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** hive from [[Cheshire Bible Chapel, CT|Cheshire Bible Chapel]]
** @ Bristol Boys and Girls Club, 105 Laurel St. +1989-1990+; 18 Academy St. 1983-present;
** c/o Brian Sorel +1989-2022+;
* [[Bristol Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1936-1990+; (OB) +1985?-2022?+
===Hartford===
* [[Hartford Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) 1910's-1990+
** Charter Oak Gospel Hall 1985-1990+
** @ 435 Park St. +1927+; 51 Whitmore St. +1933+; 1st floor, 53 Whitmore St. +1936-1947; 49 Charter Oak Ave. 1948+; 53 Whitmore St. +1950+; 464 Farmington Ave. +1954-1966; 685 Broad St. 1967-1984; 49 Charter Oak Ave. 1985-1990+
** c/o N.J. Reager @ 86 Seymour St. +1927+; Nick Vendetta @ Windsor +1936-1982; Matthew J. Brescia 1984-1990+;
** South Manchester Gospel Hall 1925-1936+
** @ Salvation Army, Spruce St.; old Town Hall, Center & Main St.; 415 Center St. 1921/1925-present;
** c/o Founders were three brothers from Scranton, PA: James McCormick, Thomas Eckle, William Emerson; ** c/o James Serpliss @ 129 Summer St. 1909-1930's+; William G. McBride +1936-1962; Everett S. Glenney 1963-19701976; Joseph L. Jassie 1977-1990+
* [[Manchester Meeting Room, CT]] (EB) +1889-1894+
** Hartford Italian Assembly Hall 1928-1996;
** @ 464 Farmington Ave. +1933+, 73 Windsor St. +1936+; 57 Albany Ave. +1941-1948+; 49 Charter Oak Ave. +1950-1975/1983; 345 E. Cedar St. 1996-present;
** c/o G. DeLuca +1936+; Joseph DeLuca +1941-1954; Matthew Brescia @ West Hartford 1955-1967; Matthew J. Brescia @ Windsor 1968-1981;
** also see [https://www.gospelhall-newington.com/ NGH's website]
** Matt Brescia's father, George Brescia, was saved in 1921 at Philadelphia, fluent in both Italian and English, and joined the assembly in Philadelphia initially. Around 1928, a crowd of Italians (40-50) were saved in tent meetings in Hartford, and blessing was granted from brethren in Philadelphia to start an Italian hall in Hartford, of which George Brescia was involved, along with his twin brother Joe, and another brother Matt. Another would be Mike Magnal. At some juncture, the assembly became half Italian-speaking, and half English-speaking, and by 1996, services were completely in English.
===Brooklyn===
* [[Bethel Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1987-1989
** @ 94 S. Main St., Brooklyn/Danielson 1987-1989;
** c/o Pat Gilroy 1987-1989
===Torrington===
* [[Torrington Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1927-19701973+** @ 12 John St. +1936+; 22 Clark St. +1941-1954; 410 Migeon Ave. 1955-19701973+** c/o A. Rakyta +1927-1943+; Richard Irvine @ Scoville Hill +1947-1950+; David L. Swanney @ Great Barrington, [[Massachusetts|MA]] +1954-1958; Victor Illuminati 1959-19701973+
** After this assembly closed the believers transferred to Brookville & Terryville.
** @ Scalzo Group building, Bethel; Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St., Newtown ?-present;
** Also see [https://www.communitychristianfellowshipct.com/ CCF website]
* [[Neighborhood Bible Fellowship, CT]] (OB) 1973-1980
** @ Newtown High School Library, Route 34, 1973-1978; 18 Settlers Lane, Sandy Hook 1979-1980
** c/o Frank Lyon 1973-1980
===Norwalk===
* [[South Norwalk Gospel Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1952-1995
** @ home of Cliff & Isabel Foley (19 Overbrook Lane, Darien (?)) 1952+; 50 Lexington Ave. 1962-1970+
** founders: David Ward & Harold Harper** c/o Clifford P. Foley 1952-19701990+** founders: David Ward & Harold Harper;
===Stamford===
===Branford===
* [[Branford Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1973-'''2022+'''
** hive from [[West Woods Bible Chapel, CT|West Woods Bible Chapel]], known by 1979 as present name.
** founders: Joseph & Andrea DePino
** @ Branford trailer 1972; Branford home 1972; gun club; local armory; home of Harold Hardisty, 120 Chestnut St. +1975; 57 Hillcrest Ave. 1976-1978; Branford Academy on the Green, corner of S. Main & Montowese 1979-1988; public schools; 212 Branford Rd., North Branford 1991-present;
** c/o H.M. McCaulley 1975-1989; Bruce Fafard 1990+;
===Cheshire===
* [[Cheshire Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1979-'''2022+'''
** hive from [[West Woods Bible Chapel, CT|West Woods Bible Chapel]]
** @ Cheshire Grange Hall, Wallingford Rd., Cheshire Center +1981-1986; 1103 Waterbury Rd. 1987-1990+
** c/o Jack Spender @ North Haven +1981-1985; Paul F. Caron @ Southington 1986-1990+
** North Haven Gospel Hall (Whitney Avenue Gospel Hall) 1931-1936; New Haven Gospel Hall (Newhall Street Gospel Hall) 1936-1954; Christian Believers Assembly 1955-1961; West Woods Bible Chapel 1962-present;
** @ Whitney Ave., North Haven 1931-1937; 165 Newhall St., New Haven 1936-1943+; 449 Newhall St., Hamden +1947-1961; Alice Peck School auditorium, Shepard Ave. & Hillfield Rd. 1962-1963; 165 Hillfield Rd., Hamden 1964-present;
** c/o George Thomson +1936-1950+; Otto George @ North Haven +1954-1983; George Thomson @ Milford 1984-1987;
** West Woods Bible Chapel was a 1961 hive from New Haven Gospel Hall, the latter of which continued until 1963 with George Thomson, Jr. of Milford as correspondent.
* [[Westville Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1976-'''2022+'''
** hive from [[West Woods Bible Chapel, CT|West Woods Bible Chapel]]
** @ home of Ralph Kirchhofer 1976-1978; 44 Burton St. +1978+; Edgewood Club, 201 Alston Ave. 1978-present;
** founders: Jack Spender, Ralph and Lunda Kirchhofer, Peter and Pam Herndon, Dill and Katie Ewen, and John and Karen Cramm.
** also see [http://westvillebiblechapel.com/ WBC's website]
