Clearview Gospel Hall is an open brethren assembly in Snohomish, Washington which is part of the Seattle metro.

As early as 1890, there have been Brethren in the Seattle area, starting with an exclusive meeting downtown affiliated with the TW-Lowe brethren, which branched into the suburbs by 1905. There was also an open brethren meeting room by 1897, that by 1904 was meeting in the home of D. Larson, at 126 N. 6th Ave., which may have been the origin for the subject assembly of this article. William Ammands was known to have been in fellowship with the opens in Seattle as early as 1899. The group met in various (unidentified) rentals throughout the city until 1912 as per an 1899-2000 history.

In 1908, brethren Harcus and Arnold held tent meetings in nearby Seattle. A year later, the assembly provided gospel testimony thru open air meetings and tract distribution at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition which publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest, held at the University of Washington.

From 1912-1920, the assembly was renting an unused church building at E. Cherry & 22nd Ave.

In 1920,

It was founded prior in 1899, known by 1922 as Roy Street Gospel Hall, and by 1954 it had rebranded as Woodland Gospel Hall, and by 1964 as West Woodland. Around 2011, it rebranded as its current name.

In 1956, there was an assembly in Cowlitz Co., that met in Clover Valley Schoolhouse that folded and/or was rebranded as an independent, at the same time as this assembly changed locations in the address book to Woodland, possibly no connection. By 1961, Everson Gospel Hall had definitely merged into this assembly.

See CGH's website for current data. They serve breakfast weekly before meetings.

AKA

Cherry Street Gospel Hall 1912-1920
Roy Street Gospel Hall +1922-1950+
Woodland Gospel Hall +1954-1963
West Woodland Gospel Hall 1964-2011

Locations

various rentals 1899-1912
E. Cherry & 22nd Ave. 1912-1920
- This particular location subsequently was occupied by Cherry Hill Baptist Church which was credited in an article from April 2018 by the Seattle Times (see Seattle article as a "key center for Seattle black activism and community organizing during the civil-rights movement". This "one small church... was used to rally people for black equity in schools, tenants' rights, more blacks in the public universities and an end to apartheid. It was used to protest redlining in the banking industry, as a food bank for the poor". Cherry Hill was regarded "as much a community center as it was a church" which also included a "rigorous preschool" called "Central Area Mothers for Peace" that in thirty years laid claim to educating more than 6,000 children. Before it was razed in 2018 to make room for townhomes, it was home to "Tent City 3" which provided shelter to 50 people, as per a post by Vanishing Seattle, a Facebook group. The post also includes modern pictures of the structure. CHBC relocated and rebranded in 2018 as Christ Spirit Church in Beacon Hill.
4th Ave. & Roy St., Seattle, foot of Queen Anne Hill, one block north of Civic Auditorium +1922-1950+
516 N.W. 56th, Seattle +1954-2000+
18029 67th Ave. SE, Snohomish 2011?-current

Correspondents

George A. Morrison @ 4418 Woodlawn Ave. +1922-1960
Harry Kazen 1961-1964
Howard D. McNicol 1965-1977
David C. Hale @ Normandy Park 1978-2000+
John P. Bell II ?-current

Clearview Gospel Hall, WA

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Sources

BrethrenPedia