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History of Langley Christian Assembly​

The Langley Christian Assembly now meeting in Murrayville had its start in the home of the Langley pioneer farming family, William and Kathleen (Katie) Brown as the Langley Gospel Hall. The Browns came from Stratford on Avon, England (William) and Ontario (Katie) in the late 1800’s. They moved to Langley in 1910 and purchased a 30-acre farm on the southwest corner of 200th Street and the Fraser Highway.

 

They soon began a Sunday School in their home. In 1912, two evangelists, Mr. J. J. Rouse and Mr. C. Summers, came and held gospel meetings for a few weeks in a tent on the site of Keith Beadle Motors and the site of the B and K Economy Store. As a result of these meetings, a group of Christians began to gather in the home of Mr. William Brown which was the beginning of the Langley Christian Assembly. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were known as Christians who practiced what they preached. Alice Brown, their daughter, was a well-known schoolteacher, and the Alice Brown Elementary School in Brookswood is named after her.
In 1931, the first Gospel Hall was built on the Brown farm property in one day! Mr. S. E. Mathews, who was there at the time, recorded that:

"Good Friday – at 7.00 a.m. a start was made. By 7.00 p.m. the building was complete. Roof on, chimney built. Windows and doors all finished, and only a little inside plastering to be added. All completed in one day. About thirty men; several capable builders amongst them"
 

As the assembly grew, the location had become a busy business intersection and by 1970, a move was made to the present location at 4775 – 221st Street in Murrayville. The building was enlarged in the 1990’s to accommodate the needs of a growing congregation.

Looking back over the more than 100-year history of the assembly, there have been a lot of changes in the Langley area but the gospel message has remained the same, “good news of salvation” that was proclaimed in 1910.