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Around 1890, a few of the coal miners from What Cheer came to Forbush to work in the mine there, establishing an assembly there. Among them were James Whittem, [[John Moffat]], and [[William Allan Wilson]]. They worked in the mine during the winter months, saved their money, then rented tents to use for Gospel meetings during the summer, in many small towns. As people trusted the Lord, small meetings were started. A feature of the work in these towns were joint quarterly meetings consisting of one-day ministry.
This assembly was still active in 1904, with a correspondent of David Peacock, and at some point merged alongside [[Forbush Gospel Hall, IA]] with the assembly at Centerville which in 1950 became [[Centerville Gospel HallChapel, IA|Centerville Bible Gospel Chapel]].
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