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The roots of Norwood Gospel Chapel in Chicago date back to 1916. A group of Christians, dissatisfied with their denominational church affiliations, began meeting together in homes. The interest grew and they sought help from the Moody Bible Institute for someone to minister to them. Among the first sent was Harold Harper, who was associated with the assemblies. In the summer of 1917, Mr. Harper and others conducted a gospel tent campaign in the neighborhood.
The good results created a need for a regular meeting place. At the close of the tent meetings a nearby store was secured at Central Avenue and Irving Park. Here a progressive work continued for four years. In 1922, the Irving Park Gospel Hall, a modest building at 5614 Dakin Street, Chicago, was built. The group at that time numbered about 40.
=LOI=
An excerpt from LOI 1961 April:
"In the fall of 1914, [[Harold Milton Harper|Harold]] was given a scholarship to attend [[Moody Bible Institute]], Chicago, from which he graduated in 1916. While there he was given a much-coveted practice preaching assignment, but when he found it conflicted with attending the Lord's Supper at [[Woodside Bible Chapel, IL|Austin Gospel Hall]] he asked to be excused. He had some difficulty with the dean over this, but as he stood his ground he was relieved and given another assignment.
That one was to preach the gospel in a home in the Irving Park district to a group of Swedes who wanted to hear the Word in English. He was invited back again and again. Boston brethren supplied a tent, and after graduation he preached in it, until a mission was established at Irving Park Road and Central Avenue. About a year of continuous ministry resulted in the planting of the Irving Park assembly in a building at 5614 Dakin Street.
The work expanded over the years and in 1951 the assembly built [[Norwood Gospel Chapel, IL|Norwood Gospel Chapel]] at Foster and Nagle, where today there are about 175 in fellowship. Thirty brethren remained to carry on at Dakin Street, the work there being known now as Portage Park Gospel Hall."
=Early Leadership=
Henry Petersen built up a large Sunday School and Friday night children’s meetings. Alfred and Edwin Gibbs were also instrumental in building up the assembly. In leadership at the Irving Park Gospel Hall were:
* John Millard Doyle (1892-1960), previously at Austin.
* George McAllen (b. 1901)
* Harvey John Langguth (1900-1980)
* Paul Erickson
* John Mall
* S. J. Nelson
* Charles Howard
* Harold Linquist
* Sor Sorensen.
The assembly grew in attendance in the 1920s and 30s, but after World War II, felt they needed to move.
In 1951, after nearly 30 years on Dakin Street, about 125 members in fellowship in the Irving Park assembly moved into the newly constructed Norwood Gospel Chapel, located in a residential section on the northwest side of Chicago at Nagle and Foster Avenues. In 1953, the [[US Chapel Workers and Elders Conference|national workers and elders' conference]] was held at Norwood.
=Commended Workers=
The Norwood Gospel Chapel has commended several to the Lord’s work.
* Joseph Paulick to Arizona Indian Mission, Flagstaff, AZ
=Assemblies Inspired by Norwood=
==Portage Park Gospel Chapel==
About 10 people of the former Irving Park assembly purchased the Gospel Hall on Dakin Street in 1951 and continued to meet there, calling it Portage Park Gospel Hall. Now called Portage Park Gospel Chapel, the assembly still meets at the location on Dakin Street.
==Norwood Gospel Assembly of Korean==
In 1977, two families immigrated from Korea to Chicago, having been in fellowship in the Korean Brethren Assembly in Seoul, Korea. They entered into fellowship at the Norwood assembly, but soon desired to establish a Korean-language assembly. Thus, in 1980, the Norwood Gospel Assembly of Korean came into being, the results of efforts of Young M. Lim, Bona Soo Rhee, and Joon H. Park. These and Sang Jin Park have been the elders. Korean is used as the language for the adults, and English is used in the Sunday School.
In 1985, the assembly divided in half, one becoming the Emmaus Gospel Assembly and the other San Jung Korean Assembly in Des Plaines. Emmaus Gospel Assembly rents space in the Park Manor Bible Chapel in Elgin and has about 60 adults and children in attendance. The San Jung Korean Assembly changed its name to Chicago Korean Bible Chapel. Both assemblies use Korean and English in their services, as before. Mr. Lim published a Korean hymnal in 1977 and is working on a second edition of it.
==Union Ridge Gospel Chapel==
The Union Ridge Gospel Chapel in Chicago began as a Sunday School outreach led by Charles Clohsey and Stanley Modrzejeswki of Norwood Gospel Chapel. By 1957, it had been established as an assembly. Paul and Al Streder, John Everding, and Art Modrzejewski were active in leadership.
