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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").

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.

Abbotsford

Aldergrove

Peardonville

Yale

Chilliwack

  • Vedder Gospel Chapel, BC +1948/+1958+
    • Chilliwack Gospel Hall +1948-1956+
    • Orange Hall, 122 Wellington Ave. +1948-1950+; 304 Vedder Rd. +1954-1956+; 463A Watson Rd., Sardis +1958+;
    • J.C. (Charles J.R.?) Palmer +1948+; Victor Louis Tournier (1882-1954) +1950-1954; J.C. Palmer +1958+

Rosedale

Kamloops

  • Fruitland Meeting Room, BC (TW) +1908+
  • Kamloops Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1936-1956+
    • Orange Hall, 437 Lansdowne St. +1948-1950+; Masonic Hall, 3rd Ave. & St. Paul St. +1954; D.D. Gill's home 1955-1956+;
    • Charles Augustus Lapham (1867-1945) +1936+; William James Ledlie (1876-1955) +1943-1950+; D.D. Gill +1954-1956+

Ashcroft

Heffley Creek

Kelowna

West Kelowna

Glenrosa

West Bank

Kootenay

Castlegar

  • Castlegar Gospel Hall, BC @ 5th & Elm 1956-1958+
    • Philip Toogood's home assembly +1948-1950+; Twin Rivers Hall, BC +1954-1955;
    • Philip Toogood (1907-1979) +1948-1958+

China Creek

Creston

Fernie

Nelson

Rossland

  • Rossland Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1936-1958+
    • on St. Paul & Columbia Ave. c/o Brian Porter Sutherland (1904-1997) +1936-1958+

Trail

  • Bethany Gospel Hall, Trail, BC (OB) +1936-1958+
    • on Helena St. +1936-1950+; McQuarrie & Columbia +1954-1958+
    • c/o Ellis Edward Lypps (1897-1995) +1936-1950+; F.H. Smith +1954-1958+

Penticton

  • Central Gospel Chapel, Penticton, BC (OB) +1936/+1954-1958+
    • home of Walter Scott Banford (1886-1942) +1936+; Central Gospel Hall of Penticton @ Ellis St. +1943-1958+
    • c/o Walter Scott Banford (1886-1942) +1936+; William John Coltman of Kaleden (1890-1967) +1943-1958+

Prince George

  • Prince George Gospel Chapel, BC (OB) +1954-1958+
    • Home of Eden Cyril Clogg (1918-1988) @ 1899 10th Ave. +1954; Scout Hall @ 4th Ave. & Brunswick St. 1955; Civic Center @ 7th Ave. & Quebec St. 1956+; 1590 Queensway St. +1958+
    • John Jeremiah Phillips (1888-1985) +1954-1955; Eden Cyril Clogg 1956-1958+

