Sørnes Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

58°54′45″N 5°40′38″E / 58.912395°N 5.67717°E / 58.912395; 5.67717LocationSola Municipality,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1977Consecrated1977ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Tor SørensenArchitectural typeCruciformCompleted1977SpecificationsCapacity240MaterialsBrickAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeaneryTungenes prostiParishSørnes

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID85056

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]

References

^ "Sørnes kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "Sørnes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 18 October 2020.