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.

Central AL

Birmingham/Hoover metro

Jefferson County

Bessemer

• Central Gospel Chapel, Bessemer, AL (OB) +1958-1960

Birmingham

• Birmingham Meeting Room, AL (EB) +1903-1905+; (TW-eb) +1966-1968; (TW-eb residency) 1968-1973+

• Grace Fellowship, Birmingham, AL (OB) 1991-1999

• 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

• North Birmingham Gospel Chapel, AL (AA/CA OB) +1941-1968
  • Birmingham Christian Tabernacle +1941-1943+
  • 1st African-American assembly in Alabama

• Wylam Gospel Hall, AL (OB) 1907?/+1927-1935+
  • 1st open brethren assembly in AL
  • @ home of John Watson McLellan (1863-1935), 4205 Tenth Ave. +1920-1935

Gardendale

• Gardendale Assembly, AL (OB) +1941+
  • @ home of Clifford W. Ritter

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

• Bluff Park Community Church, AL (Acts 29 BC) 1987-2021+
  • Bluff Park Bible Church (OB? BC)

Walker County

Carbon Hill

• Carbon Hill residency, AL (OB) +1927+
  • no meeting in 1927
  • c/o G.S. Treadway

Northeastern AL

Calhoun County (Anniston/Oxford metro)

Anniston

• Anniston Bible Chapel, AL (AA/CA OB) 1986-2026+

Wellington

• Wellington Meeting Room, AL (TW-eb) +1973+
  • in fellowship @ Rome Meeting Room, GA

Etowah County (Gadsden metro)

Gadsden

• Gadsden Meeting Room, AL (TW-eb) +1973-2024
  • no meeting in 1989, in fellowship with Rome Meeting Room, GA

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

• Huntsville Gospel Chapel, AL (OB) 1972-1973
  • c/o T.B. Gilbert @ 302 Quincy Dr. S.W.
  • MT: BB 10am

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

• Believers Fellowship, Huntsville, AL (OB) 2019-2026+

Northwestern AL

Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa metro)

Northport

• Westside Bible Chapel, AL (OB) 1999-2016+

Tuscaloosa

• Tuscaloosa Meeting Room, AL (TW-N) +2016+

Southeastern AL

Houston County (Dothan metro)

Dothan

• Dothan Meeting Room, AL (TW) +1944-1951+

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

• Auburn Assembly, AL (AM) +2018+

Opelika

• Opelika Gospel Hall, AL (OB) 1981/1982-1989

Montgomery County (Montgomery metro)

Montgomery

• Montgomery Meeting Room, AL (EB) +1889+
  • first assembly in Alabama

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 Meeting Room, AL (TW-N-eb) +2005-2016+

• 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