Belleville Gospel Hall, KS

The assembly met from 1895 (or before) thru 1945 (or after).

1895

In the February 1895 issue of The Witness, in the Lord's Work and Workers section, it was reported: Republic County, Kansas - "In the entire county, so far as we know, only 49 are separated to and meet in Jesus' name alone. We give away tracts and sow the good seed in much weakness. Pray for us."

1902

Mike Hardesty moved from Belleville to help start first assembly in Colorado (Longmont) along with William Milner, and his sons David & Joseph.

1904

In the 1904 assembly address book, under Kansas is listed: Belville (sic?) with a contact of Rob Milner.

1927

The contact for the Belleville assembly was A.B. Batchelor, 1203 Sixteenth St. There was also a separate assembly Milner Schoolhouse Gospel Hall, KS meeting by this point.

1962

There was a Phil Schwartz in Belleville doing a “Christ For Everyone” campaign in an old Safeway building, highlighting an evangelist Clifford Lewis. A man by the same name left Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian (Abilene) for Grace & Truth Gospel Hall in the late 1920’s.

Sources

• The Witness, 1895 February
• "List of Some Meetings in the British Isles and Beyond"; Printers & Publishers - London: Dawe & Son; Distributed by H.A. Raymond (London), Pickering & Inglis (Glasgow), and D.T. Bass (New York);