Revision as of 02:09, 29 November 2022

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.

Eastcentral OH

Belmont County (Wheeling, OH/WV metro)

St. Clairsville

• Giffin Park Church, OH (OB) 1948-1964 (BC) 1964-2020+

Pittsburgh/Newcastle/Wheaton, OH/PA/WV CSA

Jefferson County (Weirton/Steubenville OH/WV metro)

Adena

• Adena Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1933+

Steubenville

• Steubenville Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1904-2022+
  • @ 1211 Park St. +1922-1927+; 7th & Clark St., former site of Toronto Gospel Hall, OH +1936+; 1211 Park St. +1941-present;
  • c/o Andrew Cousley +1922-1959+;
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 38 in fellowship, all above 20 years of age (20 men, 18 women) including 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 40 children (for a total of 78). The Hall was valued at $15,000 with no debt (with $100 in annual expenses), and $1,200 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

• Steubenville Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1933-1949+

Toronto

• Toronto Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1904-1959+
  • @ 7th & Clark +1927+; possibly 204 6th St., home of John Westlake +1936+; 7th & Clark +1941-1959+
  • c/o Donald T. Bass @ 421 W. 5th Ave., Columbus +1922+
  • c/o William Firm, Sr. @ 703 Clark St. +1927+ (b. 1861 Hickory Twp., Mercer, PA), coal miner in 1930. Son of Alexander Firm (b. 1826 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scot. - d. 1901 Hickory, PA) & Jessie Hynd Firm (b. 1826 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scot. - d. 1909 Hickory, Mercer, PA). Alexander was a coal miner in PA as early as 1860, as well as in Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland in 1851.
  • c/o John Westlake, 204 6th St. +1936+; Garland E. Bell +1941-1948+; Calvin Baker +1950-1959+
  • E. Tuscarawus St./original/bbe35bb6c06340f1e136c0a3604fbbd8b6a79b74.jpg 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 36 in fellowship (11 men, 25 women) including 1 under 13 years old, and 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 80 children (for a total of 116). The Hall was valued at $5,000 with no debt in 1926.

Youngstown/Warren, OH/PA CSA

Columbiana County

Leetonia

• Leetonia Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1889+

Lisbon

• Lisbon Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1966+

Washingtonville

• Washingtonville Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1973-1985+

Mahoning County

Youngstown

• Youngstown Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1922-1958+
  • @ 863 W. Woodland Ave. +1922-1927+; 1220 Market St. +1936+; 148 W. Indianola Ave. +1941-1958+
  • c/o Donald T. Bass @ 421 W. 5th Ave., Columbus +1922+; Cleaver J. Martin @ 2217 Birch St. +1926-1936+; D.A. MacDougall, 1049 High St. +1941-1950+; Robert Jones, 346 E. Broadway & Port Clinton +1954-1958+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 29 in fellowship (13 men, 16 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $277 in annual expenses), and $585 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Northcentral OH

Mansfield/Ashland/Bucyrus CSA

Ashland County

Ashland

• Ashland Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1922-1960+
  • @ Dr. George Riebel's Block, Second & Chestnut Sts. +1927-1960+
    • Dr. Reibel's Block was formerly known as Second & Church Sts. in 1883, until a fire which started in the Sprague barns on that block, and consumed every frame structure except T.W. Beer's building, including the Lutheran church on Third St., as per Ashland: The City of Progress and Prosperity, 1915.
  • c/o Fred Fox, Hayesville +1922-1960+

Sullivan

• Sullivan Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1973+

Richland County (Mansfield metro)

Mansfield

• Lincoln Heights Gospel Chapel
  • see Lincoln Heights

• Mansfield Gospel Hall, OH 1959-2022+
  • @ 820 Mansfield Washington Rd. ?-present;
  • founding preacher: Norman Crawford
  • see MGH's website & MGH's FB

• Mansfield Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1889+

Shelby

• Shelby Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1904+
  • spelled "Shelly" in 1904 AAB (sic?)
  • @ 73 Second St.

