Air Force Connection
Two fine Air Force couples stationed at the then Reese Air Force Base met with the house church group between 1962 and 1965, but then transferred on. They were from similar Christian assemblies in Iowa and Colorado, and helped to get a start as FreeWay Bible Chapel.
The Meschkat Family Arrives
Ed Meschkat and wife, Mary Ellen, learned of this in mid-1965 while serving in full time ministry with a similarly gathered group of believers in Florence, South Carolina. A mutual ministering friend from Houston, Texas, informed the Meschkats of this house group, needing help, or face folding up.