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===Marion County===
====Indianapolis====
* [[Believers Gathered Unto Christ, Indianapolis, IN]] (OB) 1995-1998
** @ meetings in homes
** c/o Dave Housworth @ Zionsville
* [[Bethany Christian Fellowship, Indianapolis, IN]] (OB) 1915-'''2025+'''
** Bethany Chapel +1960-1979+1991; Bethany Bible Chapel1992-2000+** @ 328 N. Euclid Ave., Indianapolis +1926-1927+; Compton Hall, 2001 Winter Ave., Ind. (take Brightwood car) +1936+; 2417 Fernway, Ind. +1941-1947; home of Emile Corboz, 1833 Roosevelt Ave., Ind. 1948+; home of David Scheele, 706 N. Riley Ave., Ind. +1950+; 37th & Grand Ave., Ind. +1951-1960; 3670 N. Leland Ave., Ind. 1961-1972; Jordan YMCA, 8400 E. Westfield Blvd. North Indianapolis +1973-1974; 4312 E. 116th St., Carmel 1975-19792000+; 6455 Churchman Ave., Ind.** c/o Dan Robertson +1922-1936+; Emile Corboz +1941-1948+; David Scheele +1950-1955; Richard L. Hammer 1956+; Emile Corboz +1958-1966; Raymond R. Morgan 1967-19791984; Leonard J. Sheldrake 1985-1989; Ron Morgan 1990-1991; Gary Emmons 1992; Jerry Nieten 1993; Brent Logan 1997-2000+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/65888768f66b877a6a5f218a6d3d69931a2d5490.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 9 in fellowship (5 men, 4 women) including 1 S.S. teacher presiding over 10 children (for a total of 19). The Hall was a rented facility (with $187 in annual expenses), and $80 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** see [http://indybcf.org/ BCF's website]
==Cass County==
===Logansport===
* [[Bethany Logansport Gospel Chapel, Logansport, IN]] (OB) 1934-19791983; 1988-2000+
** Logansport Gospel Center +1941-1943+; Bethany Gospel Chapel +1947-1951+; Logansport Gospel Chapel +1954-1976
** @ Hwy. 24, cor. E. Market St. & 12th +1941-1943+; 502 North St. +1947-1951+; Cliff Dr. & S. Cicott St. +1954-19791983, 1988-1992; 325 Cliff Dr. 1993-1995; 321 Cliff Dr. 1996-2000+** c/o C.E. Bulander @ 514 Linden +1936+; F.E. Milstead @ 325 1/2 W. Linden Ave. +1941+; Byron Flory +1943-1960; Fred Weiland 1961-1962; Clarence C. Rude 1963-1976; Ernest R. Heims 1976-19791981; David M. Housworth 1983; Ralph Garver 1988-2000+*** Ralph Garver studied at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake in 1953.
==Clinton County==
==Delaware County (Muncie metro)==
===Muncie===
* [[Muncie Bible Fellowship, IN]] (OB) 1985+1988-2000+** Believers Bible Fellowship +1988** @ Ball State University +1988; Radisson Hotel, 420 S. High St. 1989-1990; 4006 W. Jackson 1991-1996** c/o Gaylord Kramer @ Hartford City +1988-1990; Richard Rawson 1991-2000+; David Dixon 1997-2000+
==Elkhart County (Elkhart metro)==
===Elkhart===
* [[Elkhart Gospel Chapel, IN]] (OB) 1883?/+1890-1979+1988
** Elkhart Gospel Hall; Elkhart Gospel Chapel 1979+
** @ More (sic?) Lodge Hall +1922+; Hovey & Wallace Sts. +1927+; 1801 Decamp Ave. (Hovey & Decamp Sts.) +1933-1956+; home, 1311 Maple Row +1958-1966; 2100 Frances Ave. 1967-1979+1988
** c/o E. Keifer +1904+
*** probably Ernst Friedrich Kiefer (b. 1855 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; emig. on the Belgenland 1883; d. 1925 Elkhart, IN), son of Johann Georg Kiefer & Elisabeth Schmidt Kiefer. Wife (1881 @ Lipburg, Baden, Ger.): Barbara Christina Bühler Kiefer (b. 1856 Ger. - d. 1932 Elkhart, IN). In 1900, Ernst resided at 510 Aspenwald Ave., and was self-employed as a shoemaker. By 1910, he resided at 210 Indiana Ave, then in 1920 at 154 Milkyway St.
