Revision as of 20:35, 13 February 2024

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.

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.

East Central WI

Brown County (Green Bay metro)

Green Bay

• Bible Truth Hall, Green Bay, WI (Grant?-EB) +1914-1916+
  • @ Rm. 1, Odd Fellows Temple, 224 N. Adams St.; see WisconsinHistory.org
  • Gospel meetings:
    • 1914: B.J. Rawlinson (England)
    • 1915: J.H. Fleming (Minneapolis, MN)
    • 1916: William Haigh (Minneapolis, MN)

Door County

Sturgeon Bay

• Jacksonport Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1995-2019+
  • Egg Harbor Gospel Hall 1995-2015
  • Gospel preached in Door County in 1988 by Lorne Mitchell & George Patterson.

Fond du Lac County (Fond du Lac metro)

Campbellsport

• Campbellsport Christian Assembly, WI (KLC-EB) +1946+
  • c/o William Tuttle

Fox Cities

Outagamie/Calumet/Winnebago counties

Appleton

• Fox Valley Bible Chapel, WI (OB) 1994-2023+

Kewaunee County (Green Bay metro)

Casco

• Casco Meeting Room, WI (TW-N-EB) +2016+

• Country Bible Church, Casco, WI (OB) 1948-2023+
  • Casco Gospel Chapel +1951+
  • L&L 1948-11: Gospel Messengers on Tour stayed in Casco on Aug. 20-21, 1948, did street meetings in Luxembburg, Algoma and Casco, baptized eight in Casco, the street meetings were so interesting to the Lutherans and Methodists that a Methodist minister offered up the use of his church, and Ed Dillon was invited to follow up.

Marathon County (Wausau metro)

Marathon

• Marathon Meeting Room, WI (German TW-Lowe-EB) +1905-1908+
  • c/o George D.H. Hoeppner +1905+
    • previously @ Mylrea, WI +1901-1903+
  • c/o Adam Wurz +1905-1908+

Mosinee

• Mosinee Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1985-1992; (TW-N-EB) 1992-2021+
  • c/o Paul D. Shepherd +1985+; Heinz Brinkmann +1985-2005+

Stettin

• Stettin Meeting Room, WI (TW-Lowe-EB) +1901+
  • c/o Louis Grebe

Wausau

• Bible Truth Chapel, Wausau, WI (KLC-EB) +1901-1992; (KLC-OB) 1992-2023+

• Grace & Truth Chapel of Wausau, WI (KLC-EB) +1901-2016+
  • Wausau Meeting Room +1901-1905+; Bible Truth Hall +1922-1936+; Bible Truth Assembly +1946+
  • @ 318 S. Third Ave. +1922-1936+; 518 S. Fifth Ave. +1946+; 1600 N. 1st Ave. ?-present;
  • c/o August Block +1901-1905+; Herman Schuett, 728 Turner St. +1946+; Julius Heuss @ Schofield +1946+
  • see BTC's website
  • In 1927, Adolph Helling (Dillenburg, Germany) gave a special gospel service (in German) at the BTH.

Oconto County (Green Bay metro)

Oconto

• Oconto Christian Assembly, WI (KLC-EB) +1946+
  • @ home of Conrad Imig, 5 mi. E of Lena on County Trunk "A"
  • c/o George Borchert

Wood County (Wausau metro)

Wisconsin Rapids

• Wisconsin Rapids Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1985+
  • c/o Edward Pederson

Northeastern WI

Forest County

Argonne

• Argonne Meeting Room, WI (TW-Lowe-EB) +1901-1909; (TW-EB) +1909-1927+
  • North Crandon Meeting Room +1901-1917+
  • c/o W.H. Roberts

Langlade County

Antigo

• Antigo Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1923-1933+
  • c/o Charley Godlevski

• Bible Truth Assembly, Antigo, WI (KLC-EB) +2016+

Oneida County

Rhinelander

• Rhinelander Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1944-1951+
  • c/o Mrs. E.R. Lavender