Sunshine Coast

Powell River

Roberts Creek

  • Meetings @ Community Hall +1958+
    • Carl Hilderbrand

Vancouver

  • 16th & MacDonald Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1948-1958+
    • 2756 16th Ave. West +1948-1958+
    • Leslie R. Richmond (b. 1915) +1948-1958+
  • 24th Avenue Gospel Hall, BC @ 101 E. 24th Ave, 24th & Quebec Sts (OB) +1936/1943-1958+
    • 25th Avenue Gospel Hall (OB) +1936+
    • John Robert Edward McLaren (1904-1977) +1936-1958+
  • Cascade Gospel Chapel, BC (OB) 1955-1958+
    • 25th Ave. & Boundry Rd. c/o John Stewart
  • Cedar Cottage Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1958+
    • 4162 Welwyn St. +1936-1958+
    • c/o John Wesley Burr (1866-1934) +1927+; George Basham (1882-1950) +1936-1948+; George Taylor +1954; W. Hutchison 1955-1958+
  • Fairview Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1958+
    • 1666 10th Ave. +1927-1958+
    • c/o James Rae, c/o Ray-Son Shoe Store, Granville St. +1927-1943+; G. Ramsey +1948-1950+; Thomas Hill +1954-1958+
  • Granville Chapel, BC (OB/BC) 1949-2020+
    • Granville South Gospel Chapel @ Granville & 43rd Ave. 1949-1980
    • Walter Norval McPhee (1890-1974) 1949-1955; Ralph Muller Bagshaw (1906-1980) 1956-1958+
  • Heather Gospel Chapel, BC (OB) 1914/?-?
    • Mount Pleasant Gospel Hall (OB) 1914-1958+
    • on 8th Ave. & Ontario St. +1927-1956+
    • J. Kindleysides +1927+; Walter Norval McPhee (1890-1974) +1936-1943+; David Herbert Sheppard (1902-1980) +1948-1950+; B. Thompson +1954-1958+;
    • Additional SS in connection with assembly:
      • Bethany Hall, 563 W. 19th Ave. +1936+
      • Hastings East Gospel Hall (OB) +1943-1958+
        • 4140 Hastings St. +1943+; 2004 E. Pender St. +1948-1958+
        • c/o William (Alexander?) McPherson (1879-1951) +1948-1950+; Robert Reid +1954-1958+;
      • Marpole, 64th & Granville Ave. +1936-1950+
  • Italian Gospel Hall, Vancouver, BC +1943-1958+
    • 6969 Semlin Drive +1948-1956+ c/o G. Canianti c/o M. Rosetta, 776 E. Georgia +1948+; Archie Hawes (1893-1976) +1950-1958+;
    • 1516 Venables St. c/o Salvador Stagliano +1943+
    • 2 Italian assemblies in Vancouver in 1943??
  • Knight Road Gospel Hall, BC @ 26th Ave. & Knight Rd. (OB) +1936-1958+
    • c/o William George Rathie (1914-1994) +1943+; James Henry Biddlecombe (1887-1959) +1948-1958+
  • Parkway Gospel Hall, BC (OB) 1935-1955+
    • Purcell Hall, Christian Institute Hall @ cor. Richards & Georgia Sts. 1935-1943+; 1808 Georgia St. W +1948-1955+;
      • W. Wheeler +1936-1950+; Mervin Stewart +1954-1955+
  • Quilchena Chapel, BC (OB) 1924/1963-1998
    • Hebron Hall 1924-1947?; Kitsilano Gospel Hall +1948-1963;
    • on Arbutus & Fifth Ave. 1924-1963; 33rd Ave. & Arbutus 1963-1998
    • c/o Benjamin Sutherland (1868-1944) +1927+; Capt. Andrew Peter William Williamson (1868-1941) +1936+; John E. Craig +1943+; Percy Jarvis "P.J." Rich (1890-1971) +1948-1958+
  • Seymour Street Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1943+
    • c/o Charles Gilliland McClean (1869-1947) +1927-1943+;
  • Vancouver Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1904+; +1954-1958+
    • 60th Ave & Main St. Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1954-1958+
    • T. Funston +1954-1955+; Andrew William Boyd (1911-1995) 1956-1958+
  • Vancouver Meeting Room, BC (EB) +1889+; +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1951+; +1962-1973+; +1985+
  • West End Gospel Chapel, BC (OB) 1956-1958+
    • 1166 Davie St. c/o R.J. Walton 1956+; Wilbur A. Kent +1958+;
  • Woodland Drive Gospel Hall, BC (OB) 1955-1958+
    • Woodland Dr. & 14th St. c/o Cecil Aubrey Copp (1893-1972)

Lower Mainland

Metro Vancouver

Burnaby

South Burnbaby
  • Central Park Gospel Hall, South Burnaby, BC (OB) +1936-1958+
    • Barber Ave., near Kingsway +1950-1958+
    • c/o J. Cochrane +1936-1948+; James Miller +1950+; John McLellan +1954; Garnett Andrew Lennox (1920-2010) 1955-1958+;

Kerrisdale

Langley

Maple Ridge

Haney

New Westminster

  • Westminster Gospel Chapel, BC (OB) +1904/+1954-1958+
    • New Westminster Gospel Hall (OB) +1904-1927+; East Burnaby Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1950+;
    • 1550 6th St. and/or 6th St. & 12th Ave. +1943-1950+; 1555 6th St. +1954-1958+
    • Edward George Parnell (1867-1945) +1904+; Earl Rudolphe Davis (1897-1949) +1927+; Charles Robertson Clogg (1885-1972) +1936-1958+

Port Moody

Richmond

Surrey

North Surrey
Cloverdale

White Rock

Fraser Valley

Mission

Silverdale

North Vancouver

West Vancouver

  • Hollyburn Gospel Chapel, BC +1927/1956-2010?
    • West Vancouver Gospel Hall (OB) +1927-1943+; Hollyburn Gospel Hall (OB) 1948-1955
    • H.E. Last +1927-1936+; John Davidson +1943+; John Stewart +1948-1950+; A.T. McKerral +1954; C.D. Osborne 1955-1956+; A.T. McKerral +1958+

