eb) 1926-?; (English KLC-eb) ?-2025+
    • @ Passaic, NJ +1878-1889+; Paterson +1946-1977

Union County

In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census identified two Raven meetings in Union Co., with 36 in attendance, with some meeting in a home, and others in a rented hall with a capacity of 120.

Berkeley Heights

Clark Twp.

Cranford

Fanwood

Elizabeth

  • Elizabeth Gospel Hall, NJ (G-EB) +1912+ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • Bible Truth Hall +1936-1941+
    • @ 1029 Elizabeth Ave. +1922-1927+; 357 Morris Ave. +1936-1941+
    • c/o J.T. Manahan +1912+; Alexander R. Carnie @ 359 Morris Ave. +1922-1927+; Wyllys J. Avery @ 191 Hansbury Ave., Newark +1922-1927+; James C. Manahan +1936+; Wyllys J. Avery +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 38 in fellowship (13 men, 25 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 38 children (for a total of 76). The Hall was a rented facility (with $863 in annual expenses), and $510 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Elizabeth Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+
    • @ ov. Bird's store, 81 Broad St. +1880+
    • c/o W.M. Gray @ 446 Westminster Ave. +1880+; W.S. Rolston @ 114 Jefferson Ave. +1880+
  • Elizabethport Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+
    • @ 75 Marshall St. +1880+
    • c/o Hugh Boyd @ 162 Marshall St. +1880+; J.H. Foote @ 317 Franklin St. +1880+

Kenilworth

  • Kenilworth Christian Assembly, NJ (KLC-EB) +1946+
    • home of Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Mergott, 566 Newark Ave.
    • broke bread @ Passaic (now Mahwah) & Princeton (later Franklin Park)
  • Kenilworth Assembly (G-EB) +1912+
    • c/o George McKenzie

Plainfield

In 1917, there were three PB assemblies in Plainfield: BTH @ 110 Liberty St., cor. E. Front St. & Bank Pl., and 312 W. Second St.; Unknown which the latter two were. Source: The Courier-News, Plainfield, NJ 1917-12-22 which also contains interesting testimony on the PB by Rev. Dr. W.J. Swafford, then pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, who relocated there from Bristol where he was "well acquainted" with George Mueller.

  • Bible Truth Hall, Plainfield, NJ (G-EB) +1894-1917+; (G-OB) +1936-1941+
    • @ 110 Liberty St. +1912-1917+; 331 E. Front St. +1936-1941+
    • c/o F.W. Grant @ 119 Grove St. +1894+; E.G. Mauger, W.R.H. Hardingham & F.C. Jennings +1912+
      • possibly also J.F. Parker, P.J. Loizeaux, T.O. Loizeaux & Samuel Ridout
    • c/o P.D. Loizeaux +1936-1941+
    • interesting 1917 report of their conference from the Plainfield Courier-News. Also one from 1896.
  • Plainfield Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • Plainfield Gospel Truth Hall +1922+; Grove Street Chapel +1936-1941+
    • @ W. Front & Washington Sts. +1922-1927; 8 Grove St., nr. W. Front St. 1927-1941+
    • c/o Sidney/Sydney T. Perrin @ 650 W. 7th St. +1922-1936+; John W. Baehr +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 92 in fellowship (46 men, 46 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 100 children (for a total of 192). The Hall was valued at $15,000 with no debt (and with $1,583 in annual expenses), and $1,190 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Plainfield Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1881 (TW-Lowe-Park-Grant) 1881-1884 (TW-Lowe-Park EB) 1884-1889+; Raven-Taylor EB) 1890-1959+
    • @ 6 E. Front St. (Front St., op. Somerset St.) +1880-1884+; 610 Arlington Ave. +1959+
    • c/o James Bowman @ Sixth St., nr. Washington +1880+; L.A. Rheaume @ Somerset St. +1880+


Rahway

Roselle

Summit

  • Summit Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1904-1941+
    • @ Willard Hall, Van Cise Building, 2 Kent Place Blvd. +1904+; Summit Ave. & Walnut St. +1911-1941+
    • W.J. McClure preached here in 1911 
    • c/o R.L. Conlon, 16 Walnut St. +1922+;
    • c/o Joseph Samuel Hyde @ 19 Hughes Pl. +1926-1941+ (b. 1880 Ireland - d. 1961 Springfield, N.J.), worked for the Loring Lane Co., that sold the "Flexible Flyer" children's sled. See Loring Lane.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 25 in fellowship (7 men, 18 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 60). The Hall was a rented facility (with $600 in annual expenses), and $400 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Westfield

  • Westfield Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1926-1941+
    • @ 52 Elm St. +1926-1927+; 105 Prospect St. +1936-1941+
    • c/o Dr. W.W. Gill (dentist) @ 624 Elm St. +1926-1927+; Dr. John D. Gill, 624 Elm St. +1936-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 28 in fellowship (14 men, 14 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility.