** c/o Grover Cleveland Mishler +1922-1951+ (b. 1884 Elkhart, IN - d. 1959 Broward Co., [[Florida|FL]]). Wife: Elsie Vanella Essex Mishler (b. 1883 Hope, Bartholomew, IN - d. 1981 Sebring, Highlands, FL), daughter of Samuel Henry Essex (b. 1844 Haw Creek, Bartholomew, IN - d. 1925 Hope, IN) & Martha A. Evangeline Rominger Essex (1853-1946 Hope, IN). Samuel Essex' ancestors were among the early settlers of Bartholomew Co., IN. Grover was raised Methodist, a son of Levi Daniel Mishler (b. 1856 Holmes Co., OH - d. 1923 Elkhart Co., IN) & Harriett Yoder Mishler (b. 1857 LaGrange Co., IN; m. 1877; d. 1939 Three Oaks, Berrien, MI). Grover was employed as a printer for a medical company. Levi was raised in Three Oaks, MI and relocated to Elkhart in 1903, and was employed 1905-1923 with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Laboratories Dr. Miles Medical Co.], a laboratory which flew its flag at half-staff in tribute to his faithfulness to that company. Miles invented Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day & Flintstone vitamins, etc., acquired by Bayer AG in 1979.
** c/o Raymond Stauffer @ 3401 S. Main St. +1954-1979+1988
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one open brethren assembly in Elkhart Co., with 12 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 100.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/927c258199116dfa1472d44b80ed3f156d5322b8.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 41 in fellowship (13 men, 28 women) including 6 S.S. teachers presiding over 60 children (for a total of 101). The Hall was valued at $6,000 with $1,350 in debt (and with $700 in annual expenses), and $500 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
==Kosciusko County==
===Warsaw===
* [[Bethany Fellowship, Warsaw, IN]] (OB) 1974-'''present'''1981; 1986-2000+ ** Bethany Bible Chapel 1974-1979+1995** @ home of Michael Royal, 1202 College Ave., Winona Lake 1974-1976; home of E. Ray Moore, Jr., 1203 Sunday Lane, Warsaw 1977-1978; 127 S. Lincoln & Market Sts., Warsaw 1979-1981, 1986-2000+** c/o Michael Royal 1974-1976; E. Ray Moore, Jr. 1977-1978; John Mike Thomas 1979-1980; Abraham Thomas 1981; Richard Lehman 1986-1989; Irvin W. Lindemuth 1990-2000+
* [[Warsaw Christian Fellowship, IN]] (KLC-EB) +1946+
* [[Plymouth Gospel Assembly, IN]] (OB) +1951-1963; 1965
** Plymouth Gospel Assembly 1961-1965
** @
*** home of Dr. Earl Keiser +1951-1960
**** 300 N. Center St. +1951+; Rt. 5 +1958; Rt. 4, S. Michigan Rd. 1959-1960+
==St. Joseph County (South Bend metro)==
===Mishawaka===
* [[Grace Bible Chapel, Mishawaka, IN]] (OB) +1941-19792000+** Mishawaka Gospel Testimony +1941+; Mishawaka Gospel Chapel +1943-1959; Grace Bible Chapel 1960-19792000+** @ 1636 Homewood Ave., Lakeville? +1941+; 701 W. Marion +1943-1959; 55775 Grape Rd. 1960-1965; 2537 Liberty Dr. 1966-19792000+
** c/o David Selby +1941-1956+
*** Rt. 1, Lakeville +1941+; 1256 Longfellow, South Bend +1943-1956+
** c/o Kenneth R. Weidner @ South Bend +1958-1964; George E. Gay 1965-1977; Dennis Jewett 1978-19791980; Edwin Kinne 1981; David N. Detrick @ Niles, [[Michigan|MI]] 1982-2000+
==Tippecanoe County (Lafayette metro)==
