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Ålgård Church

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Location
  
Gjesdal, Rogaland

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Consecrated
  
15 March 2015

Opened
  
2015

Phone
  
+47 51 61 49 40

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Functional status
  
Active

Capacity
  
430

Status
  
Parish church

Ålgård Church

Address
  
Kyrkjeveien 21, 4330 Ålgård, Norway

Similar
  
Oltedal Church, Gjesdal Church, Frøyland og Orstad Church, Dirdal Church, Orre Church

Ålgård Church (Norwegian: Ålgård kirke) is a parish church in Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålgård. The church is part of the Ålgård parish in the Jæren deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The church was built in 2015 to replace the Old Ålgård Church which was then too small for the congregation. The church was consecrated on 15 March 2015 by the Bishop Erling Johan Pettersen. The 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft) church was built at a cost of 54.5 million kr.

On the upper floor is the sanctuary, vestry, two larger meeting rooms, and a smaller room. There is room for 430 people in the sanctuary, but the large doors in the back can be opened up to the entry hall and adjoining rooms, giving the church a maximum capacity of 600. A 12.5-metre (41 ft) high altarpiece designed by Tor Lindrupsen stands at the front of the church. On the lower floor is the 180-square-metre (1,900 sq ft) kitchen, dining hall, church offices, seminar rooms, utility rooms, and closets.

References

Ålgård Church Wikipedia