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In 1949, the little assembly had opportunity to buy a substantial church building. This property with an adjoining corner lot at 64th and Drexel Streets was acquired, and the assembly was incorporated as South Side Gospel Assembly. The assembly numbered twenty seven at the time of the move. Visitors, preachers, and teachers from other assemblies were given a hearty welcome. Groups from Bethany Chapel at Wheaton and Emmaus Bible School helped in the ministry.
The South Side Gospel Assembly carried on outpost work that developed into Westlawn Gospel Chapel (by 1957), on South St. Louis Street near 21st, under the leadership of LeRoy Yates, Melvin Banks, and Harvey Rollerson. The Lighthouse Gospel Chapel was another branch-out from the South Side Gospel Assembly. From the Westlawn Gospel Chapel came Roseland Bible Church, the Christ Community Church in Chicago, and the Family Gospel Chapel of Bangor, Michigan. Donovan Case dubbed this the "Cadillac of assemblies" in his 2016 history of African-American brethren.
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