===West Lafayette===
* [[Westside Bible Fellowship, Lafayette Christian Assembly, IN]] (OB) 1934-19792000+** Brookston Assembly +1941-1948+; Lafayette Assembly +1950+; Round Grove Assembly +1951+; West Lafayette Assembly +1955-1960; Lafayette Assembly 1961-1967; Lafayette Bible Chapel 1968-1971; Lafayette Christian Assembly 1972-1977+1979; ** @ home of Francis E. Harmon +1941-1951+ (@ 12 1/4 mi. W. and 1 mi. N. of Brookston, White Co., IN +1941-1943+; R.F.D. 5, Monticello +1947-1951+); home of Bert Hostetler, 1136 Glenway, West Lafayette +1954-1960; Thomas Duncan Community Hall, 619 Ferry St. 1961-1976; 1019 Wabash Ave. 1977-1979; home of David Harmon, 2885 N. 400 West, W. Lafayette 1980-1984; Klondike Junior High School, 3310 N. 300 W., W. Lafayette 1985-1993; 4533 U.S.52 West 1994-2000+
** c/o Francis Edward Harmon +1941-1959 (b. 1887 Meade Co., [[Kansas|KS]] - d. 1959 Lafayette, IN), son of Freelen Ferdinand Harmon (b. 1856 Clark Twp., Atchison, MO - d. 1913 Chalmers, White, IN) & Amanda Belle Smith Harmon (b. 1861 Brookston, IN - d. 1951 Monticello, IN). Francis was a retired farmer. Wife (1910 @ White Co., IN): Opal Ruth North Harmon (b. 1887 - d. 1961 Lafayette, IN), daughter of Richard Jonathan North (b. 1842 Montmorenci, Tippecanoe, IN) & Eliza "Lillie" J. Morris North (b. 1848 Wabash Twp., Tippecanoe, IN; m. 1867; d. 1926 Chalmers, IN). Richard North was credited as a pioneer resident (1872-1912) of the Pine Grove neighborhood near Chalmers, a veteran of the Civil War, and M.E. Opal's memorial was officiated by John W. Farquharson. Francis & Opal were foster parents for Jack Eugene Kelly (1923-1996 Lafayette, IN), Army veteran of the Korean War (1950-1951), son of William Hollingsworth Kelly (1858-1926) & Sophia Emmaline Haynes Kelly (1894-1926).
** c/o Bertram "Bert" Ravena Hostetler 1959-1970 (b. 1903 Logansport, IN - d. 1979 New Port Richey, Pasco, FL), son of Bert Hostetler (1864-1950) & Elizabeth Johnson Hostetler (1847-1926). Wife: Helen Amanda/Augustus Weber Hostetler (b. 1902 Milwaukee, WI - d. 2002 Grand Rapids, MI), daughter of William Emil Weber (b. 1870 Heidelberg, Ger. / Milwaukee, WI) & Dilsa Fay/Francis Horn Weber (b. 1874 Logansport, IN; m. 1901 Marion, IA; d. 1904 Bluffton, Weber, IN). In 1905, William Weber may have resided in Logansport, and worked for Western Motor Co. From 1927-1932+, Bert was office supt. for a lumberyard in Logansport, then by 1948, he managed the Henry J. Kessener Lumber Co. in Lafayette. From +1955-1960+, Bert was employed as an estimator for Karl H. Kettlehut, a contractor, as per his [https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier-kettlehut-karl-ob/16223036/ obit], responsible for building five of the ten largest structures at Purdue University, the corn-processing plant for Anheuser-Busch, the Eli Lilly facility, the General Foods plant, and Purdue National Bank.
