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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), [[Henry Allan Ironside|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).
==1927 split==