New Jersey
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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"). AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.
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.
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Contents
- 1 Central NJ
- 2 Northcentral NJ
- 3 Northeastern NJ (NYC metro)
- 4 Northwestern NJ
- 5 Southcentral NJ
- 6 Southeastern NJ
- 7 Southwestern NJ (near Philadelphia, PA & Wilmington, DE metros)
- 8 Unknown Areas
Central NJ
Hunterdon County
Flemington
- Emery Avenue Room, Flemington, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
Lambertville
- Lambertville Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1973+
Three Brothers ?
- Three Brothers Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1908+
Mercer County
Hightstown
- Hightstown Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1966+
Trenton
- Trenton Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1879-1908+
- c/o Charles Page +1880+
Middlesex County (NYC metro)
Fords
- Fords Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ New Brunswick Ave.
- c/o Frank Seel @ 225 Mead St., Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy
- Perth Amboy Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+ Danish & Swedish meeting
Woodbridge
- Woodbridge Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1903-1905+; (TW) +1927-2016+
Monmouth County (NYC Metro)
Asbury Park
- Asbury Park Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 605 Bangs Ave.
- c/o James Wilson @ 112 Webb Ave., Ocean Park +1927+; B. Dussman @ Eatontown +1927+
- Asbury Park Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1889+
Colt's Neck
- Colt's Neck Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1973+
Keyport
- Keyport Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1951-1966+
Long Branch
- Long Branch Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) +1927+
- @ 374 Division St.
- c/o N. Pizzulli @ 332 Chelsea Ave.
Shrewdsbury
- Shrewdsbury Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1908+; +1985+
Northcentral NJ
Morris County (NYC Metro)
Chatham
- Main Street Room, Chatham, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 168 Main St.
- Chatham Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1962-1985+
Long Valley
- Long Valley Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1985+
Parsippany
- Mt. Tabor Meeting Room, NJ (TW-N) +1999-2016+
Pequannock Twp
- Pompton Plains Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1944+
Northeastern NJ (NYC metro)
Bergen County
Dumont
- Dumont Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ German Lutheran Bldg., Madison Ave.
- c/o Angus C. MacGillivary @ 36 Main St., Bergenfield
Hackensack
- Hackensack Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 350 Main St.
- c/o H. Van Blarcom @ 84 Fairmount Ave.
Lodi
- Lodi Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) +1927+
- c/o Cesara Patrizio @ 1412 N. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, PA
Palisades Park
- Palisades Park Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ Broad Ave. & Central Blvd.
- c/o E.H. Miroeylees @ 14 W. Central Blvd.
Ridgefield Park
- Park Street Meeting House, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ Park St.
- c/o James A. Anderson @ 48 Austin St.
Ridgewood
- Ridgewood Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1927+
Rutherford
- Rutherford Bible Chapel, NJ (OB) +2021+
- Rutherford Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ Summit Ave. & Walnut St.
- c/o L.C. Hershey @ 117 W. Newall Ave.
- Rutherford Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1966+
- Rutherford Public Library Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1904+
- @ 150 Park Ave.
Tenafly
- Grace Chapel, Tenafly, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ Tenafly Rd.
- c/o H.N. Wadham
Essex County
Irvington
- A Street Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ A St., opp. station of Hudson Division of N.Y.C. Railway
- c/o S.T. Matthews @ Ardsley
- Dassing Avenue Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 5 Dassing Ave.
- c/o Emanuel Clements @ 77 S. Burnett St., East Orange
Maplewood
- Maplewood Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 6 Highland Pl.
- c/o Charles Bellinger @ 8 Ridgewood Terr.
Montclair
- Montclair Gospel Hall, NJ (AA OB) +1927+
- @ 44 Maple Ave.
- c/o Thomas Athill @ 10 Linden Ave.
Newark
- Chadwick Avenue Meeting House, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ Bigelow St. & Chadwick Ave.
- c/o W. Jelley @ 75 Renner Ave.
- Newark Hall, NJ (OB) +1904-1911+
- @ 41 Market St. +1904+
- Newark Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1905+; (TW) +1944-1949+
- @ 760 Broad St. +1880+
- c/o N. Mauger @ 24 Bathgate Pl. +1880+; T. Holland @ 687 Market St. +1880+
- Plymouth Brethren Meeting House @ 453 Orange +1899+
- may be one of the above assemblies
- Roseville Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 59 Myrtle Ave.
- c/o Henry Mortin/Morton @ 232 S. 6th St. or 224 S. 6th St.
Nutley
- Nutley Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1949+
Orange
- Oakwood Avenue Gospel Hall, NJ (AA OB) +1927+
- c/o A.C. Drayton @ 276 Clinton St., East Orange
- Orange Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) +1927+
- @ 53 S. Day St.
- c/o Joseph Ravenelli @ 190 Taylor St.
East Orange
- Park Street Gospel Chapel, NJ (OB) +1904-1927+
- East Orange Gospel Hall (OB) +1904+
- @ Kutcher's Hall, North Park St. +1904+; 160 Park St. +1927+
- c/o G.H. Collett @ 655 Springdale Ave. +1927+
- East Orange Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1933-1951+
Hudson County
Bayonne
- Bayonne Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1889-1896+
- Bergen Point Meeting Room (EB) +1889+
Hoboken
- Hoboken Italian Gospel Hall, NJ (Italian OB) +1927+
- @ 107 Madison St.
- c/o Cost. Giordano @ 328 Monroe St.
- Willow Avenue Hall, NJ (OB) +1904+
- @ 219 Willow Ave.
Jersey City
- Jackson and Wilkinson Avenues Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ S.E. corner of Jackson & Wilkinson Aves.
