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==Anniston==
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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.
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* [[Anniston Bible Chapel, AL]] (AA/CA OB) 1986-'''2018+'''
 
  
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===Wellington===
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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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* [[Wellington Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +1973+
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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.
  
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==Auburn==
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=Central AL=
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* [[Auburn Assembly, AL]] (AM) +2018+
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==Birmingham/Hoover metro==
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===Jefferson County===
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====Bessemer====
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* [[Central Gospel Chapel, Bessemer, AL]] (OB) +1958-1960
  
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===Opelika===
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====Birmingham====
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* [[Opelika Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) 1981/1982-1989
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* [[Birmingham Meeting Room, AL]] (EB) +1903-1905+; (TW-eb) +1966-1968; (TW-eb residency) 1968-1973+
  
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==Birmingham==
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* [[Grace Fellowship, Birmingham, AL]] (OB) 1991-1999
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* [[Birmingham Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +1903-1905+; 1966; 1973;
 
  
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* [[Grace Fellowship, AL]] (OB) 1991-1999
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* [[Hope Bible Chapel, Birmingham, AL]] (OB) 1948-'''2026+'''
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** Westside Gospel Chapel, AL 1955-1962; Mountainbrook Bible Chapel 1962-1963; Mountain Brook Bible Chapel 1964-2001
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** @ Central YMCA, Room 204 & J.J. Ashton's home, 901 Stuart St., Homewood (OB) 1948-1954; 813 4th Ave. W +1955-1961; 3926 Montclair Rd. 1962-2001
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** c/o J.J. Ashton 1948-1956+; Earl Miller +1958; Robert J. Willey @ 2845 Thornhill Rd., Apt. 122A: 1959-1960; Martin L. Robinette, Jr. @ 2317 Center Way S: 1961-1962;
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** c/o Vernon W. Poehner @ 4233 Silver St. 1963-1965; 609 Benville Ln. 1966
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** c/o Robert Chest @ 2337 25th St., Ensley 1967; Vernon W. Poehner @ 609 Bunville Ln. 1968; Rodney Barber @ 134 Memory Ct. 1969-1971; Kyle W. DeShazo @ Leeds 1972-1974; Edwin R. Ridley @ 18 Stonehurst Green 1975-1980+
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** MT:
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*** +1951+: SS 10am, BB 11am; Wed. BS 8pm. SS/BS in home.
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*** +1954: BB 9:30am, SS/FBH 11am, G 7:30pm; Wed. P/BS 8pm. SS/P&BS in home.
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*** 1955: P&BS 8pm changed to Tues.
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*** 1956: P&BS changed to Thu. 7:45pm
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*** +1958: SS 9:45am, G 11am, BB 7:45pm, Wed. P/BS 7:45pm
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*** 1959-1960: SS 9:45am, G 11am, BB 7:30pm, Wed. P/BS 7:30pm; Sat. P 6:30am
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*** 1961-1965: Delete Sat. morn P.
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*** 1966-1971: BB changed to 7pm
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*** 1976: SS 10am, M 11am, BB 7pm; Wed. P 7:30pm
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*** 1977-1980+: SS changed to 9:45am
  
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* [[North Birmingham Gospel Chapel, AL]] (AA/CA OB) +1948-1968
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* [[North Birmingham Gospel Chapel, AL]] (AA/CA OB) +1941-1968
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* [[Christian Tabernacle, AL]] (AA/CA OB) '''+1943+ 1st African-American assembly in AL'''
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** Birmingham Christian Tabernacle +1941-1943+
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** 1st African-American assembly in Alabama
  
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===Bessemer===
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* [[Wylam Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) 1907?/+1927-1935+
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* [[Central Gospel Chapel, Bessemer, AL]] +1958-1960
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** 1st open brethren assembly in AL
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** @ home of [[John Watson McLellan]] (1863-1935), 4205 Tenth Ave. +1920-1935
  
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===Carbon Hill===
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====Gardendale====
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* [[Carbon Hill Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) '''+1927+: 2nd open brethren assembly in AL'''
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* [[Gardendale Assembly, AL]] (OB) +1941+
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** @ home of Clifford W. Ritter
  