Northeastern OH

Cleveland/Akron/Canton CSA

Akron metro

Portage County

Rootstown

• Rootstown Gospel Chapel, OH (OB) +1947-1959+
  • Rootstown Town Hall Assembly +1947-1950+
  • @ Rootstown Town Hall, (now) 3988 OH-44 +1947-1950+; SR 18 East +1954-1959+
  • c/o Herman Reusch, New Melford +1947-1950+; Angelo Spelman +1954-1959+

Summit County

Akron

• Akron Christian Assembly, OH (KLC-EB) +1946+
  • Akron Gospel Hall
  • @ 196 South St.
  • c/o August Brandenstein, 781 Kling St.; Jacob Flamm, 1307 Tampa Ave.

• Akron Meeting Room, OH (TW-EB) +1944-1949+

Cuyahoga Falls

• Cuyahoga Falls Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1933-2016+

Fairlawn

• Akron Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1904-2022+
  • @ 303 Mills Ave., Akron +1904+; 397 Locust St., Akron +1927-1955; 1225 Wooster Ave. 1956-1960+; 2705 Smith Rd., Fairlawn ?-present;
  • c/o W.W. Becker @ 383 Kathryn Pl., Akron & 681 19th St., Cuyahoga Falls +1927+; Joseph Bercaw, 928 Bisson Ave. +1936-1960+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 60 in fellowship (30 men, 30 women) including 5 S.S. teachers presiding over 45 children (for a total of 105). The Hall was valued at $6,000 with no debt (and with $644 in annual expenses), and $1,395 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Silver Lake

• Silver Lake Assembly, OH (OB) +1958-1959+
  • @ Silver Lake Elementary School, Overland Rd. (now 2970 Overlook Rd.)
  • c/o Bruce Habeck, Cuyahoga Falls

Ashtabula County

Geneva

• Geneva Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1927-1933+

Canton-Massillon metro

Stark County

Canton

• Canton Mission, OH (OB) +1954-1960+
  • @ 133 E. Tuscarawus St.
  • c/o J.G. Clark, 3136 12th St.

Cleveland-Elyria metro

Cuyahoga County

Chagrin Falls

• Chagrin Falls Meeting Room, OH (EB) 1879+

Cleveland

• 38th Street Gospel Hall, OH (OB) 1940-1941+
  • @ 2398 E. 38th St.

• Elim Gospel Chapel, OH (CA OB) 1930-2016
  • Central Gospel Tabernacle (in phone directory) +1941+; Central Gospel Hall (in AAB) +1936-1948+;
  • @ Rivoli Theatre, 7614 Central Ave. +1936+; 8232 Central Ave. +1941-1948+; 10522 Amor Ave. +1950-1959+
  • c/o Talbot B. Nottage 1930-1959+; Theodore Williams; Carl C. Muldrow, 2221 E. 78th St. +1936+; James C. Scott;

• Cleveland Christian Assembly, OH (EB) +1878-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
  • @ home of Ben. Oudeman, 1520 E. 118th St. +1946+

• Cleveland Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1966+; (TW-N) +1999-2010+
  • c/o Thomas A. Wesgate @ 294 Pearl St. (west side) +1880+

• Faith Gospel Chapel, OH (CA OB) +1966-2022+
  • @ Eliza Bryant Nursing Home
  • hive from Elim Gospel Chapel
  • founders: Alfonso Tyler, Clayton Harris & Homer C. Chambers

• Gracemount Assembly of Christians, OH (OB) 1950-1994
  • Gracemount Chapel +1954-1958; Gracemount Gospel Chapel 1959-1960+
  • @ Junior High School 1950-1951; 2285 Noble Rd., Cleveland Heights 1951-1994; Building sold to Central Bible Baptist Church;
  • c/o Robert S. "Robbie" Pile, Cleveland Heights +1954-1960+

• Park Heights Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1936-1943+
  • @ Park Heights & Mount View Ave. Kinsman car to East Blvd., 1 block South.
  • c/o John Hassinck, 9405 S.E. Raymond Ave.