Three Lakes

• Three Lakes Meeting Room, WI (Polish TW-Lowe-EB) +1901-1909; (TW-EB) 1909-1951+
  • c/o Joseph "Joe" Godlevski +1901-1951+; Mrs. Lucille Boscho +1901-1905+; W. Andrzywski +1908-1917+; Albert Andrzywski +1923+, +1944-1951+; George Godlevski +1927-1944+;

Northwestern WI

Barron County

Cumberland

• Cumberland Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1923+
  • c/o Joseph Richards

Douglas County

Superior

• West Superior Gospel Hall, WI (OB) +1904+
  • c/o F.R. Swartwont, 1926 Banks Ave.

Rusk County

Sheldon

• Sheldon Christian Assembly, WI (KLC-EB) +1946+
  • @ Hall on County Trunk "H" (9 mi. NE of Sheldon)
  • c/o Albert Stassel

Southcentral WI

Madison CSA

Dane County (Madison metro)

Black Earth

• Black Earth Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1932-2023+
  • c/o Charles Binius 1932+
  • T&T 2001-4: Initial Gospel meetings by Archie Stewart & Stephen Mick on May 20, 1927 at Woodman Hall in the middle of town, filled nightly, and nine professed. Then Mr. Hamilton and Archie Stewart had nine weeks of meetings with ten more professions. Twelve baptized with 500 in attendance. First believers met at Beetown. In the winter of 1932, Warke & Hamilton did meetings, and twelve broke bread afterwards for the first time at Black Earth.
  • @ 1316 Center St.

Green County (Madison metro

Brodhead

• Brodhead Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1935-2023+
  • Juda Gospel Hall 1935-1937

Rock County (Janesville/Beloit metro)

Beloit

• Beloit Gospel Hall, WI (OB) +1923/1985-2023+
  • @ 1129 North St.

Janesville

• Believers in Christ Fellowship, WI (AA-OB) 1988-2023+
  • home assembly

Southeastern WI

Kenosha County (Chicago metro)

Kenosha

• Grace Bible Chapel, Kenosha, WI (KLC-EB) +1923-2000? (OB) 2000?-2024+
  • Kenosha Christian Assembly, WI]] (KLC-EB) +1923-1946+; Grace Bible Chapel (OB) 2000?-present

Milwaukee metro

Milwaukee County (Milwaukee metro)

Milwaukee

• Bible Truth Assembly of Milwaukee, WI (KLC-EB) 1940’s-2016+
  • 49th & Oklahoma Christian Assembly 1950’s-present;
  • hive from Kenosha German assembly.
  • @ upper room over a restaurant or tavern in the 1940's; @ home of Mrs. Regina Felten, Ste. 10, 2825 N. 33rd +1946+; old Lutheran church @ 3056 S. 49th St. +1950's-present
  • c/o Henry Knautz, 7336 W. Coldspring Rd., West Allis +1946+

• Lighthouse Gospel Chapel, WI (AA-OB) 1958-2023+
  • hive from Wauwatosa Bible Chapel

• Milwaukee Gospel Hall, WI (OB) +1927+
  • c/o J.D. Luhm @ 418 Sixth Ave.

• Milwaukee Christian Assembly, WI (G-B-EB) 1933-2000

• Milwaukee Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1927-1973+
  • c/o Albert Andryeski +1927-1933+; Charley Godlevski +1927+; Robert H. Lundberg +1944-1951+; Robert Thomas, Sr. +1962-1973+

• Wauwatosa Bible Chapel, WI (EB) +1866-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1922; (G-EB?) 1922-1933; (OB) 1933-2024+
  • Bible Truth Hall/Chapel 1922+; Milwaukee Christian Assembly; Wauwatosa Community Chapel;

Racine County

Racine

• Racine Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1944-1951+; +1966+
  • c/o Mansfield Lundberg +1944-1951+; Mrs. G.G. Youngstrum +1944-1951+; Woodrow Keisling +1966+