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===Graysville===
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====Graysville====
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* [[Westside Believers Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1976-2010+
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* [[Westside Believers Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1974-2010+
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** @ 2036 Hanchey Rd., Birmingham +1979-1980+
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** @ 1490 1st St. SE, Graysville
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** c/o Steve Davis +1976-1979; Dr. Stephen S. Underwood 1980+
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*** both @ 1409 Iroquois Circle
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** MT:
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*** 1976: SS 10am, BB 7pm, Thu. P 7pm
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*** 1979-1980+: SS 10am, M 11am, BB 6:30pm; Thu P 7pm
  
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===Irondale===
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====Hoover====
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* [[Hope Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) +1954-'''2018+'''
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* [[Bluff Park Community Church, AL]] (Acts 29 BC) 1987-2021+
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** Mountain Brook Bible Chapel (OB) 1962-2000+
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** Bluff Park Bible Church (OB? BC)
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** Westside Gospel Chapel, AL (OB) 1955-1961
 
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** Central YMCA & J.J. Ashton's home (OB) +1954
 
  
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===Mount Brook===
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===Walker County===
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* [[Bluff Park Bible Church, AL]] (OB/BC?) 1987-2014+
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====Carbon Hill====
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* [[Carbon Hill residency, AL]] (OB) +1927+
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** no meeting in 1927
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** c/o G.S. Treadway
  
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===Wylam===
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=Northeastern AL=
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* [[Wylam Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) '''1910?/1927-1935: 1st open brethren assembly in AL'''
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==Calhoun County (Anniston/Oxford metro)==
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** [[John Watson McLellan]] (1863-1935)
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===Anniston===
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* [[Anniston Bible Chapel, AL]] (AA/CA OB) 1986-'''2026+'''
  
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==Dothan==
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===Wellington===
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* [[Dothan Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +1944-1951+
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* [[Wellington Meeting Room, AL]] (TW-eb) +1973+
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** in fellowship @ [[Rome Meeting Room, GA]]
  
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==Gadsden==
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==Etowah County (Gadsden metro)==
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* [[Gadsden Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +1973-2016+
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===Gadsden===
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* [[Gadsden Meeting Room, AL]] (TW-eb) +1973-2024
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** no meeting in 1989, in fellowship with [[Rome Meeting Room, GA]]
  
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==Huntsville==
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==Madison County (Huntsville metro)==
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===Huntsville===
 
* [[Huntsville Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1967-2010+
 
* [[Huntsville Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1967-2010+
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** Huntsville Gospel Chapel (OB) 1968-1973
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** Huntsville Gospel Chapel 1968-1973
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** Larry Casso's house (OB) 1967
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** 6014 Belgrade Dr. N.W., home of Larry Casso 1967; 2006 Triana Blvd. 1968-1971+; 2703 Whitesburg Dr. 1974-1978; 104 Garland St. 1979-1980+
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** c/o Larry Casso 1967; William Gray, Jr. @ 3202 Whitesburg Dr. S: 1968; Jerry L. Owen @ 3113 Gayhart Dr. N.W.: 1969-1971; W.D. Edmonson @ 714 Graycroft Dr. 1974-1980+
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** MT:
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*** 1967: BB 9:30am, BS 10:45am
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*** 1968: BB 9:30am, FBH 10:45am, G 7pm; Thu. P&BS 7pm; Fri. C 7pm
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*** 1969-1971: FBH changed to SS
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*** 1972-1973: SS 9:45am, G 11am, BB 7pm; Wed. P&BS 7:30pm
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*** 1974-1980+: BB 10am, SS 11am, G 7pm, Tues. P 7pm
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* [[Huntsville Gospel Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1972-1973
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** c/o T.B. Gilbert @ 302 Quincy Dr. S.W.
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** MT: BB 10am
  