• Pleasant Valley Gospel Church, OH (OB) +1958-1960+
  • @ Dentzler Rd., E. of State Rd. and N. of Pleasant Valley Rd.
  • c/o James Barry, 1352 Roseland Dr., Northfield +1958-1959; Don Garfield, Brecksville 1960+

• West 85th Gospel Hall, OH (OB) 1910-1960+
  • West Side Gospel Hall, 1910-1927+; Cleveland Gospel Hall;
  • This assembly was a hive from Richmond Heights. It further hived into three assemblies prior to 1936: Cleveland Gospel Hall, Park Heights Gospel Hall, and Central Gospel Hall.
  • @ 2017 W. 85th St. 1910-1960+
  • c/o Thomas Fulton +1922-1948+; Roy Morrison +1950-1960+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 62 in fellowship (22 men, 40 women) including 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 35 children and 10 adults for a Bible class (for a total of 107). The Hall was valued at $7,500 with no debt (with $515 in annual expenses), and $1,032 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Cleveland Heights

• Bethany Gospel Chapel, Cleveland Heights, OH (OB) +1947-1950+
  • @ 1846 Coventry Rd. +1947-1948+; 3020 Mayfield Rd. +1950+
  • c/o H.S. Smith, 1810 Beersford Rd., E. Cleveland +1947-1950+

Collamer

• Collamer Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1879+

Richmond Heights

• Monticello Gospel Hall, OH (OB) 1893-+2022+
  • Addison Road Gospel Hall 1893-1957; Cleveland Gospel Hall; Richmond Heights Gospel Hall;
  • @ 1477 Addison Rd., Cleveland 1893-1957; Until about 1908 this location was regarded as 676 E. Madison Ave., at the corner of E. Madison & Everett Pl. Building currently owned by Kingdom Life Ministries, an AOG (Pentecostal) initiative.
  • @ 4970 Monticello Blvd. 1957-present. Location credited as the first church building in Richmond Heights, in History of Richmond Heights, a 1967 50th Anniversary history of the city presented by the Kiwanis.
  • home of Essential Truth Publishers which in 1974-1975 published Fifty Years with the Gospel in Venezuela by Sidney J. Saword.
  • c/o John Smith 1895-1904+
    • @ 268 Russell Ave. 1895-1898; 55 Decker Ave. 1899-1900; 19 Decker Ave. 1901; 4 Gertrude 1902-1904+
  • c/o A.G. Lawrence @ 10510 Superior Ave., Cleveland +1922-1936+; John H. Smith, 3366 Meadowbrook Blvd., Cleveland Heights +1938; George Duncan 1939; John H. Smith +1941-1960+;
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 205 in fellowship (90 men, 115 women) including 20 S.S. teachers presiding over 240 children (for a total of 445). The Hall was valued at $16,000 with no debt (and with $2,239 in annual expenses), and $3,311 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Westlake

• Westlake Bible Fellowship, OH (OB) 1968-2022+
  • hive from Gracemount

Geauga County

Bainbridge

• Bainbridge Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1914+

Fullertown

• Fullertown Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1896-1901+

Lake County

Painesville

• Believers Bible Chapel, Painesville, OH (OB) 1978+
  • Concord Bible Chapel; South Ridge Bible Chapel; Believers Bible Chapel;
  • @ home of Rob & Jane Main, East Cleveland; Lake County Central YMCA; Concord Township Fire Station; Perry storefront; old Baptist church in Painesville;
  • founded Jan. 8, 1978 with five families, most in fellowship with Gracemount.

Willoughby

• Willo Bible Chapel, OH (OB) +1958+ Early 1980's
  • Willo Assembly +1958; Willo Gospel Chapel 1959+
  • @ Johnny Cake Ridge Rd. & Chandler Rd. +1958; 36400 Ridge Rd. 1959+
  • c/o John G. Ozinga, Sr., Mentor +1958-1959+

Lorain County

Elyria

• Elyria Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1951-1985+

Kipton

• Kipton Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1889-1903+

Lorain

• Grace Gospel Hall, Lorain, OH (OB) +1947-2022+
  • Grace Gospel Chapel +1947-1955; Grace Gospel Hall 1956-present; Leavitt Road Gospel Hall
  • @ 1762 Broadway +1947-1955; 3006 Elyria Ave. 1956-1959+; 3925 N. Leavitt Rd. ?-present
  • c/o F.E. Sietman, 1756 Broadway +1947-1950+; Randall H. Bradford +1954-present, stroke in 2005;

