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See [[Branches of Plymouth Brethren]] to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren"). AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.
The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall [[History]]. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.
====Birmingham====
* [[Birmingham Meeting Room, AL]] (EB) +1903-1905+; (TW) +1966-1973+;
* [[Christian Tabernacle, AL]] (AA/CA OB) '''+1943+ ** 1st African-American assembly in AL'''
* [[Grace Fellowship, AL]] (OB) 1991-1999
* [[North Birmingham Gospel Chapel, AL]] (AA/CA OB) +1948-1968
* [[Wylam Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) 1910?/1927-1935+
** '''1st open brethren assembly in AL'''
** @ home of [[John Watson McLellan]] (1863-1935), 4205 Tenth Ave.
====Graysville====
* [[Westside Believers Chapel, AL]] (OB) 19761974-2010+** @ 1490 1st St. SE, Graysville
====Hoover====
===Walker County===
====Carbon Hill====
* [[Carbon Hill Gospel Hall, AL]] (OB) '''+1927+: ** 2nd open brethren assembly in AL'''
** no meeting in 1927
** c/o G.S. Treadway
==Montgomery County (Montgomery metro)==
===Montgomery===
* [[Montgomery Meeting Room, AL]] (EB) '''+1889: +** first assembly in Alabama (Exclusive)'''
=Southwestern AL=