 
===New Market===
 
===New Market===
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* [[New Market Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +1973+
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* [[New Market Meeting Room, AL]] (TW-eb) +1972-1973+
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** c/o Leantha Louise Duke Rouffy (b. Tampa, [[Florida|FL]]), daughter of Leland Vincent Duke & Anne Louise Brooks Duke. 1940 @ Chattahoochee-Bolton, Fulton, [[Georgia|GA]]. Frank had elder siblings that died in infancy, including one with his namesake in Rehoboth, Bristol, [[Massachusetts|MA]] in 1929, and an unnamed sister in 1927. He also had a brother, Rev. Edward A. Rouffy of Salida, [[Colorado|CO]]. Husband (1955 @ Roanoke, VA): Fernand Emanuel "Frank" Rouffy, Jr. (b. 1929 Providence, [[Rhode Island|RI]]), son of retired Lt. Col. Fernand Emanuel Rouffy, Sr. (b. 1893 Lausanne, [[Switzerland]] - d. 1972 Cayce, Lexington, [[South Carolina|SC]]) & Deborah Margaret Roy Rouffy (1906-1995).
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** in fellowship at [[Rome Meeting Room, GA]]
  
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==Linden==
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===Toney===
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* [[Gallion Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) +1954-'''2018+'''
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* [[Believers Fellowship, Huntsville, AL]] (OB) 2019-'''2026+'''
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** Frank J. Glass house 1955
 
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** Scripture Truth Center +1954
 
  
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==Mobile==
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=Northwestern AL=
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* [[Mobile Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +2005-2016+
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==Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa metro)==
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* [[Mobile Assembly, AL]] (OB) +1954-1977
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===Northport===
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** John Todd's house +1954-1977
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* [[Westside Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1999-2016+
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** North Mobile Community House gospel meetings by L. Ballhagen  1949
 
  
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==Montgomery==
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===Tuscaloosa===
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* [[Montgomery Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) '''1889: first assembly in Alabama (Exclusive)'''
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* [[Tuscaloosa Meeting Room, AL]] (TW-N) +2016+
  
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=Southeastern AL=
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==Houston County (Dothan metro)==
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===Dothan===
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* [[Dothan Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +1944-1951+
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==Elmore County (Montgomery metro)==
 
===Millbrook===
 
===Millbrook===
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* [[Central Bible Chapel, Millbrook, AL]] (OB) 1974-'''2018+'''
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* [[Central Bible Chapel, Millbrook, AL]] (OB) 1974-2018+
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** aka Montgomery Bible Chapel (OB) 1984/1985-1986
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** Montgomery Bible Chapel 1984/1985-1986
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** aka David Leach's house (OB) 1977-1983/1984
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** @ 1249 Hillman St., home of William T. Crabb 1974-1976; 2745 Colonial Dr., home of David J. Leach 1977-1983/1984;
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** aka William T. Crabb's house (OB) 1974-1976
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** MT:
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*** 1975-1980+: BB 7pm; PM
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==Lee County (Auburn/Opelika, AL & Columbus, GA metro)==
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===Auburn===
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* [[Auburn Assembly, AL]] (AM) +2018+
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===Opelika===
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* [[Opelika Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) 1981/1982-1989
  
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==Needham==
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==Montgomery County (Montgomery metro)==
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* [[Needham Gospel Center, AL]] (OB) +1954-'''2018+'''
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===Montgomery===
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** aka Needham Bible Chapel +1954-1955; +1958-1986
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* [[Montgomery Meeting Room, AL]] (EB) +1889+
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** first assembly in Alabama
  
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==Tuscaloosa==
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=Southwestern AL=
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* [[Tuscaloosa Meeting Room, AL]] (TW) +2016+
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==Choctaw County==
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===Needham===
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* [[Needham Gospel Center, AL]] (OB) +1954-2022+
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** Needham Bible Chapel +1954-1986
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** c/o John H. Rupp +1954+; Charles Turner +1958-1980+
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** MT:
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*** +1954-1980+: SS 10am, BB 11am, G 7pm; Wed. P/BS 7pm
  
