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In 1865, [[Thomas Elwood Broadfoot]] (b. 1842 Huron County, Ontario, Canada - d. 1927 Wichita, KS) married Charlotte Ritchie (b. 1842 ON - d. 1925 Wichita, KS) in Prescott, Ontario, her parents were born in [[Scotland]]. Thomas was a son of James Broadfoot (b. 1803 [[Scotland|Scot.]]) and Janet Broadfoot (b. 1817 [[Scotland|Scot.]]), and the family relocated to Kansas somewhere between 1865 and 1879, as in the latter year, William Martin recalled in an evangelistic letter (reprinted in May 1967 Words in Season) to his younger brother Dr. A.E. Martin visiting Thomas Broadfoot and his brother Alexander "Sandy" Broadfoot in near Abilene, [[Kansas]] and being led to Christ. William gave A.E. subsequently received tracts and books including C.H. Mackintosh's "Notes on Exodus" that resulted in A.E. him also being led to Christ himself. In 1884, Sandy Broadfoot obtained his medical degree in Toronto, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] and settled in Enterprise, Kansas to setup his practice. He also served as a popular itinerant preacher throughout the Midwest.

From the Topeka State JournalIn 1884, Sept. 14Thomas' brother Alexander "Sandy" Broadfoot obtained his medical degree in Toronto, 1914: '''Abilene Preacher Egged'''; Saloon Rowdies at Breckenridge[[Ontario]], Minn.[[Canada]] and settled in Enterprise, Insult Kansas Minister on Street: "While Revto setup his practice. F.H. Nicholson of Abilene, a preacher of It is presently unknown when they were introduced to the Plymouth Brethren denomination, was speaking in the street here, eggs were hurled at him from but eventually Sandy became a saloon in front of which he was standing. A crowd of more than a hundred present at the time, was not slow in showing that their sympathies were with popular itinerant preacher throughout the speaker rather than the rowdiesMidwest. Rev. Nicholson has been preaching for about fourteen years and is well known in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa."

From 1910 thru 1917, the aforementioned Alexander "Sandy" Broadfoot, commuted from Iowa to Kansas to visit and hold Gospel meetings in schoolhouses including the Bonnacord schoolhouse, and many were saved. Robert Alexander Robson, of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian, left to assist George McBoyle, Frank H. Nicholson and others to construct an assembly that met for a time in the large home of Alexander McBoyle, known as the Bonnacord Assembly. Eventually the McBoyles donated land at what is now at the corner of Deer & 1400 where they built the Grace & Truth Gospel Hall.  Other early families included Roggendorf, Miller, Emig, Jury, and Deardorff. It is also believed that [[George Gruen]] may have been among the early saints also, who had relocated from the St. Louis area of Illinois to farm, who was involved with exclusive assemblies in the Highland, Illinois area. It is remembered that when George first came to Abilene, he settled with an established Grant exclusive meeting in the area, which may have been among those who eventually started Grace & Truth. From the Topeka State Journal, Sept. 14, 1914: "Abilene Preacher Egged: Saloon Rowdies at Breckenridge, Minn., Insult Kansas Minister on Street": "While Rev. F.H. Nicholson of Abilene, a preacher of the Plymouth Brethren denomination, was speaking in the street here, eggs were hurled at him from a saloon in front of which he was standing. A crowd of more than a hundred present at the time, was not slow in showing that their sympathies were with the speaker rather than the rowdies. Rev. Nicholson has been preaching for about fourteen years and is well known in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa."

A gospel outreach of Grace & Truth south of Carlton, and east of Roxbury in the mid to late 1920's by Frank Nicholson resulted in home Bible studies, and eventually a group of believers meeting in the Elm Springs schoolhouse, which became known as [[Elm Springs Bible Hall, KS|Elm Springs Bible Hall]]. Others who assisted from Grace & Truth included Robert Robson and Dan Emig. In 1937, a plot of ground a mile south of the schoolhouse was donated, and lumber from Carlton was used to build a meeting place on the property which would become , constructed by Daniel Cornelius Wedel (b. 1885 McPherson, KS - d. 1950 Logan, KS). Daniel's daughter Edna (b. 1920) would later marry Menno Dyck who would serve as an elder at Grace & Truth.

Visiting itinerants at Elm Springs would include Ed Bucheneau, John Walden (founder of a children's home in Colorado), Harry Ironside (Moody pastor and author), George MacKenzie, Tom Carroll, Walter Wilson (founder of Calvary Bible College), Leonard Lindsted, Tom McCullagh, O.E. McGee, and Richard Burson (founder of Kansas Bible Camp & [[Hutchinson Gospel Chapel, KS|Hutchinson Gospel Chapel]] in the mid-1940's).

Leaders at Grace & Truth included Frank H. Nicholson and Robert Alexander Robson. In ''Light and Liberty'' in 1935, an annual conference was reported at the Gospel Hall beginning on a Thursday evening on Oct. 24th and continuing thru that Lord's Day. In 1936, John Walden had a series of tent meetings south of Abilene, KS. The attendance averaged over 100 nightly for the entire campaign, with good interest. It is debated as to when Grace & Truth changed names from Hall to Chapel, somewhere between the 1930's and 1950's.

Elders included T. Lee Gruen, Ken King, Menno Dyck, Jerry Lahr, and Keith Engle and their families. [[Kenneth Ercil Engle]] also shared in the preaching. Others included Earl & Alberta Blair, Edward & Edith Unruh, and Ken & Nettie Moore. Menno & Edna Dyck left for a short time in the mid-1980's to assist with the early days of Community Bible Church, returning soon afterwards, where Menno served as an elder until his death. In the late 1980's, T. Lee Gruen and Ken King felt the Lord's leading their families to assist with Community Bible Church in Abilene, where they've remained ever since, with T. Lee assisting with various Bible studies, and Ken serving as an elder and as a missions chair.

Throughout the years of Grace & Truth, they supported a Navajo [[Immanuel Mission]] in Teec Nos Pos, [[Arizona]].