- c/o F.W. Brown @ 222 Bayview Ave.
- Jersey City Heights Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1901-1905+
- Jersey City Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+
- @ 96 Montgomery St. +1880+
- c/o T. Howe @ 199 Montgomery St. +1880+; A. McCallum @ 191 Ogden Ave., Jersey City Heights +1880+
- Summit and Manhattan Avenues Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ N.W. corner of Summit & Manhattan Aves.
- c/o George A. MacLachlan @ 369 Webster Ave.
Kearny (Newark metro)
- Bergen Ave. & Maple St. Gospel Hall +1927+
- @ Bergen Ave. & Maple St.
- c/o John Thompson @ 201 Brighton Ave., Arlington
- Good News Chapel, NJ (OB) +1904+
- @ Passaie Ave., foot of Johnson Ave.
- Kearny Assembly (OB) +1892-1993+
- founders include father of John Thomson (1899-1993); John worked many years with CMML & Yonkers Gospel Mission Home.
- Windsor Street Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1904+
Union City
- Bethel Meeting House, Union City, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 520 30th St.
- c/o Howard Klent @ 318 28th St.
Passaic County
Passaic
- Main Avenue Room, Passaic, NJ (PBCC) +1878-1959+
- @ 276 Main Ave., Passaic Park +1959+
- Passaic Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1889+
- c/o William Gribbon +1880+
Paterson
- Paterson Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1904-1927+
- Paterson Hall +1904+
- @ 33 N. 6th St. +1904+; 156 Broadway +1927+
- c/o J. Baikie @ 168 N. 21st St. +1927+
- Paterson Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1889-1908+ German meeting
Union County
Cranford
- Alden Street Room, Cranford, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 15 Alden St.
- Lincoln Avenue Room, Cranford, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 30 W. Lincoln Ave.
Elizabeth
- Elizabeth Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 1029 Elizabeth Ave.
- c/o A.R. Carnie @ 359 Morris Ave.
- Elizabeth Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+
- @ ov. Bird's store, 81 Broad St. +1880+
- c/o W.M. Gray @ 446 Westminster Ave. +1880+; W.S. Rolston @ 114 Jefferson Ave. +1880+
- Elizabethport Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+
- @ 75 Marshall St. +1880+
- c/o Hugh Boyd @ 162 Marshall St. +1880+; J.H. Foote @ 317 Franklin St. +1880+
Plainfield
- Arlington Avenue Room, Plainfield, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 610 Arlington Ave.
- Plainfield Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ W. Front & Washington Sts. +1927; Grove St. nr. W. Front St. 1927+
- c/o Sidney Perrin @ 650 W. 7th St. +1927+
- Plainfield Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1889+
- @ Front St., op. Somerset St. +1880+
- c/o James Bowman @ Sixth St., nr. Washington +1880+; L.A. Rheaume @ Somerset St. +1880+
Rahway
- Rahway Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1879+; +1901-1903+
Summit
- Bethesda Gospel Chapel, Summit, NJ (OB) +1955+
- Morris Avenue Room, Summit, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 295 Morris Ave.
- Summit Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1904-1927+
- @ Willard Hall, Van Cise Building +1904+; Summit Ave (near Morris Ave) +1911+; Summit & Walnut St. +1927+
- W.J. McClure preached here in 1911
- c/o J.S. Hyde @ 19 Hughes Pl. +1927+
- Summit Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1889+
Westfield
- Euclid Avenue Room, Westfield, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ North & Euclid Aves.
- Westfield Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 52 Elm St.
- c/o Dr. W.W. Gill @ 624 Elm St.
Northwestern NJ
Sussex County (NYC metro)
Newton
- Newton Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ crnr. High St. & Park Pl.
- c/o John M. Decher @ 33 Hamilton St.
Warren County (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton PA/NJ metro)
Phillipsburg
- Phillipsburg Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- c/o J.L. Lomerson @ 132 Washington St.
Southcentral NJ
Cumberland County
Bridgeton
- Bridgeton Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1901-1903+; (TW) +1911-1914+
Millville ?
- Melville Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1879-1889+
- sic?
Vineland
- Vineland Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1878-1880+; (TW) +1973+
- c/o George O. Atkinson +1880+
Southeastern NJ
Atlantic County (Atlantic City metro)
Atlantic City
- Atlantic City Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 2724 Fairmount Ave.
- c/o Peter Kelly @ 2835 Fairmount Ave.
Dorothy
- Dorothy Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1962-2016+
Hammonton
- Hammonton Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ P.O.S. of A. Hall on Bellevue Ave., just north of Third St.
- c/o Edward Johnson @ 121 Tilton St.
Cape May County
Rio Grande
- Rio Grande Room, NJ (PBCC) +1959+
- @ near E.A. Lindholm home on Rte. 9. 4/5 mile N of Delsea Dr. intersection
Southwestern NJ (near Philadelphia, PA & Wilmington, DE metros)
Camden County (Camden metro)
Barrington
- Barrington Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 2nd & Kingston Ave.
- c/o Samuel Hocking
Camden
- Camden Gospel Hall, NJ (OB) +1927+
- @ 915 N. Front St.
- c/o Herbert Staats @ 117 Leslie Ave., Merchantville
- Camden Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1951+
Haddonfield
- Haddonfield Meeting Room, NJ (TW) +1962-1973+
Gloucester County
Bridgeport
- Bridgeport Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1896+
Unknown Areas
Potsdam ?
- Potsdam Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1908+
Sheffield ?
- Sheffield Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1908+
The Cottage ?
- The Cottage Meeting Room, NJ (EB) +1908+