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===Northport===
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==Marengo County==
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* [[Westside Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) 1999-2016+
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===Linden===
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* [[Gallion Bible Chapel, AL]] (OB) +1954-2018+
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** Scripture Truth Center +1954;
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** @ 3 mi. N. Linden in fork Hwys. 13 & 43: +1954 & 1956-1980+; Frank J. Glass' home 1955;
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** c/o Nate Taylor @ Gallion +1954; c/o Frank L. Glass 1955-1980+
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** MT:
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*** +1954-1955+: BB 9:45am, FBH/SS 11am, G 7:30pm; Tues. P 7:30pm
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*** 1956-1958+: BB changed to 10am; Tues. P&BS 7:30pm.
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*** 1959-1960: G changed to 7:00pm
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*** 1961-1962: Tues. P&BS changed to 7:00pm
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*** 1963-1980+: Tues. changed to Prayer
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==Mobile County (Mobile metro)==
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===Mobile===
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* [[Mobile Meeting Room, AL]] (TW-N-eb) +2005-2016+
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* [[Mobile Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) +1951-1977
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** North Mobile Community House gospel meetings by L. Ballhagen 1949
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** 1903 Old Government St., home of John Todd +1951-1977
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** Meeting Times: BB 10:30am

Latest revision as of 11:51, 25 November 2025

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.

Contents

Central AL

Birmingham/Hoover metro

Jefferson County

Bessemer

Birmingham

  • Hope Bible Chapel, Birmingham, AL (OB) 1948-2026+
    • Westside Gospel Chapel, AL 1955-1962; Mountainbrook Bible Chapel 1962-1963; Mountain Brook Bible Chapel 1964-2001
    • @ Central YMCA, Room 204 & J.J. Ashton's home, 901 Stuart St., Homewood (OB) 1948-1954; 813 4th Ave. W +1955-1961; 3926 Montclair Rd. 1962-2001
    • c/o J.J. Ashton 1948-1956+; Earl Miller +1958; Robert J. Willey @ 2845 Thornhill Rd., Apt. 122A: 1959-1960; Martin L. Robinette, Jr. @ 2317 Center Way S: 1961-1962;
    • c/o Vernon W. Poehner @ 4233 Silver St. 1963-1965; 609 Benville Ln. 1966
    • c/o Robert Chest @ 2337 25th St., Ensley 1967; Vernon W. Poehner @ 609 Bunville Ln. 1968; Rodney Barber @ 134 Memory Ct. 1969-1971; Kyle W. DeShazo @ Leeds 1972-1974; Edwin R. Ridley @ 18 Stonehurst Green 1975-1980+
    • MT:
      • +1951+: SS 10am, BB 11am; Wed. BS 8pm. SS/BS in home.
      • +1954: BB 9:30am, SS/FBH 11am, G 7:30pm; Wed. P/BS 8pm. SS/P&BS in home.
      • 1955: P&BS 8pm changed to Tues.
      • 1956: P&BS changed to Thu. 7:45pm
      • +1958: SS 9:45am, G 11am, BB 7:45pm, Wed. P/BS 7:45pm
      • 1959-1960: SS 9:45am, G 11am, BB 7:30pm, Wed. P/BS 7:30pm; Sat. P 6:30am
      • 1961-1965: Delete Sat. morn P.
      • 1966-1971: BB changed to 7pm
      • 1976: SS 10am, M 11am, BB 7pm; Wed. P 7:30pm
      • 1977-1980+: SS changed to 9:45am

Gardendale

Graysville

  • Westside Believers Chapel, AL (OB) 1974-2010+
    • @ 2036 Hanchey Rd., Birmingham +1979-1980+
    • @ 1490 1st St. SE, Graysville
    • c/o Steve Davis +1976-1979; Dr. Stephen S. Underwood 1980+
      • both @ 1409 Iroquois Circle
    • MT:
      • 1976: SS 10am, BB 7pm, Thu. P 7pm
      • 1979-1980+: SS 10am, M 11am, BB 6:30pm; Thu P 7pm

Hoover

Walker County

Carbon Hill

Northeastern AL

Calhoun County (Anniston/Oxford metro)

Anniston

Wellington

Etowah County (Gadsden metro)

Gadsden

Madison County (Huntsville metro)