=Sources=
* [[Illinois History]] by Robert L. Peterson
* Letters of Interest: 1961 April
The good results created a need for a regular meeting place. At the close of the tent meetings a nearby store was secured at Central Avenue and Irving Park. Here a progressive work continued for four years. In 1922, the Irving Park Gospel Hall, a modest building at 5614 Dakin Street, Chicago, was built. The group at that time numbered about 40.
=LOI=
An excerpt from LOI 1961 April:
"In the fall of 1914, [[Harold Milton Harper|Harold]] was given a scholarship to attend [[Moody Bible Institute]], Chicago, from which he graduated in 1916. While there he was given a much-coveted practice preaching assignment, but when he found it conflicted with attending the Lord's Supper at [[Woodside Bible Chapel, IL|Austin Gospel Hall]] he asked to be excused. He had some difficulty with the dean over this, but as he stood his ground he was relieved and given another assignment.
That one was to preach the gospel in a home in the Irving Park district to a group of Swedes who wanted to hear the Word in English. He was invited back again and again. Boston brethren supplied a tent, and after graduation he preached in it, until a mission was established at Irving Park Road and Central Avenue. About a year of continuous ministry resulted in the planting of the Irving Park assembly in a building at 5614 Dakin Street.
The work expanded over the years and in 1951 the assembly built [[Norwood Gospel Chapel, IL|Norwood Gospel Chapel]] at Foster and Nagle, where today there are about 175 in fellowship. Thirty brethren remained to carry on at Dakin Street, the work there being known now as Portage Park Gospel Hall."
=Early Leadership=
Henry Petersen built up a large Sunday School and Friday night children’s meetings. Alfred and Edwin Gibbs were also instrumental in building up the assembly. In leadership at the Irving Park Gospel Hall were:
* John Millard Doyle (1892-1960), previously at Austin.
* George McAllen (b. 1901)
* Harvey John Langguth (1900-1980)
* Paul Erickson
* John Mall
* S. J. Nelson
* Charles Howard
* Harold Linquist
* Sor Sorensen.
The assembly grew in attendance in the 1920s and 30s, but after World War II, felt they needed to move.
In 1951, after nearly 30 years on Dakin Street, about 125 members in fellowship in the Irving Park assembly moved into the newly constructed Norwood Gospel Chapel, located in a residential section on the northwest side of Chicago at Nagle and Foster Avenues. In 1953, the [[US Chapel Workers and Elders Conference|national workers and elders' conference]] was held at Norwood.
=Commended Workers=
The Norwood Gospel Chapel has commended several to the Lord’s work.
* Joseph Paulick to Arizona Indian Mission, Flagstaff, AZ
=Assemblies Inspired by Norwood=
==Portage Park Gospel Chapel==
About 10 people of the former Irving Park assembly purchased the Gospel Hall on Dakin Street in 1951 and continued to meet there, calling it Portage Park Gospel Hall. Now called Portage Park Gospel Chapel, the assembly still meets at the location on Dakin Street.
==Norwood Gospel Assembly of Korean==
In 1977, two families immigrated from Korea to Chicago, having been in fellowship in the Korean Brethren Assembly in Seoul, Korea. They entered into fellowship at the Norwood assembly, but soon desired to establish a Korean-language assembly. Thus, in 1980, the Norwood Gospel Assembly of Korean came into being, the results of efforts of Young M. Lim, Bona Soo Rhee, and Joon H. Park. These and Sang Jin Park have been the elders. Korean is used as the language for the adults, and English is used in the Sunday School.
In 1985, the assembly divided in half, one becoming the Emmaus Gospel Assembly and the other San Jung Korean Assembly in Des Plaines. Emmaus Gospel Assembly rents space in the Park Manor Bible Chapel in Elgin and has about 60 adults and children in attendance. The San Jung Korean Assembly changed its name to Chicago Korean Bible Chapel. Both assemblies use Korean and English in their services, as before. Mr. Lim published a Korean hymnal in 1977 and is working on a second edition of it.
==Union Ridge Gospel Chapel==
The Union Ridge Gospel Chapel in Chicago began as a Sunday School outreach led by Charles Clohsey and Stanley Modrzejeswki of Norwood Gospel Chapel. By 1957, it had been established as an assembly. Paul and Al Streder, John Everding, and Art Modrzejewski were active in leadership.
=Sources=
* [[Illinois History]] by Robert L. Peterson
* Letters of Interest: 1961 April
