Wikipedia's first sentence called it “protestant church in the american or german colony in jaffa”. Today it says “protestant church in the american–german colony neighbourhood of tel aviv in israel”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
The church was built in 1904 for the benefit of the German Evangelical community, which it served until its dissolution at the onset of World War II in 1940. In 1955, the Lutheran World Federation transferred control of the church building to the Norwegian Church Ministry to Israel [ no ] , and a new congregation started taking shape. Today the church is used by a variety of Protestant denominations, including the Messianic movement. " "Beit Immanuel and Immanuel Church" on Holy Land Pilgrimages" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Immanuel Church is a Protestant church in the American or German Colony in Jaffa , a locality of Tel Aviv-Yafo in Israel . Today it serves a Lutheran congregation of the Norwegian Church Ministry to Israel . The church building dates back to 1904 and its first Protestant congregation to 1858. The church building is located on Rechov Beer-Hofmann #15.
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Immanuel Church ( , Knesiyat Immanu'el; ; ) is a Protestant church in the American–German Colony in Tel Aviv , Israel .It was built in 1904.In 1955, the Lutheran World Federation transferred control of the church to the no .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Immanuel Church ( , Knesiyat Immanu'el; ; ) is a Protestant church in the American–German Colony neighbourhood of Tel Aviv - Jaffa in Israel .The church was built in 1904 for the benefit of the German Evangelical community, which it served until its dissolution at the onset of World War II in 1940.In 1955, the Lutheran World Federation transferred control of the church building to the Norwegian Church Ministry to Israel [ no ] , and a new congregation started taking shape.Today the church is used by a variety of Protestant denominations as well as by Messianic Jews .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Immanuel Church ( , Knesiyat Immanu'el; ; ) is a Protestant church in the American–German Colony neighbourhood of Tel Aviv in Israel . The church was built in 1904 for the benefit of the German Evangelical community, which it served until its dissolution at the onset of World War II in 1940. In 1955, the Lutheran World Federation transferred control of the church building to the Norwegian Church Ministry to Israel [ no ] , and a new congregation started taking shape. Today the church is used by a variety of Protestant denominations, including the Messianic movement." "Beit Immanuel and Immanuel Church" on Holy Land Pilgrimages" .
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protestant church in the american or german colony in jaffa
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protestant church in the american–german colony neighbourhood of tel aviv in israel
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