Box CHOG 176

Began in 1897 with prayer meetings in homes of 3 sisters. Soon there was a tent meeting held with Willis and Charles Brown as evangelists. Parsenage purchased under leadership of A. G. Ahrendt.

Bengtson found CHOG through reading material published by the Swedish Gospel Trumpet. The church began as a Sunday school, revivals were conducted and building lots were given to church.

Nannie Newville hosted ministers in her home in Iowa. Letter is basically only a list of names.

After reading the November 12, 1949 issue of the Gosepel trumpet, Nannie Lipper Newville became concerned about pioneer ministers being forgotten. Newville wrote to Editor Brown to make sure they will not be forgotten.

The personal history of F. A. Newville as given by Nannie Lipper Newville. Includes childhood, marriage, people of influence, preaching, meeting D. S. Warner, conversion, and retirement.

The church played an important role in the spiritual development of the town. The first location was in the home of Hannah Fisbaugh. It also contains a list of early and later pastors as well as the churches built.

This information came from a man in Colorado. The first service was held in the courthouse in the summer of 1925, approximately. Includes the location of churches.

First letter is written by Laura A. Brinley in 1949, stating that Brother O. L. Brinley was responsible for establishing many churches in the area, both directly and indirectly. The second letter is from the Gospel Trumpet, April 1939, of the obituary of Brother Brinley.

Includes the buildings, the influential people of the church, and the first minutes from the first ministerial assembly in Northwest Kansas.

The congregation began with a revival and became one of the leading churches in Liberal, KS. States the locations of the group as well as that the group is financially and spiritually sound.