** c/o David Alan Harmon 1971-1976 , 1980-1984 (b. 1947 Lafayette, IN - d. 2020 Kokomo, IN), son of Kenneth Condor Harmon (b. 1922 Brookston, IN - d. 1993 Lafayette, IN) & Naomi Ann North Harmon (b. 1923 Brookston, IN - d. 2004 Lafayette, IN). David was related to Francis & Opal Harmon two ways: His maternal grandfather's sister was Francis Harmon's wife Opal Ruth North Harmon (1887-1961), and his great-great-great grandfather William F. Harmon (1797-1854), who died while traveling on the Mississippi, was Francis' grandfather. Francis was therefore David's third cousin, while his wife Opal was David's great-aunt.** c/o Bruce Goodpaster 1977-1979+ * [[Westside Bible Fellowship, IN]] (OB); Warren Dunham 1985-1996
===Allen County===
====Fort Wayne====
* [[Grace Bible Fellowship, Fort Wayne Gospel Chapel, IN]] (OB) +1922-1969; 1976-19792000+** home meetings +1922-1941+, +1947-1950+; Fort Wayne Gospel Hall 1979+-1980; Fort Wayne Gospel Chapel 1981-1985; *** @ home of L.D. Morse, 904 Bome St. +1922+; home of Theodore Bastian, 3802 S. Barr St. +1927+; home of Karl R. Hausmann, Route 10, U.S. Hwy. 27, Decatur & Paulding Rds. +1936-1941+; 1530 W. Main St. +1943+; home of Dr. Theodore Bastian, 826 Fairfax Dr. +1947-1950+; 902 Fairfax Dr. +1951-1955; 827 Fairfax Dr. 1956+; 902 Fairfax Dr. +1958; 827 Fairfax Dr. 1959-1967; 829 Fairfax Dr. 1968-1969; Southeast YMCA Bldg., 5125 Werling Dr. 1976-19791980; Assoc. Churches Bldg., 6430 Upper Huntington Rd. 1981-1985; Youth for Christ Bldg. 1986-1988; 6200 Old Trail Rd. 1989-2000+** c/o L.D. Morse +1922+; German preaching point c/o Theodore Bastian +1927+; Karl R. Hausmann +1936-1943+; Dr. Theodore Bastian +1947-1969; Edward Messal 1976-19791987; George Koshy 1988-1995; Gerold Kraft 1996-2000+
===Noble County===
====Valparaiso====
* [[Valparaiso Gospel Hall, IN]] (OB) 1878-19851981?** @ Lincoln Way (2 doors west of courthouse, second floor) +1927-1933+; 56 W. Lincolnway +1936-1965; 54 1/2 W. Lincolnway 1966-1979+1981** c/o Sylvester Marshall Kinne +1927-1934 (b. 1852 Birmingham, Van Buren, IA - d. 1934 Flint Lake, Porter, IN), son of Luke Kinne (b. 1810 Manlius, Onondaga, NY - d. 1880 Center Twp., Porter, IN) & Seraphina Emeline Stone Kinne (b. 1813 - d. 1889). Andrew J. Cotton of Chicago officiated Sylvester's memorial. He relocated Sylvester moved to Valparaiso in 1865. Wife (1877): Freelove Harger Kinne (d. 1933).
** c/o A. Glen Kinne 1934-1977 (1889-1977 Valparaiso, IN). Wife (1925): Bonnie Webb Kinne (d. 1966). Glen was employed as a teacher 1908-1948, also worked for Chicago Wheel Co. He was a veteran of WWI, and a member of the GH.
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated two open brethren assemblies in Porter Co., with 35 (total) meeting in two rented halls with a combined capacity of 200.
