Sørnes Church | |
Fullname: | Sørnes kirke |
Coordinates: | 58.9124°N 5.6772°W |
Location: | Sola Municipality, Rogaland |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Stavanger bispedømme |
Parish: | Sørnes |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1977 |
Consecrated Date: | 1977 |
Completed Date: | 1977 |
Architect: | Tor Sørensen |
Architectural Type: | Cruciform |
Materials: | Brick |
Capacity: | 240 |
Sørnes Church (Norwegian: Sørnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørnes. It is the church for the Sørnes parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large, brick church was built in a cruciform design in 1977 using designs by the architect Tor Sørensen. The church seats about 240 people, but it has movable walls which can enlarge the sanctuary to seat about 500 people.[1] [2] [3]