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| − | * [[Cornerstone Bible Chapel, Rochester, NY|Cornerstone Bible Chapel]], Rochester, Monroe Co., [[New York|NY]] (OB) | + | * [[Cornerstone Bible Chapel, Rochester, NY|Cornerstone Bible Chapel]], Rochester, Monroe Co., [[New York|NY]] (OB) 1916-current |
| − | ** | + | ** St. Paul Blvd. Assembly 1916+; Carter Street Chapel +1927+; Carter Street Assembly Hall +1936-1950+; Congress Avenue Gospel Chapel +1951-1999 |
=Itinerants= | =Itinerants= | ||
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=Ministry News= | =Ministry News= | ||
| + | ==1930's== | ||
| + | ===1939=== | ||
| + | * Wit 1939-3: [[New York#Niagara Falls|Niagara Falls]], NY: "Charles Innes had week's meetings with much blessing; splendid interest; also paid 10 days' visit to Carter's Hall, Rochester. Encouraging attendances. Assembly is growing." | ||
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==1950's== | ==1950's== | ||
===1951=== | ===1951=== | ||
| − | * LOI 1951-7: | + | * LOI 1951-7: |
| − | "Not only do the Lord's servants in the field change their locations from time to time, but occasionally assemblies move to other sites. | + | "Not only do the Lord's servants in the field change their locations from time to time, but occasionally assemblies move to other sites. In Rochester, N.Y. the assembly which was meeting in Carter Street Assembly Hall is now in the Congress Ave. Gospel Chapel, Congress Avenue and Pioneer Street. The commodious new building costing about $50,000 has an auditorium on the main floor with a seating capacity of 207 and large Sunday school quarters downstairs. |
| − | Frank Milligan, chairman of the building committee, reports: "We are getting a fair attendance of people from the neighborhood on Lord's Day at the Family Bible Hour and also in the evening gospel service. | + | Frank Milligan, chairman of the building committee, reports: "We are getting a fair attendance of people from the neighborhood on Lord's Day at the Family Bible Hour and also in the evening gospel service. As yet we have had no manifest blessing in the conversion of grown-ups, but four or five of the Sunday school children have definitely professed faith in the Lord in the past five or six weeks, including two of my own children. Brother Colin Caldwell, the Sunday school superintendent, tells me that although when we first moved the enrollment dropped to about 55, it is now up to 76 and still growing." |
| − | Every other Sunday there is a late afternoon service in Spanish for Puerto Ricans and university Spanish students. | + | Every other Sunday there is a late afternoon service in Spanish for Puerto Ricans and university Spanish students. Attendance at this has increased." |
=Sources= | =Sources= | ||
* Stuart Milligan - 2025-6-27 phone | * Stuart Milligan - 2025-6-27 phone | ||
* Letters of Interest (LOI): 1951-7 | * Letters of Interest (LOI): 1951-7 | ||
| + | * Witness (Wit): 1939-3 | ||
Revision as of 05:32, 29 June 2025
- Cornerstone Bible Chapel, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY (OB) 1916-current
- St. Paul Blvd. Assembly 1916+; Carter Street Chapel +1927+; Carter Street Assembly Hall +1936-1950+; Congress Avenue Gospel Chapel +1951-1999
Itinerants
- Cyril Brooks
- Ken Brooks
Ministry News
1930's
1939
- Wit 1939-3: Niagara Falls, NY: "Charles Innes had week's meetings with much blessing; splendid interest; also paid 10 days' visit to Carter's Hall, Rochester. Encouraging attendances. Assembly is growing."
1950's
1951
- LOI 1951-7:
"Not only do the Lord's servants in the field change their locations from time to time, but occasionally assemblies move to other sites. In Rochester, N.Y. the assembly which was meeting in Carter Street Assembly Hall is now in the Congress Ave. Gospel Chapel, Congress Avenue and Pioneer Street. The commodious new building costing about $50,000 has an auditorium on the main floor with a seating capacity of 207 and large Sunday school quarters downstairs.
Frank Milligan, chairman of the building committee, reports: "We are getting a fair attendance of people from the neighborhood on Lord's Day at the Family Bible Hour and also in the evening gospel service. As yet we have had no manifest blessing in the conversion of grown-ups, but four or five of the Sunday school children have definitely professed faith in the Lord in the past five or six weeks, including two of my own children. Brother Colin Caldwell, the Sunday school superintendent, tells me that although when we first moved the enrollment dropped to about 55, it is now up to 76 and still growing."
Every other Sunday there is a late afternoon service in Spanish for Puerto Ricans and university Spanish students. Attendance at this has increased."
Sources
- Stuart Milligan - 2025-6-27 phone
- Letters of Interest (LOI): 1951-7
- Witness (Wit): 1939-3
