Voie Church () is a

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of the

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Kristiansand Municipality Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

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county,

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. It is located in the Møvik neighborhood in the district of

Voiebyen Voiebyen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The district has a population of about 6,000 people in 2014 and it is a part of the borough of Vågsbygd in the southwestern part of the city. The district of Vågsbygd li ...

in the borough of

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in the city of Kristiansand. It is the church for the Voie

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which is part of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch-

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) in the

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. The red, brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 1990 using plans drawn up by the

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Arild Lauvland. The church seats about 300 people, but it can be expanded to about 500 people.

History

Voie parish was separated from Vågsbygd parish in 1978. The foundation stone was laid on 8 May 1982. The first construction phase was to complete a temporary church on the site and this was

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d on 12 December 1982. By 1989, enough funds had been raised to begin the second construction phase which was to construct the permanent (much larger) church. The new building was

d on 10 June 1990. In 2012, the church was expanded to include more office space as well as a new parking area to the east and a new cemetery to the south.

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History

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