German Speaking Evangelical Church, Tehran

Interior of the German Speaking Church in Tehran (2011)

The German Speaking Evangelical Church is an expatriate community church in Tehran, Iran.

The German Speaking Evangelical Congregation in Iran (Evangelische Gemeinde Deutscher Sprache in Iran) was founded by expatriates in 1957. It is affiliated to the Evangelical Church in Germany. The congregation acquired a plot and built its church in 1961. The church is a brick structure without tower seating up to 120 people.

The building is located at Shahid Sheydayi Street 123/1 in the Gholhak area of northern Tehran which was a center of German speaking residents of Teheran up to the 1979 revolution, near to the then German School and other community institutions.

It was founded by Protestant Christians from Germany, Switzerland and Austria residing in Iran. Since the Iranian revolution this is the only expatriate Protestant church in Tehran and is also serving English speakers. Services are conducted in the German language on Fridays. The first Friday in the month has an English language service as well.

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