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At that time the Taylor Avenue Gospel Hall was situated on the summit of Denny Hill, near the present Seattle center. When Denny Hill was sluiced into Puget Sound to make way for a level northward expansion of downtown Seattle in 1930, the assembly purchased and moved into an existing church building nearby at 40th and Whitman Avenue N; they called it Hope Gospel Hall.
The assembly was blessed with a vibrant young people’s group of about 40, out of whose number some were later commended to missionary service, including Ernie and Helen Crabb to Alaska; Dorothy Munce to India; Ken and Helena Fleming to South Africa; Peter Fleming to Ecuador; [[Victor Paul Flint|Paul]] and Helen Flint to Emmaus Bible School; Lloyd and Linda Rogers to Ecuador; and Mark and Carol Mattix to Bolivia. Also, in those decades missionary meetings were easily arranged, and scarcely a week would go by without a visiting missionary exposing the saints to the needs and triumphs of the Gospel in many parts of the world.
Frank Hitchman, Charles Joss, James Greenhill, Ray Knowles, Ray Anderson, and Doug Kazen are some of those who have been active in leadership through the years. Many of the Lord’s servants involved in itinerant ministry visited the assembly during the 1930s to the 1950s, holding week-long evangelistic and ministry meetings, and sometimes special children’s meetings. These men included A. N. O’Brien, George Landis, Alfred Mace, Inglis Fleming (who had moved to Seattle), E. K. Bailey, Walter Purcell, Leonard Sheldrake, Harold Harper, [[Alfred Perks Gibbs|A.P. Gibbs]], and Henry Petersen.
During the 1960s and 70s, the assembly had a Friday night program for kids that drew more than 100 to hear the Gospel. In the 1990s, the assembly produced a weekly half-hour children’s program that aired over the local access cable TV station. About 40 adults were in fellowship in 1996.
Other men active in leadership in the assembly have been John Covert, Charles Smith, Al and Gary Geddes, Robert Smith, and Don Norkoski. The assembly has had several full-time workers over the years: Leroy and Debbie Junker, Jack and Irene Heseltine, Ray and Lynne Wald, Sam and Margaret Stewart, Larry and Wincie Anderson, Peter and Louise Daley, Scott and Marsha Blair. [[Victor Paul Flint|Paul]] and Helen Flint worked in the assembly before moving to Emmaus Bible School.
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