Huntsville

  • Huntsville Bible Chapel, AL (OB) 1967-2010+
    • Huntsville Gospel Chapel 1968-1973
    • 6014 Belgrade Dr. N.W., home of Larry Casso 1967; 2006 Triana Blvd. 1968-1971+; 2703 Whitesburg Dr. 1974-1978; 104 Garland St. 1979-1980+
    • c/o Larry Casso 1967; William Gray, Jr. @ 3202 Whitesburg Dr. S: 1968; Jerry L. Owen @ 3113 Gayhart Dr. N.W.: 1969-1971; W.D. Edmonson @ 714 Graycroft Dr. 1974-1980+
    • MT:
      • 1967: BB 9:30am, BS 10:45am
      • 1968: BB 9:30am, FBH 10:45am, G 7pm; Thu. P&BS 7pm; Fri. C 7pm
      • 1969-1971: FBH changed to SS
      • 1972-1973: SS 9:45am, G 11am, BB 7pm; Wed. P&BS 7:30pm
      • 1974-1980+: BB 10am, SS 11am, G 7pm, Tues. P 7pm

New Market

  • New Market Meeting Room, AL (TW-eb) +1972-1973+
    • c/o Leantha Louise Duke Rouffy (b. Tampa, FL), daughter of Leland Vincent Duke & Anne Louise Brooks Duke. 1940 @ Chattahoochee-Bolton, Fulton, GA. Frank had elder siblings that died in infancy, including one with his namesake in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA in 1929, and an unnamed sister in 1927. He also had a brother, Rev. Edward A. Rouffy of Salida, CO. Husband (1955 @ Roanoke, VA): Fernand Emanuel "Frank" Rouffy, Jr. (b. 1929 Providence, RI), son of retired Lt. Col. Fernand Emanuel Rouffy, Sr. (b. 1893 Lausanne, Switzerland - d. 1972 Cayce, Lexington, SC) & Deborah Margaret Roy Rouffy (1906-1995).
    • in fellowship at Rome Meeting Room, GA

Toney

Northwestern AL

Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa metro)

Northport

Tuscaloosa

Southeastern AL

Houston County (Dothan metro)

Dothan

Elmore County (Montgomery metro)

Millbrook

  • Central Bible Chapel, Millbrook, AL (OB) 1974-2018+
    • Montgomery Bible Chapel 1984/1985-1986
    • @ 1249 Hillman St., home of William T. Crabb 1974-1976; 2745 Colonial Dr., home of David J. Leach 1977-1983/1984;
    • MT:
      • 1975-1980+: BB 7pm; PM

Lee County (Auburn/Opelika, AL & Columbus, GA metro)

Auburn

Opelika

Montgomery County (Montgomery metro)

Montgomery

Southwestern AL

Choctaw County

Needham

  • Needham Gospel Center, AL (OB) +1954-2022+
    • Needham Bible Chapel +1954-1986
    • c/o John H. Rupp +1954+; Charles Turner +1958-1980+
    • MT:
      • +1954-1980+: SS 10am, BB 11am, G 7pm; Wed. P/BS 7pm

Marengo County

Linden

  • Gallion Bible Chapel, AL (OB) +1954-2018+
    • Scripture Truth Center +1954;
    • @ 3 mi. N. Linden in fork Hwys. 13 & 43: +1954 & 1956-1980+; Frank J. Glass' home 1955;
    • c/o Nate Taylor @ Gallion +1954; c/o Frank L. Glass 1955-1980+
    • MT:
      • +1954-1955+: BB 9:45am, FBH/SS 11am, G 7:30pm; Tues. P 7:30pm
      • 1956-1958+: BB changed to 10am; Tues. P&BS 7:30pm.
      • 1959-1960: G changed to 7:00pm
      • 1961-1962: Tues. P&BS changed to 7:00pm
      • 1963-1980+: Tues. changed to Prayer

Mobile County (Mobile metro)

Mobile

  • Mobile Gospel Hall, AL (OB) +1951-1977
    • North Mobile Community House gospel meetings by L. Ballhagen 1949
    • 1903 Old Government St., home of John Todd +1951-1977
    • Meeting Times: BB 10:30am
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