Bethesda Lutheran Church, Pine Lawn

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I stumbled across this interesting church on my way somewhere else, and I stopped to take a closer look at it.

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Constructed in 1949 for Bethesda Lutheran Church, it has now become the home of Faith Lutheran Church since 2019 when the latter congregation relocated from its original location at 3060 Lucas and Hunt Road.

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The church is an interesting mix of a sort of Modernist Gothic Revival but also includes a nod to Spanish Revival-Mission Revival belfry. It reminds me of a church I have seen in East Peoria, Illinois (third photo).

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Consolidation and sharing of church buildings, I suspect, will become more common in the future as more mainline denominations look to divest of costly sanctuaries.

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