Hutchinson Gospel Chapel is a healthy open brethren assembly that was founded in the mid-1940's by Richard Edwin Burson, in Reno Co., Kansas, west of Wichita. It was originally known as Hutchinson Bible Hall until 1957-1958 when it rebranded as its current name.

Richard pastored a Baptist church in Hutchinson in the 1940's, and was cleaning out at attic for an elderly woman in Salina, Kansas and found Help and Food magazines, and asked if he could have them, thinking they were cookbooks, and it was what introduced him to the assemblies. Kansas Bible Camp was also founded about that time by Richard, which is still active today, having operated solely by faith for all these years.

In 1965, Richard started an Awana club with teenage John Bloom, Dan Burson, Phil Corkins and others, that lasted at least thru 1968 when Dan left for Literature Crusades. About 2019, Caleb Ruter & Guy Spragg started another Awana that has proven to be continued fruit. From the early 1990's thru the late 2010's, there was a weekly "Body Builder" newsletter.

In the early 2000's, two new assemblies hived off due to space and health challenges at 6th & Elm, and came back together in 2020 in the current building.

Correspondents

Richard Burson +1944-1956+
Leslie Jantz +1958-1975+
Duane Schmidt +2004-2018+
Andrew Hawkinson +2018-current
Paul Wakefield +2020-current

Locations

228 W. Second St. +1947-1948+
212 N. Lorraine St. +1950-1975+
334 E. Sixth St. (6th & Elm) +1976-2018+
2005 N. Hendricks St. +2020-current

Meeting Times

+1950-1956+: Sun: BB 9:30am, SS 11am, G 8pm; Wed. P&BS 8pm
+1957+: Sun: BB 9:15am, SS 11am, G 8pm; Wed. P&BS 8pm
+1959-1961: Sun: BB 9:15am, PBH 10:45am, G 7:30pm; Wed. P&BS 8pm
1962-1969: Sun: BB 9:15am, FBH 10:45am, G 7:30pm; Wed. P&BS 8pm
1970-1985+: Sun: SS/M 10:30am, BB 7pm, M 8pm; Wed. P 8pm
1986-2003: no meeting times listed
2004-2008: Sun: BB 8:30am, SS 9:30am, G 11am.
- Midweek small groups / prayer meetings continued, just unlisted.
2009-2014+: Sun: BB 8:30am, SS 9:30am, F 11am
+2016+: Sun: BB 9am, SS 10am, F 11am
+2018-current: Sun: BB 9am, SS 10:15am, F 11:15am; Wed. P 7pm (summer and first Wed of the month)

Radio

1940's

1949

George D. Leest resided in Redlands, California and did a week-long series of children's meetings in the Hutch assembly in Sept.-Oct of 1949.

He had a radio program "Bible Stories for Children" that ran on KWHK (1190 kc.) on Saturdays at 9:45am in Hutchinson minimally from Jan. 1949 - Aug. 1950, and advertised every month in Letters of Interest under the "Radio Programs" section, edited then by C.W. Pollard. In Jan. 1949, Leest's program was also airing for KFNF (920 kc.) of Shenandoah, Iowa on Sat. mornings 9:00 a.m. In 1948, as per LOI 1948-6, the program was running on the Hutch station on Saturdays at 10:30am, and Shenandoah on Sundays at 1:45pm, and Mon-Fri at 9:15am.

By Aug. 1950, Leest's program was still airing in Hutch and Shenandoah, but by then also:

Sacramento, CA: KXOA (1470 kc.) daily 9am
San Bernardino, CA:
- KFXM (590 kc.) Sat. 8:15am
- KMBT (9.99 mc.) Sun. 3:30pm

Also See

HGC's website
Who's Who at Hutchinson Gospel Chapel, KS notable alumni
Visiting Ministry at Hutchinson Gospel Chapel, KS ministry reports

Sources

Dan Burson - 9-26-2025
Waltericks AAB's 1947-2020
Letters of Interest (LOI)
- 1949-1,8

Hutchinson Gospel Chapel, KS

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