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The Wilshire Ward Chapel, formerly known as the Hollywood Stake Tabernacle, is a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles, California. The building is listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation registry.
The church was designed by Los Angeles architect Chauncey Fitch Skilling, in what architectural critic Sam Hall Kaplan described as "a splendid example of the soaring French Gothic Revival style, with an exterior marked by a stained-glass rose window above the entry and an interior of beam trusses, columns and arches, a carved wood pulpit, chandeliers and oak furnishings."
Los Angeles California Temple: Operating 190,614 sq ft (17,709 m 2) 13 acres (52,609 m 2) March 11, 1956 David O. McKay: edit: 11 Hamilton New Zealand Temple: Operating 45,251 sq ft (4,204 m 2) 86 acres (348,030 m 2) April 20, 1958 David O. McKay: edit: 12 London England Temple: Operating 42,652 sq ft (3,963 m 2) 32 acres (129,499 m 2 ...
The Los Angeles Temple was announced on March 23, 1937, by church president Heber J. Grant, when the church purchased 24.23 acres (98,000 m 2) from the Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company. Construction was to begin soon thereafter, but financial difficulties relating to the Great Depression and World War II delayed its construction.
Shekinah Church was established by Robert Shinn in 1994, initially serving as a religious community for Korean Americans in Los Angeles. [2] Over time, the church expanded its membership and activities. [citation needed] In 2021, Shinn founded 7M Films, a talent management company representing social media influencers, particularly TikTok ...
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles is located at 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, California, United States. It is a member of the United Church of Christ . [ 2 ] Founded in 1867, the church is the city's oldest continuous Protestant congregation. [ 3 ]
Biola's former Los Angeles building: under construction (top) and complete in 1916 (bottom). The church was founded in 1915 by R. A. Torrey. [1] The services were held at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (Biola University), in a 4,000 seat auditorium. [2] [3] [4] J. Vernon McGee was pastor of the church from 1949 to 1970. [5]
The church houses a rebuilt 1911 Murray M. Harris organ that replaced an earlier 1926 Kimball organ. The Murray Harris organ was acquired from St. Paul's Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles where it had been kept in storage after the church's demolition in 1980 due to earthquake damage. The organ was extensively restored and rebuilt, and arrived ...