St Luke's Church, Ilford, is a

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, east London. It is dedicated to

Saint Luke Luke the Evangelist was one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Prominent figu ...

. It originated as a temporary mission built in the parish of St Clement's in 1909. E T Dunn designed its permanent stone and redbrick church building in a

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imitation of

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- he also designed St Barnabas' Church, Woodford Wells. The permanent St Luke's was consecrated in 1915, consisting of an aisled nave and transepts - the planned chancel to complete its

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ground plan was never built. The church's mission district was upgraded to a parish the year after the permanent church's consecration, with the

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vested in the

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and the old mission church converted into the parish hall. The church was severely damaged in 1940 during the

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and its reconstruction was only completed in 1954, with the congregation worshipping in the 1909 church hall in the interim. In 1983 it was re-orientated, moving the liturgical east end to the church's geographical west end and adding meeting rooms, a kitchen, toilets and a chapel within the geographical east end. In 1998 the church was redecorated. The Marthoma Church currently worships on a Sunday.They are

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people originating from the

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state of Kerala.

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Christian organizations established in 1909

Luke Luke may refer to: People and fictional characters * Luke (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Luke (surname), including a list of people with the name * Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luk ...

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