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That one was to preach the gospel in a home in the Irving Park district to a group of Swedes who wanted to hear the Word in English. He was invited back again and again. Boston brethren supplied a tent, and after graduation he preached in it, until a mission was established at Irving Park Road and Central Avenue. About a year of continuous ministry resulted in the planting of the Irving Park assembly in a building at 5614 Dakin Street.
The work expanded over the years and in 1951 the assembly built [[Norwood Gospel Chapel, IL|Norwood Gospel Chapel]] at Foster and Nagle[5155 N. Nagle St.], where today there are about 175 in fellowship. Thirty brethren remained to carry on at Dakin Street, the work there being known now as [[Portage Park Gospel Hall, IL|Portage Park Gospel Hall]] (which folded later)."
=Early Leadership=
