Revision as of 09:32, 24 October 2020

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.

Eastern Central Virginia

Charlottesville

• Charlottesville Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1949+
  • Mrs. J.E. Rose

Chesterfield County

Matoaca

• Matoaca Gospel Hall, VA (OB) +1902-2018+
  • @ 6204 River Rd. +2018+
  • c/o Cleveland Skinner +1927+; Samuel McEwen, Jr. +1936-1950+; John Nobles +2018+

Lynchburg Metro

Campbell County

Gladys

• Gladys Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1908-1914+
  • c/o William H. Roberts +1908-1914+

Lynchburg

• Lynchburg Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1949+
  • c/o Miss T.E. McLaughlin +1889+; J.T. McLaughlin +1894-1917+; Warwick Spencer +1911-1917+, +1927-1944+; J.W. Wallace +1911-1914+; Miss Fannie McLaughlin +1923-1927+; Warwick Spencer, Jr. +1949+

Petersburg

• Petersburg Gospel Hall, VA (OH) +1890-1950+
  • West High Street Gospel Hall
  • @ 927 W. High St. (home assembly?) +1927-1950+
  • c/o Hugh Campbell +1901-1927+; Hugh Campbell, Jr. +1936-1948+; W.E. Dancy +1950+;
  • see May 1902 Our Record for brief history of the start of this assembly

Greater Richmond

Henrico County

Gayton

• Gayton assembly (OB) +1901
  • home of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Claiborne +1901
    • Egbert relocated to Richmond in 1901.

Hopewell

• Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall (OB) +1936+; +1950+
  • Hopewell assembly (OB) +1936+
  • c/o G.W. Rucker +1936+; H.L. Morrison +1950+;

Richmond

• Carlisle Avenue Gospel Chapel, Richmond, VA (OB) +2018+
  • @ 2506 Carlisle Ave. +2020+
  • c/o Tom Brown @ Mechanicsville +2018+; Robbie Brown +2018+

• Grace Gospel Chapel, Richmond, VA (OB) +2018+
  • @ 1201 Spirea Rd. +2018+
  • c/o Herman Reams @ Tappahannock +2018+

• Richmond Gospel Hall, VA (OB) +1894-1950+
  • Lewis & Fulton Streets Gospel Hall +1927+; South Richmond Gospel Hall
  • @ Lewis & Fulton Sts. +1927+; 12th and Decatur Sts. +1936-1950+
  • c/o Egbert Claiborne 1901+; R.T. Childress 1904; Hugh A. Horn +1927-1948+; G. Wallace Rucker +1950+;
  • 1st annual Virginia conference was held at Richmond in 1894.

• Richmond Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1905-1908+; (TW) +1927+
  • c/o Charles M. Bradbury +1905-1908+; Cyril A. Fox +1908+; James T. McGraw +1908+; Mrs. B. Wood +1927+

Hanover County

Mechanicsville

• Mechanicsville Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1973-1985+
  • c/o Jim Mashinter +1973+; James W. Mashinter +1985+

Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News Metro

Hampton Roads Metro

Middle Peninsula

Mathews County

Mathews

• Mathews Courthouse Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1896+
  • c/o John Thompson

Norfolk=

• Norfolk Gospel Hall (OB) +1927-1950+
• Norfolk Assembly (OB) +1927+; South Norfolk Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1943+
  • @ 1010 Liberty St. +1936+; 1026 Brambleton Ave. +1943-1948+; 3218 Cottage Toll Rd. +1950+;
  • c/o Charles Johnston, 304 Walnut St. +1927+; M.J. Rockey +1936-1950+;

• Norfolk Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1944+
  • c/o Mrs. R.H. Smith

• Tidewater Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +2018+
  • @ 5894 Chambers St. +2018+
  • c/o Michael Beverly +2018+

Virginia Peninsula

Newport News

• Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA (OB) 1900?-2020+
  • William Dunning's home - 1900?-1908+;  Newport News Gospel Hall +1913-1963;
  • @ 100 block 29th St. +1943+; 40 Ballard Rd. +2020+
  • c/o J.P. Dale @ Hampton +1927+; John H. Lloyd +1936+; John Millar, Sr. +1943-1950+; Neil Goggin +2020+; Roy Markham +2020+;
• Newport News Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1949-1951+
  • Richard A. Hodges +1949-1951+; Wendell Laurents +1949-1951+

Northern Virginia

Alexandria (DC Metro)

• Alexandria Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1949-1951+
  • Fairlington Meeting Room +1949+
  • c/o Gerald Rathbone +1949-1951+

Arlington County (D.C. Metro)

Arlington

• Cherrydale Bible Church, VA (OB) +2018+
  • Cherrydale Bible Chapel
  • @ 1905 N. Monroe St. +2018+
  • c/o Paul Eikamp +2018+; Jim Helmly +2018+

Culpeper County

Elkwood

• Union Chapel, Elkwood, VA (OB) +1943-1950+
  • BB @ home of Mrs. A. Gulley +1943-1950+
  • c/o R.N. Myer @ Culpeper +1943-1950+ S.S. Supt.

