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"And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." - Acts 2:42

Many photos courtesy of Debbie Romero

Southside Bible Chapel

A Center for Fellowship, Worship, & Biblical Studies

Southside Bible Chapel is a non-denominational fellowship of Christians who attempt to follow the New Testament example for the local church.

If you would like to join us in the worship of our blessed Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, and receive edification from the verse by verse expository teaching from the word of God, we welcome you to our chapel. Please see our Assembly Information page for our service times and other special events, such as our annual Bible Conferences.

Our Chapel is located at:

4256 W. Congress Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506

Chapel Phone number: 337-989-8928




	Southside Bible Chapel A Retrospect: by William O. Walker The Late 1930s brought war-clouds over the low Countries of Europe. The German Wehrmacht was poised to rumble into the helpess Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg. Assembly missionaries, A. Paul and Gladys Duchesneau and Clyde and Elizabeth Shannon, gave pause to their ardent labors in the French language in Belgium. They pondered leaving the low Countries while it was possible rather than wait for a fate similar to Corrie Ten Boom. They prayed and researched for an alternative field for their labors in the French language and settled on Louisiana. Arriving in a community adjoining Lafayette and St. Martinville, these families began an assembly in a former bank building. The missionary efforts of the Duchesneaus and the Shannons were blessed of God. Many were brought to Christ through the French radio broadcasts, and others reached through a colportage library work distributing books and tracts. Other believers were drawn to the simplicity of the New Testament church pattern taught and practiced by the missionaries. The services soon became bilingual and moved to nearby Lafayette. A building was secured and named Bible Chapel. Through the war years many gifted brothers visited the assembly to minister including Professor C. Theodore Schwarze from Yonkers, New York, author of the widely-read Science and the Bible. At the end of the war the Duchesneaus returned to Montreal to begin a work in the French language there; and the Shannons were given passage to Belgian Congo to labor in the French language. Brother Vernon B. Schlief who was then involved in a work among members of the armed services in New Orleans, was called upon to support the Lafayette assembly with itinerant ministry. Young men associated with brother Schlief's work responded, commuting to Lafayette each weekend. Stan Hanna, now a missionary to Honduras, and I traveled this trip often. Southside Bible Chapel today is housed in a large 14,000 square foot building on two acres. This commodius building hosts an annual Bible Conference in the fall and enjoys visitors from surrounding states often numbering over a hundred. The facility served as a shelter for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The assembly joined in an outreach to West Central Alabama in the 1950s, helping to establish assemblies there. Today Mr. Thomas Wheeler serves as an itinerant teacher commended by Southside Bible Chapel. His ministry carries him to assemblies over the United States and Canada. William O. Walker, Assembly Correspondent 103 Robert Drive Lafayette, Louisiana 337-232-6577

Andrew Ministries Update

We thank those who attended our
February, 2008 session.

The Schedule for our next session will be announced soon. Please see the Andrew Ministries page for information as it becomes available.

Audio -Video Page Update

We are pleased to announce that
our Media page has been updated
with a new audio / video player, which
will make navigation of and viewing
and listening to our messages easier.
We hope you enjoy the player. New
content will be added to the player as
they become available.
If you wish to be notified by email when
new content has been added, you may
do so by contacting Mike Romero at
miker107@hotmail.com and request to
be added to the list. When new audio or
video files are added to the player you
will be notified by email.

Our 2007 Fall Bible Conference with
Mike Attwood is now in our media
player for viewing. Mike gave a series
of four messages from the book of
John, chapters 13 through 16.
Throughout these chapters we learn
some vital lessons for the Church, as
we live our lives here on this earth in
anticipation of the glorious return of
our Lord and Savior.

Our media player is now updated with the entire verse-by-verse study through the book of Hebrews with Thomas Wheeler.
These studies are in audio format only, so that the files will be more accessible for those on a dial-up connection.

Thomas has also begun a verse-by-verse study through the book of Daniel. The first two sessions have already been posted with more to follow as the studies progress.