• Spanish Gospel Hall, Lorain, OH (Spanish OB) +1954-2022+
  • Capilla Evangelica +1954-1955; Local del Evangelio 1956+; Salon del Evangelio +1958-1959+
  • @ 2852 Globe Ave. +1954-1955; 3002 Elyria Ave., home of Reyes Rodriguez 1956+; 3025 Globe Ave. +1958-1959+
  • c/o Herminio Guzman, 2925 Vine Ave. +1954; Reyes Rodriguez, 3002 Elyria Ave. 1955-1956+; Herminio Guzman +1958-1959+;

Wellington

• Wellington Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1905-1908+

Huron County

New London

• New London Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1962-1973+

Tuscarawas County

Dover

• Grace Chapel, Dover, OH

Mineral Point

• Mineral Point Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1889+

New Philadelphia

• New Philadelphia Home Assembly, OH (OB) +1950-1959+
  • 1000 E. High Ave., home of Harold Eugeine Stokey +1950-1959+ (b. 1900 Kent, Portage, OH - d. 1982 Dover, Tuscarawas, OH), son of William Harrison Stokey (b. 1874 Canton, Stark, OH - d. 1968 New Philadelphia, OH) & Daisy Taylor Stokey (b. 1879 Randolph, Portage, OH - d. 1954 New Philadelphia, OH). Wife: Lucille G. Grant Stokey (b. 1910 Akron, OH - d. 1997 Dover, OH), daughter of Charles Grant & Musa Ellen Arnold Grant. Harold was co-founder of Allied Machine & Engineering Corp., with his father, William, and brother Chet. Later @ Grace Chapel, Dover.

Northwest OH

Putnam County

Leipsic

• Leipsic Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1927-1933+

Sandusky County

Clyde

• Clyde Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1958/1962-2021
  • @ 126 Railroad St. +1958-1959+
  • c/o Felix A. Colella, Huron +1958-1959+
  • founded thru preaching of Norman Crawford, Lorne McBain, etc. Folded due to C-19.
  • see CGH's website

Toledo/Findlay/Tiffin CSA

Hancock County

Findlay

• Findlay Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1985+

Toledo metro

Lucas County

Springfield

• Christian Fellowship of Toledo, OH (OB) 1950/1985-2022+
  • Christian Fellowship of Toledo South 1985
  • 1985 hive from previous assembly of same (present) name started in 1950 as a breakoff from a United Presbyterian church that folded in the late 1990's.

Toledo

• Oakdale Gospel Chapel, OH (OB) +1936-1943+/1948+
  • @ 246 Western Ave., home of Thomas Murray +1936+; 913 Oakdale +1941-1943+; no meeting +1947-1948+
  • c/o Thomas Murray +1936+; John R. Clit, 1644 Lebanon St. +1941+; K. James Taylor +1943+; T. Hay, 4118 Mayfield Dr. +1947-1948+

• Toledo Christian Fellowship, OH? (TW-P) 1992-2019+

• Toledo Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1904+
  • c/o George Telfer

• Toledo Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1917-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2005+
  • West Toledo Meeting Room +1917+

Williams County

Stryker

• Stryker Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1878-1908+ (KLC) 1908-1946+
  • @ Hall of Dr. Goll's office, Main St. +1946+
  • c/o Charles Grey +1880+; Asa Vernier +1946+; Emil F. Haye +1946+

Southcentral OH

Charleston/Huntington/Ashland, OH/WV/KY CSA

Scioto County

Portsmouth

• Portsmouth Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1973-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2005+

Highland County

Mowrystown

• Mowrystown French Meeting Room, OH (French EB) +1878-1908+
  • c/o P. Sirabry +1880+