Walworth County

Lake Geneva

• Lake Geneva Bible Chapel, WI (OB) 1894-2023+
  • Lake Geneva Gospel Hall +1904-1927+
  • c/o Frank Johnson +1904+; O.H. McColm @ 1300 Dodge St. +1927+

Williams Bay

• Williams Bay Gospel Hall, WI (OB) +1904+
  • c/o Michael Johnson

Waukesha County

Oconomowoc

• Oconomowoc Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1911+
  • c/o Miss M. Hayes

Waukesha

• Waukesha Gospel Chapel, WI (OB) +1936-1943+
  • @ Grand & Colorado Aves. +1936-1943+
  • c/o Chester Foat +1936+; Melvin Johnson +1941+; Philip J. Strong, Jr. +1943+

• Waukesha Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1996-2023+
  • Gospel meetings in the YMCA by two Blue River brethren starting in 1993.

• Waukesha Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1949-1951+
  • c/o Dr. Arthur August Sunier (b. 1899 West Lucas, IA - d. 1989 Winter Park, Orange, FL). Wife: Frances Sunier (b. 1899 Oak Park, IL - d. 1998 Winter Park, FL)
    • faculty @ Rochester, N.Y., then Carroll University (Waukesha) teaching chemistry
    • son of Aime Sunier (1837-1907) who was a jeweler & watchmaker in Iowa City for many years, with his wife Susanne (1855-1938), both originally from Switzerland.
      • Aime & Susanne were among the first TW exclusives to reside in Iowa City, Iowa, arriving by 1889, and remained. There was a meeting room developed (there) by 1927.

Sheboygan metro

Sheboygan County

Sheboygan

• Zion Christian Assembly, Sheboygan, WI (TW-Lowe-EB) +1896-1908; (Lowe-EB) 1908-1926; (KLC-EB) 1926-1972; (OB) 1972-2024+
  • Sheboygan Meeting Room +1896-1908+; Bible Truth Hall; Bible Truth Chapel +1943-1972; Zion Christian Assembly
  • c/o J.W. Felten +1896-1908+
  • In 1943, Joan Engelbert, Annette Alberts & Roger Alberts of the Bible Truth hall recited Christmas poems and S.S. children sang carols for the City Home.
  • Mathilda Rudy Felten 1916?-1965 (b. 1897 Butler Co., IA - d. 1965 Sheboygan, WI), daughter of John & Katherine Rudy. Relocated to Sheboygan with her family in 1916. Husband (1919): William Felten retired from Vollrath Co., as a pattern dept. supt. Beston Simmons (Windsor, ON) officiated her memorial. Children: Pearl Allen (Zion, IL), Frances Leonard (Wajima), Arlisle Beers (Elgin, IL), Joyce Detert (Wilmington, MA), & Virginia Masterson (West Hartford, CT). Siblings: John Rudy (Pasadena, CA), Lydia Rudy (Portland, OR) & Mrs. Theodore Felten (Sheboygan, WI).

Sheboygan Falls

• Maranatha Bible Chapel, WI (OB) 1960-1972
  • split from Bible Truth Hall that reconciled, now Zion Christian Assembly

Waushara County

Hancock

• Hancock Christian Assembly, WI (KLC-EB) +1946+
  • @ home of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Crook

Springwater

• Springwater Meeting Room, WI (EB) +1878-1880+
  • c/o Mrs. Annie Attoe
  • 1881+ KLC?

Southwestern WI

Crawford County

Mount Sterling

• Mount Sterling Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1940-2022+
  • Lynxville Gospel Hall 1940-1978;
  • @ 175 Main St Hwy 27: 1978-present

Grant County (Platteville micro)

Beetown

• Beetown Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1926-2023+

Blue River

• Blue River Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1932-2023+
  • OR 1932-12: Blue River, WI: "Br. Steve Mick is following up the tent work in a rented store, with manifest blessing. Some fifteen souls have been saved and others are interested."

