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===1927===
For a time in 1927, there was advertised an upcoming open brethren assembly, in the Faithful Words (OB) assembly address book (pub. in St. Louis) of that year, with John A. Deardorff as the contact.
* Linneas Engle (b. 1862 PA)
In obituaries for Carl & May (Jury) Botz, Christopher (b. 1869 Germany - d. 1946) & Mary Katherine Grimm Schwarz (b. 1872 NY - d. 1959), Fred & Anna (Jury) Peak, and Arrol William Taylor McBoyle (b. 1884 Abilene, KS), they were each noted as involved with a "Plymouth Brethren church" as a church different from Grace & Truth, and may have been part of this split. Fred & Anna (Jury) Peak may have had a connection to the forementioned Judson Alden family thru the Botz line. It is unknown how long this meeting lasted.
===First Baptist Church of Abilene===
Around 1938, Tim Gruen married Lola Mae Cormack and left the [[Newbern Assembly, KS]] for an American Baptist church in Abilene known as First Baptist Church, where they raised their children. Their son T. Lee and his first wife Libby later returned to the assemblies in the late 1970's, to Grace and Truth to raise their own children. Benjamin Jury's son Paul Gruen also left the Newbern assembly for First Baptist of Abilene, as did George Francis McBoyle earlier in 1916.
==1940's==
In 1942, Jay Walden of Minneapolis was in the army at nearby Fort Riley. He fellowshipped at Grace and Truth and was a great help in the assembly. Other men who came to the Chapel from their military bases were Ed Kellner, Toby Brocker, Marvin Studnicka'''(d. 2023)''', and David Silver, and at one point in the 1950's, the area assemblies started basketball teams.
Aug: L&L: George Gray, 2714 E. 36th St., KCMO: “Spent several weeks recently in KS ministering at Abilene, Elm Springs, and Kanorado. Saints are cheered by these visits and encouraged in their efforts to preserve a testimony to the Precious Name.”