Northwestern NJ

Sussex County (NYC metro)

Hopatcong

Newton

  • Newton Gospel Chapel, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • Newton Gospel Hall +1922+; Newton Gospel Chapel +1936-1941+
    • @ cor. High St. & Park Place +1926-1927+; 19 Sparta Ave. +1936-1941+
    • c/o Edward Green Dillon +1922+; John M. Decker @ 33 Hamilton St.; 12 Church St.; 24 Woodside Ave. +1926-1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 9 in fellowship (2 men, 7 women) including 1 S.S. teacher presiding over 16 children (for a total of 25). The Hall was a loaned facility.

Warren County (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton PA/NJ metro)

Phillipsburg

Southcentral NJ

Cumberland County

Bridgeton

  • Bridgeton Meeting Room, NJ (TW-Lowe EB) +1879-1889+; +1901-1903+; (TW-EB) +1911-1914+
    • @ Millville (also spelled Melville) +1879-1889+
    • c/o Alexander McGraw +1879-1889+

Vineland

Southeastern NJ

Atlantic County (Atlantic City metro)

Atlantic City

  • Atlantic City Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1936+
    • Union Gospel Hall +1922+
    • @ home of Peter Kelly, 1801 Atlantic Ave. +1922+; 2724 Fairmount Ave. +1926-1927+; 2835 Fairmount Ave. +1936+
    • c/o Peter Kelly @ 2835 Fairmount Ave. +1926-1927+; James S. Kelly @ 140 N. Portland Ave., Ventnor City +1936+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 25 in fellowship (8 men, 17 women) including 1 S.S. teacher, presiding over 16 children (for a total of 41). The Hall was a rented facility (with $540.24 in annual expenses), and $186.67 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Dorothy

  • Dorothy Meeting Room, NJ (TW-Lowe EB) +1901-1909; (TW EB) 1909-1992; (TW-N EB) 1992-2025+
    • @ Camden +1901-1954
    • met first in Josh Ruga's parents' basement

Hammonton

  • Hammonton Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1922-1941+
    • @ Patriotic Order Sons of America Hall, 310 1/2 Bellevue Ave. +1922-1927+; 20 S. Second St. +1936+; 1st Rd., nr. 12th St. +1941+
    • c/o Mr. Johnston @ People's Bank of Hammonton +1922+; Edward Johnson @ 121 Tilton St. +1926-1927+; William A. George @ 329 S. 7th St., Darby, PA +1926-1927+; Robert Stark, Pleasant Mills Rd. +1936+; Edward Johnson @ 602 White Horse Pike +1941+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 9 in fellowship (4 men, 5 women) including 1 S.S. teacher, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 44). The Hall was a rented facility (with $156 in annual expenses), and $117 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Linwood

  • Linwood Gospel Chapel, NJ (OB) early 1900's-2025+
    • @ Millville ?-1929; various locations @ Absecon Island (Atlantic City, Margate, Longport, Ventnor, etc.) 1929-1941; Troy & Monmouth Aves. +1941+; Troy & Bay Aves., Ventnor 1941-1951; Ventnor & Coolidge Aves., Margate 1951-1964; 900 New Rd., Linwood 1965-current;
    • c/o Agnus Weir, 1035 Elkston Ave., Pleasantville +1941+
    • see LGC's website

Cape May County

Middle/Lower Twp.

Rio Grande

  • Rio Grande Room, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
    • @ near E.A. Lindholm home on Rte. 9. 4/5 mile N of Delsea Dr. intersection

Upper Twp.

Marmora

Southwestern NJ (near Philadelphia, PA & Wilmington, DE metros)

Camden County (Camden metro)

Audubon

Barrington

  • Barrington Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) 1912-2025+
    • New Barrington Gospel Hall 1912-1922+
    • @ 2nd & Kingston Ave. +1936-1941+
    • c/o Samuel Hocking, 317 Trenton Ave., W +1936-1941+

Camden

  • Pennsauken Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) 1908-2025+
    • Camden Gospel Hall 1908-1961
    • @ 915 N. Front St. +1922-1961; 6530 Caroline Ave., Pennsauken Twp., NJ 1961-present
      • met in an old Episcopal church at 915 N. Front St. in downtown Camden before constructing their present location.
    • c/o Herbert W. Staats +1922-1941+
      • @ 814 N. Front St. +1922+; 117 Leslie Ave., Merchantville +1926-1927+; 1666 Browning Rd., Merchantville +1936+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 56 in fellowship (23 men, 33 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 75 children at the Hall, and also at 536 Gordon Terrace (for a total of 131). The Hall was valued at $6,000, with $1,700 owed (and with $1,008.44 in annual expenses), and $1,113.94 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • also see PGH's website, FB, & YouTube.

Gloucester

  • Gloucester Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1936-1941+
    • @ Brown & Bergen Sts. +1936-1941
    • c/o William Bryson, 1019 W. High St., Haddon Heights +1936+; A. Morton, Sr. +1941+

Haddonfield

Voorhees Twp.

Gloucester County

Bridgeport

  • Bridgeport Meeting Room, NJ (TW-Lowe EB) +1890-1896+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-III assmebly in Gloucester Co., with 8 meeting in a home.

Unknown Areas

Potsdam ?

Sheffield ?

The Cottage ?

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