Jackson County

Jackson

• Jackson Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1985+

Southeastern OH

Columbus/Marion/Zanesville CSA

Columbus metro

Franklin County

Columbus

• Columbus Christian Assembly, OH (OB) +1941-1956+
  • @ 490 Oakland Park Ave. +1941-1956+
    • home of Mr. & Mrs. G.P. Ohliger +1941-1950+
  • c/o G.P. Ohliger +1941-1943+; W.J. Clark, 942 S. Roosevelt Ave., Bexley +1947-1948+; D.W. Stephens, 2431 Smothers Rd., Westerville +1950+; Robert R. Robins, 1276 18th Ave. +1954-1955; V.O. Ohliger 1956+

• Columbus Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
  • c/o C.H. Hall @ 68 N. Front St. +1880+

• Milo Gospel Chapel, OH (OB) +1922-1941+
  • Columbus Gospel Hall +1922-1927? (no meeting in 1927); Columbus Gospel Chapel +1936+;
  • @ (probably) 421 W. 5th Ave., then home of Donald T. Bass +1922-1927+ who moved prior to 1936 to 60 W. California Ave.; 1308 Pennsylvania Ave. +1936+; 640 Gibbard Ave. +1941+
  • c/o Donald T. Bass +1922-1936+; H.E. Mock, 1425 Genessee Ave. +1941+

• No Life Too Small Christian Fellowship, OH (AA OB) ?-2022+

Perry County

Hemlock

• Hemlock Town Hall Assembly, OH (OB) +1904+

Southwestern OH

Cincinatti/Wilmington/Maysville, OH/KY/IN CSA

Cincinatti, OH/KY/IN metro

Butler County

Ross

• Ross Bible Chapel, OH (OB) 1974-2022+
  • founders: Schlichter, Strong, Merritt, Slay & McGuire families
  • hive from Northern Hills Bible Chapel
  • @ home of Brack & Donna Strong 1974; Elda Elementary School 1974; 2846 Hamilton-Cleves Rd. 1976-present;

Clermont County

Batavia

• Bethany Gospel Chapel, Batavia, OH (OB) +1958-1960+
  • c/o Gordon Sweemer +1958; William Homer Abbott 1959-1960+

New Richmond

• New Richmond Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1911+

Delaware County

Powell

• Columbus Bible Chapel, OH (OB) ?-2022+
  • see CBC's website

Hamilton County

Cincinatti

• Cincinatti Meeting Room, OH (EB) 1879-1889+; (TW-N) +1999-2005+

• Northern Hills Bible Chapel, OH (OB) 1938-2022+
  • Norwood Gospel Hall 1938-1950+; Norwood Gospel Chapel +1954-1958; Northern Hills Bible Chapel 1959-present;
  • @ rented building 1938+; 2118 Ross +1941-1956+; 3858 Reading Rd., home of John J. McGehee +1958; 1155 W. Galbraith Rd., Finneytown 1959-present;
  • c/o E. Usher, 1247 Quebec, Price Hill, Cincinatti +1936+; W.L. Powers, 5113 Rolston Ave., Norwood +1941-1943+; Max W. Powers +1947-1948+; G.P. Jacobs, 3804 Hyde Park Ave. +1950-1955; Samuel Gourley 1956+;
  • c/o John Jethro McGehee, 3858 Reading Rd. +1958-1960+ (b. 1912 Gleason, Weakley, TN - d. 1965 Cincinatti, OH). Memphis, TN 1927-1940; Served in China 1940-1952, prisoner 1951-1952. Memphis 1952+; Counselor @ Board of Education in Cincinnati. Wife: Bettye Humphreys McGehee.
  • see NHBC's website

Lincoln Heights

• Lincoln Heights Gospel Chapel, OH +1936-1959+ (1980's?)
  • Mansfield Gospel Hall +1936-1947
  • @ 252 N. Mulberry St. +1936-1941+; N. Mulberry & Orchard Sts. +1943-1947; Kentucky Ave. & Ashland Rd. 1948-1959+
  • c/o J. Alex Forrest, 25 Elmwood Dr. +1936+; James Hunter, 359 Ashland Rd. +1941-1950+; James Hunter, Sr., 520 Dyas Dr., Mansfield +1954-1959+

Springdale

• Sala Evangelica, Springdale, OH (Spanish OB) ?-2022+

Dayton/Springfield/Kettering CSA

Clark County (Springfield metro)