Vancouver Island

Beaver Cove

Chemainus

  • Chemainus Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1958+
    • Robert Robertson's home +1927+; in K. of P. Hall +1936+; Fir Street Gospel Hall +1943-1958+
    • Robert Robertson (1870-1956) +1927-1956+; George Daniel Justus (1912-1972) 1958+

Cobble Hill

Courtenay

  • Elim Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1958+
    • 566 Fifth St. +1955-1958+
    • Courtenay Gospel Hall (OB) +1927+
    • Mr. Stewart +1927+; P.J. Murray, Nob Hill +1936-1950+; Arthur A. Stewart (1893-1969) +1954-1958+
  • Courtenay Meeting Room, BC (TW) +1927-1933+

Duncan

  • Brae Road Gospel Chapel, BC (OB) +1927/1956-1958+
    • Duncan Gospel Hall (OB) +1927+; Cedar Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1955;
    • Herbert Corfield (1886-1952) +1927-1936+; Harvey Lowe (1910-1989) +1943-1958+;

Ladysmith

Lake Cowichan

  • Hope Gospel Hall, BC +1954-1958+
    • Cowichan Lake Gospel Hall +1943-1948+
    • J.W. Robertson, Esquimalt and Nanaimo (E & N) Railway Agent +1943-1948+; Joseph Mervyn Fairholm (1903-1977) +1954-1955; Joshua Nelson 1956-1958+;

Maple Bay

Nanaimo

  • Nanaimo Gospel Hall, BC (OB) on Victoria Rd. +1927-1958+
    • William Martin Brown, Five Acres (1884-1936) +1927+; Edward Henry Lintott (1899-1991) +1936-1948+; Robert McArthur +1950+; David Jamieson Houston (1902-1985) +1954-1958+

Port Alberni

  • Helen Street Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1958+
    • Alberni Gospel Hall (OB) +1927+
    • Frederick C. Cowley, Dashwater Farm (1863-1944) +1927+; Lawrence Ethelton Wallace (1905-1963) +1936+; Ralph Frank Montague Greenard (1896-1943) +1943; David Jamieson Houston (1902-1985) +1948-1950+; William Russell Foster (1887-1957) +1954-1956+; James Charles Hopwood (1908-1995) +1958;

Sidney

  • Sidney Bible Chapel, BC (OB) 1941/?
    • Sidney Gospel Hall, BC 1941-1958+
      • 5th St. near Beacon Ave. +1948-1955; 3rd Ave. 1956-1958+
      • John Stanley Rashleigh (1894-1984) of Saanichton Farm +1948-1958+

Victoria

  • Bethesda Chapel, Victoria, BC +1936/+1954-1958+
    • Redfern Street Hall (OB) +1936+; Bethesda Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1950+
    • Oak Bay Ave. at Davie St. +1943-1958+;
    • c/o John Frederick Sampson (1884-1945) +1936-1943+; Robert Newsome Grubb (1895-1966) +1948+; Herbert Leslie Harris (1890-1963) +1950+; Robert W. Hampton +1954; J.A. Coleman 1955-1958+
  • Oaklands Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1958+
    • Hillside Corner Terminus +1927+; Cedar Hill Rd. & Hillsdale Ave. +1943-1958+
    • Wm. R. Calloway +1927+; John Thomson +1927-1936+; F.G. Hamilton +1943-1958+
  • Quadra Bible Chapel, BC (OB) +1954-1958+
    • Tolmie Ave. & Jackson St.
    • Duncan Anderson Burden
  • Victoria Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1904-1958+
    • Victoria Central Gospel Hall +1904-1948+
    • Broad St., between Johnson & Pandora Sts. +1904+; Blanchard St. +1927+; Pandora Ave. +1933-1958+;
    • c/o J. Daniels +1927+; Alexander Scroggie (1881-1940) +1936+; R. MacDonald +1943-1948+; John Charles Russell (1914-1953) +1950-1958+;
  • Ross Bay Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1948-1958+
    • Joseph & May Sts. +1948-1958+ c/o Charles Randall +1948-1950+; J.E. Hill +1954-1956+; J. Bryden +1958+;
  • Victoria Meeting Room, BC (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+

Milnes Landing

Vernon

  • Vernon Gospel Hall, BC (OB) +1927-1943+; +1954-1958+
    • Mr. Hazel Clark (1884-1965) +1927-1936+; James McGowan +1943+; Hazel Clark's home +1954-1958+

Enderby

Malakwa

Revelstoke

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