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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 dadmany 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.
Assemblies are sorted geographically, and will, D.V., eventually have further history within. Red links on Brethrenpedia are presently undeveloped, and blue links contain data. Appreciate patience with our progress, and if you'd like to help, please contact any of the editing team, preferably via social media. Also see [[Connecticut history]] for more on the OB history.
* [[Bristol Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1983-'''2022+'''
** hive from [[Cheshire Bible Chapel, CT|Cheshire Bible Chapel]]
** @ Bristol Boys and Girls Club: 105 Laurel St. +1989-20122013+; 45 Fox Run Rd.(?) 2013; 18 Academy St. 2014- present;** c/o Brian Sorel +1989-2022+; Nick Dalfino 2013; Dan Symolon 2014-2022+;
* [[Bristol Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1936-1998; (OB) 2014???-2022+** @ 8 Dudley St. +1936+; 89 N. Main St. +1941-1943+; 16 Summer St. +1947; 54 Talmadge St. 1948-1998; home of Nick Dalfino ?, 45 Fox Run Rd. 2014-present2021;** c/o Antonio Barbati +1936-1943+; Damiano Colella +1947-1955; Domiano Colella 1956-1963; Carmelo Ferraro 1964; D. Cristofero 1965; Caomelo Ferrone (sic?) 1966-1968; Carmelo Ferraro 1969-1991; Alfonso Diliberto 1992-1998; Nick Dalfino ?2014-present; ** Nick left this assembly Bristol Gospel Hall for Hartford Gospel Hall in the 1940's or 1950's, then the TW's, then returned to HartfordGospel Hall, Bristol Bible Chapel, then started a meeting in his house, he is presently living at a nursing home.
===Enfield===
** c/o Joseph DeLuca
* Broad Street Gospel Hall 1967-1984+; +1993-2012+2013
** 685 Broad St.
** c/o Nick Vendetta 1967-1982; Matthew J. Brescia 1984; Richard Sirois +1993-2012+; Nick Dalfino +2007-2012+2013** see Bristol Gospel Hall for present location.
* [[Charter Oak Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) 1948-1996
** c/o G. DeLuca
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* [[Hartford Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) 1910's-1984; 1993-2012+
** @ 435 Park St. +1927+; 51 Whitmore St. +1933+; 1st floor, 53 Whitmore St. +1936-1950+; 464 Farmington Ave. +1954-1966; 685 Broad St. 1967-1984; 1993-2012+;
** Hartford Italian Assembly Hall 1928-1996; Charter Oak Gospel Hall 1948-1996/1998
** @ 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 1968-19812022;
** 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.
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* Hartford preaching point (EB) +1901-1903+
** c/o Phebe Ursula Plummer (b. 1838 [[Maine|ME]] - d. 1903 Hartford, CT). Phebe's husband was Oliver Ambrose Plummer (b. 1834 Sandwich, Carroll, [[New Hampshire|N.H.]] - d. 1905 Chelsea, Suffolk, [[Massachusetts|MA]]), a shoemaker. He was also a Civil War veteran who enlisted May of 1861, and discharged July of 1864, a member of Gen. Lander's G.A.R. Post #5 of Lynn, MA.
* [[Prospect Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) Late 1800's/1909-'''2022+'''
** Gospel Hall Society 1920's-1934; Scripture Truth Church 1934; Prospect Gospel Chapel / Hartford Gospel Chapel 1934-1983; Prospect Bible Chapel 1983-present;
** @ City Mission buildings, 234 Pearl St. +1904+; Asylum St. 1907+; Room 10, 17 Haynes St. +1927+; 576 Prospect Ave. 1934-present;
** c/o Duncan M. Surgenor +1927-1936+; William H. Surgenor +1941+, +1947-1948+; George McGee +1950-1954; Alexander Brown 1955-1963, 1966-1979 (@ Hartford 1955-1963; @ Wapping 1966-1971; @ Vernon 1972-1979); Thomas E. Woods @ Manchester 1980-20122022+
** Elizabeth Smith Wilson (Mrs. T. Ernest Wilson) was commended from this assembly to Angola, as were Gordon Reager & Neil Dougal, evangelists.