==Fauquier County (D.C. Metro)

Marshall

• Marshall Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1889+
  • c/o Mrs. Horner

Nokesville

• Nokesville Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +2018+
  • Nokesville Gospel Hall (OB) +1948-1950+
  • @ 12809 Fitzwater Dr. +2018+
  • c/o Clark Groves @ Middletown +2018+

Harrisonburg Metro

Rockingham County

Dayton

• Dayton Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1923-1927+
  • Miss Dora Hovermale +1923-1927+

Madison County

Madison

• [[Sunnybrook Gospel Chapel, VA) (OB) +2018+
  • @ 1618 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike +2018+
  • c/o McKinley Jenkins +2018+; Paul Corbin +2018+

Syria

• Syria Gospel Chapel (OB) +1950+
  • c/o E.A. Robinson @ Etlan +1950+

South-Central Virginia

Charlotte County

Aspenwall

• tent meetings (OB) 1903

In the Sept. 1903 issue of Our Record, Dr. William J. Innes writes from this place, "that Bro. W. Beveredge and James Waugh have been holding open air services for a number of weeks, getting a good hearing. They were waiting for a tent that was coming, and occupying the time thus, in this preparatory work. The people show an eagerness to hear the Word. May they receive Christ."

Danville

• Danville Bible Chapel (OB) +2018+
  • @ 214 Parkway Dr. +2018+
  • c/o Henry Sasser +2018+

Halifax County

South Boston

• South Boston Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1914+
  • Alchie Meeting Room (EB) +1889-1901+
  • c/o Mrs. T.E. Clarke +1889+; Mrs. G.E. Clarke +1894-1914+

Lunenburg County

Victoria

• Northside Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +2018+
  • @ 2300 Marshall Ave.
  • c/o Glen Hood @ Lunenberg +2018+; Charles Vaughan +2018+

Western Virginia

Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro

Floyd County

Carthage

• Carthage Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1917+
  • c/o Mrs. W.P. Harris

Giles County

Montgomery County

Pulaski County=

• Pulaski Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1889-1927+
  • James Gemmell +1889+; Thomas Gemmell +1894-1896+; John Gemmell +1896-1905+; Charles L. Creger +1901-1905+, +1914-1927+; John Roberts +1905+, +1914+;

Johnson City, TN / Kingsport, TN / Bristol, VA Metro

Bristol

• Kingstown Gospel Hall, VA (OB) +1936-1950+
  • c/o Abb Hoover, 521 Winston St. +1936+; Dr. D.R. Best, 1712 Tremont Ave. +1943-1950+;

• Bristol Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1911-1966+
  • c/o John Gemmell +1911-1917+; Thomas Gemmell +1911-1933+; E.A. Lockwood +1914-1917+; P.C. Thompson +1923-1927+; T. Melville Gemmell +1933+; Mrs. Margaret M. Gemmell +1962+; Mrs. Thomas Gemmell +1966+; Mrs. P.C. Thompson, Sr. +1966+;
  • formerly Pulaski Meeting Room? +1889-1927+

Washington County

Glade Spring

• Glade Spring Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1927-1933+
• Donald D. Fudge

Lee County

Pennington Gap

• Pennington Gap Home Assembly, VA (OB) +1936+
  • @ Dr. William J. Innes' home
    • see Aspenwall, Charlotte County for 1903 report from Dr. Innes on open air meetings by W. Beveredge and James Waugh.

Roanoke Metro

Botetourt County

Fincastle

• Fincastle Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1962-1973+
  • Mrs. G.A. Main +1962-1973+

Roanoke

• Fleming Chapel, VA (OB) (OB) +2018+
  • Melrose Chapel +1943-1950+
  • @ 20th & Staunton Ave. NW +1943-1950+; 134 Maplelawn Ave. +2018+
  • c/o W.L. Overstreet +1943-1950+; Bruce Pence @ Salem +2018+

• Roanoke Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1933-1951+
  • c/o Basil Wood +1933-1951+; James D. Gemmell, Jr. +1944+

Smyth County

Marion

• Marion Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +1936-2018+
  • Marion Gospel Hall +1936-1950+
  • @ 108 High St. +1936-2018+
  • c/o Henry Tilson +1936-1943+; Silas Cummings +1948-1950+; David Helmly +2018+; David L. Smith +2018+

Seven Mile Ford

• Seven Mile Ford Gospel Hall, VA (OB) 1903-1936+
  • c/o J.F. Snavely

• tent meetings 1903 first in Grayson County with L.L. Kendrick (St. Elmo, TN), then in Smyth County, joined by Br. Moonaw; Kendrick wrote in Aug. 1903 in Our Record from Seven Mile Ford, "Tent is up and meetings going on for some weeks. A few bright cases of conversion. Some others of whom we are not sure. Several others inquiring the way of life. Pray for us."

In Oct. 1903, an update was given: "Our brother, L.L. Kendrick, pitched his tent at Seven Mile Ford on May 30th last, and is still at it in the same place. The attendance has been good and the interest sustained from the beginning. There have been several professed conversions with others, who still seem to be in trouble of soul. Besides the tent meetings, some thousands of tracts have been distributed. If possible, tent work will be continued through October, and then moved further south. Remember our bother (sic) in prayer."

Wise County

Big Stone Gap=

• Big Stone Gap Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1927+
  • c/o Mrs. W.G. Painter

Wythe County

Cripple Creek

• Cripple Creek Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1951+
  • c/o Carlie F. Ceary