La Crosse County (La Crosse, WI / Onalaska, MN metro)

La Crosse

• La Crosse Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1890-2023+
  • @ Clinton St. +1922-1927+
  • c/o A.H. Redpath, 1908 Charles St. +1904+; C.O. Dahl @ 1113 Gillette St. +1922+; L.R. Sundvay @ 1209 W. Ave., S +1927+
  • TBM 1891: La Crosse, Winconsin (sic): "We had our brother Alexander Matthews here for three months, labouring for the Lord with blessing. He is now in Minneapolis."

Monroe County

Wilton

• Bible Truth Assembly, Wilton, WI (KLC-EB) +1960+

Sauk County

Mylrea ?

• Mylrea Meeting Room, WI (German TW-Lowe-EB) +1901-1903+
  • c/o George Hoeppner
    • later @ Marathon, WI (German EB) +1905+

Prairie Du Sac

• Prairie Du Sac Meeting Room, WI (TW-EB) +1962-1985+
  • c/o Mrs. Carl Wagner (Wegner?)

Vernon County

Mount Sterling

• Mount Sterling Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1933-2023+

Ontario

• Ontario Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1954-2023+
  • Gospel preaching by Chauncey Yost, Alex Studnicka & Louis Brandt in the area starting in 1952. 75 in attendance of a tent meeting by Paul Elliot & Alex Studnicka, ten professed including Lee Stenerson (later @ La Crosse).

Viroqua

• Viroqua Christian Assembly, WI (KLC-EB) +1946+
  • @ home of Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Lotz, 279 W. Maple St.

Westby

• Grace and Truth Bible Chapel, Westby, WI (KLC-OB) +2014-2020+
  • Westby Bible Church
  • Living Waters Bible Camp

West Central WI

Chippewa County (Eau Claire metro)

Chippewa Falls

• River Valley Christian Assembly, WI (OB) +2012-2023+

Clark County

Stanley

• KLC sister +1946+
  • c/o Mrs. Florence Cummins, RR#2
    • breaks bread at Sheldon

• Stanley Meeting Room, WI (TW-Lowe-EB) +1896-1909; (TW-EB) 1909-1933+; +1973-1992; (TW-N-EB) 1992-2010+
  • c/o James P. Clauson +1896-1908+;
  • c/o Mrs. Mattie Kenyon @ Withee +1896+
  • c/o Miss Hattie Colby @ Thorp +1896+
  • c/o Mrs. Charles Cook +1896-1927+
    • @ Thorp +1896-1917+, +1933+
  • c/o M. McMiller +1896-1901+, +1911+
    • lived in Chippewa Falls +1903-1905+
  • c/o Mrs. C. Einfeldt @ Greenwood +1908-1911+
  • c/o John Chalkley +1911+
  • c/o Mrs. J.B. Dougherty +1914-1927+
  • c/o Mrs. Sam B. Mills +1914-1933+
  • c/o Miss Edith Ness +1973-2010+

Eau Claire County (Eau Claire / Menomonie metro)

Eau Claire (also in Chippewa County)

• Eau Claire Meeting Room, WI (TW-Lowe-EB) +1896+; (TW-EB) +1908-1917+
  • c/o Mrs. Emma Hodge +1896+; S.J. Ray +1908-1917+

Porter's Mills

• Porter's Mills Meeting Room, WI (TW-Lowe-EB) +1889+
  • c/o John Boucher

Jackson County

Black River Falls

• Black River Gospel Hall, WI (OB) 1941-2023+
  • Pine Hills Gospel Hall 1944-1991
  • Sam Hamilton held Gospel meetings in the Pine Hills schoolhouse in 1926, and in another area schoolhouse later. Elgie Jamison & Walter Elgies had meetings, including one Elgies had at Shamrock Hall in 1949/1950 where he died while preaching. Breaking of Bread in the summer of 1941 in the home of Henry Gaede. 1944 acquired a building at Pine Hills. Relocated to Black River Falls in 1991.

Trempealeau County

Whitehall

• Whitehall Fellowship (KLC-EB) +2016+
  • see Wausau, WI