Springfield

• Springfield Home Assembly, OH (OB) +1936-1950+
  • @ 1500 Broadway, home of Earl Kreider

Sugar Grove

• Sugar Grove Hill Meeting House, OH (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ R.D. No. 1, National Road West, S.C. & E. Traction, Masonic Home Stop
    • may have met at the Ohio Masonic Home
  • c/o Earl Leonard Kreider (b. 1889 Springfield, Clark, OH - d. 1974 Boca Raton, FL)
    • lived @ 1500 Broadway, Springfield +1927+
    • son of Onesimus Long Kreider (b. 1848 Lebanon, PA - d. 1918 Springfield, OH) & Alice Elizabeth Hackman Kreider (b. 1851 Dauphin County, PA - d. 1924 Dayton, OH)
      • Alice was the daughter of Henry Hackman (b. 1825 PA), a United Brethren pastor in North Annville, Lebanon, PA in 1860.
    • Two of Earl's sisters (Mary & Fanny) married Detweilers. Significant due to sharing the same last name as Howard "Welcome" Detweiler (1908-1992). Although in the 1840's, their ancestors were raised in Lebanon County, PA, whereas Welcome's ancestors were centered in Bucks County, PA from that era forward. Welcome Detweiler was well known among the OB for his gospel preaching at the Durham Gospel Center, NC in the 1940's, commended from Grace Gospel Chapel, Plumsteadville, PA.
    • Earl worked as a tinner (machinist) in an electric plant.
    • wife: Rose Ophelia Durff Kreider (b. 1889 PA - d. 1980 Boca Raton, FL)
    • @ Bibletown Community Church, Boca Raton, FL later in life;
    • Children all born in Springfield, OH:
      • Paul Caleb Kreider (1912-1994)
      • John Farrell Kreider (b. 1915, lived Elmhurst, Queens, NYC, N.Y., d. 2004 Fort Myers, FL
      • Edith May Kreider Myers (b. 1914 - d. 1958 Hancock, OH)
      • Ruth Mildred Kreider (1919-1922)
      • Lois Elizabeth Kreider Shoaf (b. 1924, lived Boca Raton, FL)
      • Rhoda Irma Kreider (b. 1926)
      • Mrs. Svend Christensen, husband founder of Emmanuel Bible Camp @ Prince Edward Island
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 8 in fellowship (3 men, 5 women) including 1 S.S. teacher presiding over 7 children (for a total of 15). The Hall had $96 in annual expenses, and $300 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Dayton metro

Greene County

Bellbrook

• Bellbrook Believers Assembly, OH (OB) 1975-2022+
  • Believers in Christ Jesus 1977+
  • @ home of Rennes Bowers III, Enon 1975-1977; Beaver Valley Rd., Fairborn; Dayton City Mission; Dayton Christian High School; a city recreation center; Fairborn Senior Citizen's Center; 3821 Upper Bellbrook Rd. 1992-present;
  • Rennes was led to Christ in 1974, and discipled by Don Welborn in IA, came to Ohio in 1975 to witness to his family, etc., and decided to stay and lead bible studies, commended from Iowa assemblies; Retired district chief of the Dayton Fire Dept. in 2019; former chaplain for the Dayton Dragons 19 years; founded co-op orphanage in India; He campaigned unsuccessfully against Jeffrey Mims for Mayor of Dayton in 2021, winning a third of the vote.
  • see BBA's website

Fairborn

• Osborn Meeting Room, OH (TW) +1933+

Xenia

• Xenia Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1903-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+

Miami County

Piqua

• Piqua Gospel Hall, OH (OB) +1927+
  • c/o D.E. Morse @ 904 Boone St.
• Piqua Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1933+

Montgomery County

Dayton

• Dayton Bible Chapel, OH (OB) ?-2022+
  • see DBC's website
• Dayton Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1914+
• Dayton preaching point, OH (OB) +1927+
  • c/o Fred L. Hedges (no meeting)

Preble County

Fairhaven

• Fairhaven Meeting Room, OH (EB) +1878-1880+
  • c/o Samuel Brown +1880+aa