Coonalpyn Lutheran Church (also called Coonalpyn Redeemer Lutheran Church) is a
Lutheran church in the Australian state of
South Australia located in
Coonalpyn. It is reported as being the largest church in the Coonalpyn Lutheran Parish which has congregations in
Tintinara
Tintinara is a town located in the Murray and Mallee region of the South East of South Australia.
The town is situated on the Dukes Highway and the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. It is in The Coorong District Council local government area, t ...
and
Meningie. Built in 1953,
it was the first Lutheran church in Australia to have both ''Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia'' (ELCA) and ''United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia'' (UELCA) congregations worship in the same building before the two Synods
amalgamated in 1966.
Stained glass window
The stained glass in the
Narthex contains in its centre, the
Luther rose. Below, sheafs of wheat and a lamb. Also, the symbols , Greek for
Jesus Christ, conquers (or victorious).
Image:Cynluthchurch1.jpg, Building of the Coonalpyn Lutheran Church in the 1950s
Image:Cynluthchurch2.jpg, The church's altar
Image:Cynluthchurch4.jpg, Church's stained glass window in the narthex
See also
*
Lutheran Church of Australia
References
External links
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Coonalpyn (Coonalpyn Website)
Lutheran churches in Australia
20th-century Lutheran churches
Churches in South Australia
20th-century churches in Australia
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