** '''1904''' meeting times: Sun Morn 10:30am; Sun Aft Sunday School & Bible Class 12:15pm; Sun Eve 7:30pm Wed Eve Prayer & Address 7:45pm
* [[Manchester Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1988-'''2022+'''
** hive from [[Prospect Bible Chapel, CT|Prospect Bible Chapel]]
** @ Community Y, 78 N. Main St. 1989; @ Burton Dance Studio, 63 Linden St. 1990-2005; Vernon Teen Center, 375 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon 2006-20122022+** c/o Donald R. Woods 1989-2001; Paul Ballasy @ Manchester then Fullington then Ellington 2002-20122022+
* [[Manchester Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) 1905/1909-'''2022+'''
** c/o Pat Gilroy 1987-1989
* [[Community Bible Chapel, Brooklyn CT]] (OB) 1987-'''2022+'''** @ homes 1987+; 385 South St. ?+2016-present
** founders: David Bell & Steve Chuiek;
** c/o David Bell +1991-20122022+
===Woodstock===
* [[Terryville Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) +1911/1977-'''2022+'''
** Waterville Gospel Hall +1927-1950+; Gospel Hall of Waterbury +1954-1990+
** @ Thomason Ave. & Boyden St., Waterville +1936-1950+; Spencer & Phoenix Ave., Waterville +1954-1972+; 34 N. Main St., Terryville +1975-1990+2000; 36 N. Main St., Terryville ?2001-present;
** c/o William Batterton +1927-1968 (@ Waterville +1927-1956+, @ Terryville +1958-1968); Abram Vandenbush @ Terryville 1969-1972, 1975-1983; James C. Batterton @ Bethlehem 1984-2000; William G. Batterton @ Plymouth 2001-2009; Stephen Morin 2010-2022+; Donald Labbe 2010-2022+;
** also see [https://www.facebook.com/Terryville-Gospel-Hall-103619691029639/ TGH's FB]
* [[Wellspring Bible Fellowship, CT]] (OB) 2006-'''2022+'''
** @ Welles Rd. 2006-20122014+; 171 Candlewood Rd.+2016-present;** c/o John Clifford 2006-20122022+; Gary Campbell 2006-20122022+
** also see [https://wellspringbiblefellowship.com/ WBF's website]
** Danbury Gospel Hall (Italian OB) +1936-1968
** @ 10 1/2 Maple Ave. +1936+; 253 Main St. +1941-1947; 203 Main St. 1948-1964; Masonic Hall, 337 Main St. 1965-1968; 23 S. Main St. (?) 1969; 23 South Ave., Danbury (?) 1970-1974; 164 Pocono Rd. 1975-present;
** c/o A. Pizzo @ Danbury +1936-1974; Jack McGrath @ Northville, New Milford 1975-2006; Jim Batterton, Jr. @ Cornwall Bridge 2007-20122022+
** also see [https://brookfieldgospelhall.org/ BGH's website]
===Newtown===
* [[Community Christian Fellowship, CT]] (OB) 1995-'''2022+'''
** Newtown Christian Fellowship 2004-2005, 2007+** @ Scalzo Group building, Bethel; Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St., Newtown 2007-2014+; Scalzo Group building, 2 Stony Hill Rd., Bethel +2016-present;** c/o Mark Ritter @ Sherman 2004-20122022+; Rich Farrington 2007-20122014+; Jack Mills +2016-2022+
** Also see [https://www.communitychristianfellowshipct.com/ CCF website]
** 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 @ East Haven & Guilford 1990-1999; Ken Hardisty 2001-2010; Gregg Bartholomew Joe DePino +2012-2018+; Joe DePino Gregg Bartholomew +2012-2022+;
===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. 1987-2022+present;** c/o Jack Spender @ North Haven +1981-1985; Paul F. Caron @ Southington 1986-1994; David Cetola @ Plymouth 1995-1999; David Anthony Cetola @ Waterbury 2000-2009; Phill Belcher 2009-20122022+
===Derby===
===Hamden===
* [[West Woods Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1931-'''20222020+'''
** 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; Everett Perkins @ Cromwell 1992-1996; John Lukaszewski 1997-2006; Rich Rogozinski @ Cromwell 2007-20122020+
** 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.
** @ 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.
** c/o Ralph Kirchhofer 1979-1986; Peter Herndon 1987-1992; William L. Ewen 1993-2000; Walter T. Van Wyck @ Oxford 2001-20122022+
** also see [http://westvillebiblechapel.com/ WBC's website]
** founders: Paul & Maria Forcucci, Jack & Ruth Spender, John & Foida Monroe, & Juan Torres;
** @ home of Paul Forcucci 1997+; Sheraton Hotel, E. Main St. +2001-2003; St. Margaret McTernen School, 565 Chase Pkwy. 2004; Maloney Magnet School, 233 S. Elm St. 2005-2007; Maloney Magnet School, 75 Bishop St. 2008; West Side Middle School, Chase Parkway 2009-2010+; 1 Dube Ln. +2012-present;
** c/o Paul Forcucci 1997-20122022+; John Monroe 2004-20122022+
* [[Waterbury Italian Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1936-1977
