Scranton Gospel Hall, PA

As early as 1882, there has been an exclusive brethren assembly in Scranton, Lackawanna Co., Pennsylvania, known to some as the Scranton Meeting Room (TW-EB), as well as a shorter-lived one of the same variety in nearby Moosic +1896-1911+ (Moosic Meeting Room, PA).

Scranton Gospel Hall was an open brethren assembly that may have been a split from the exclusives, founded prior to 1890 when the U.S. Religious Census indicated a PB-II (OB) assembly in Lackawanna Co., with 51 meeting in a rented hall with capacity of 250. In 1904, the assembly met in the Exchange Buildings at 421 Lackawanna Ave., Room #7, then at Washington Hall, S. Main Ave.., by 1922, and the Rescue Mission at 310 N. Washington Ave. +1926-1927+.

At the latter time, the 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (6 men, 5 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $66 in annual expenses), and $99 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Manchester Gospel Hall in Hartford Co., Connecticut was a hive from Scranton in 1909 involving the James McCormick, Thomas Eckle and William Emerson families.

Locations

• +1904+: Exchange Buildings, 421 Lackawanna Ave., Room 7
• 1913+: Greenridge Bank Bldgs., 2nd floor
• +1922+: Washington Hall, S. Main Ave., Hyde Park
• +1926-1927+: Rescue Mission, 310 N. Washington Ave.

1904 Meeting Times

• Sunday - Lord's Supper @ 10:45am, Sunday School @ 12:15pm, Gospel meeting @ 7:30pm.
• Monday - Bible Reading @ 8:00pm
• Friday - Bible Reading @ 4:00pm

Correspondents

• James Park Morgan +1922-1927+ (1871-1941)
• Harry Leishman +1927+

Also See

• Who's Who at Scranton Gospel Hall, PA notable alumni
• Visiting Ministry at Scranton Gospel Hall, PA ministry news

Sources

• EB/OB AAB's 1882-current
• Ancestry.com