===Aldine===
* [[Aldine Meeting House, IN]] (OB) 1917-1977
** @ North Judson +1959-1960+; see [https://www.scpls.org/historical/photo/aldine-meeting-house historical photo]
** c/o Charles Brooke +1936-1956+;
*** @ North Judson +1936-1954; Hamlet 1955-1956+
===Bass Lake===
* [[Bass Lake Meeting House, IN]] (OB) 1917-1964
** @ South End of Lake +1927+; Gospel Testimony only (Y.P. Tues. & P Wed.); see [https://www.scpls.org/historical/photo/bass-lake-meeting-house historical photo]
** c/o Raymond Walton +1922+; Kenneth Weidner, North Judson +1927+;
** c/o Abraham Lazar @ Knox +1936-1960+ (b. 1887 Iran - d. 1970 Barrington, Lake, IL). Wife (1915 @ Chicago, IL): Abigail Yonan Lazar (b. 1891 Turkey - d. 1938). Met at Knox assembly after the Bass Lake assembly folded about 1949. Children:
===Knox===
[https://www.scpls.org/historical/sites/default/files/documents/Local%20History/knox_characters_i_have_known_jonas_1969_1970.pdf Knox Characters I Have Known] by Alexander Jonas, pioneer resident. Nothing PB related (to knowledge) but comical folklore of the area. * [[Eagle Creek Church, IN]] (OB) 1984-1986** @ 700 East & 25 North** c/o Steven Bradley * [[Knox Gospel Meeting House, IN]] (OB) 1917-19902000+?** @ home of Raymond Walton, 416 S. Heaton St. +1927-1979+end; see [https://www.scpls.org/historical/photo/knox-gospel-meeting-house historical photo]** c/o Raymond Walton +1922-1927+; J.M. Wittkamper @ 104 Bender St. +1936+; Dr. D. Robertson, D.C. @ 304 Lake Shore Dr., Culver +1941-1943+; Theodore Hardel +1947-1950+; Everett Keiser @ Plymouth +1951+; Verl Bailey +1954; C.E. Bulander 1955-1956+; W.W. Chizum +1958-1960; Simon George 1961-1963; Howard Taylor 1964-1972; H. Taylor 1973-1976; Theodore Hardel 1977-19791980; Arlin Perry 1981-2000+(b. 1936 Vesper, Wood, WI - d. 2019 North Judson, Starke, IN).
===Ora===
* [[Ora Gospel Chapel, IN]] (OB) 1918/1930-1979+1999** Ora Meeting House 1918/1930-1950+; Ora Assembly House +1951+; Ora Gospel Meeting House +1951-1964; see [https://www.scpls.org/historical/photo/ora-gospel-chapel historical photo]** c/o Orville Swartz +1936+; C.T. Malott @ DeLong +1941-1943+; Charles F. Malott +1947-1948+; Charles T. Malott +1950-1951+; Henry Thompson +1951-1958; Charles T. Malott 1959-1963; Ralph Moore 1964-1966; Henry Thompson 1967-1979+1980; William A. Sanders @ Monterey 1996-1999** In 1951, there were two assemblies in Ora: Ora Assembly House with Charles T. Malott, and Ora Gospel Meeting House with Henry Thompson. By 1954, they the two groups had re-mergedreunited.
=Southeastern IN=
==Ripley County==
===Ripley===
* [[Ripley Gospel Chapel, IN]] (OB) +1950-1979+1994
** Ripley Gospel Hall +1950
** @ Route 3
** c/o Russell Fagner @ Route 3, WinnemacWinamac +1950-1988; Ernest R. Heims @ Winamac 1989-1994
=Southwestern IN=
==Vigo County (Terre Haute metro)==
===Terre Haute===
* [[Terre Haute Gospel Chapel, IN]] (OB) 1970-19792000+** @ 2100 Beech St. 1992-2000+** c/o Ray Russel, 702 N. Court St., Sullivan1970-1998
* [[Terre Haute Gospel Hall, IN]] (OB) +1936-1941+
** c/o James Hyslop @ 1001 Maple St.