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The church is an example of man’s search for shelter and union through religion. The complex that includes church, chapel, parish house and boarding, assembles four congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Venezuela and the Congregation of the Latvian Church in Diaspora, regularly officiating ceremonies in German, Hungarian and Spanish. The project by Bornhorst and Neuberger won a competition of 14 proposals. The church, the main volume, is a 350 m2 hexagonal building with capacity for 250 people, supported by concrete bearing walls and accompanied by a tall triangular free-standing bell tower. Its symmetrical scheme is arranged from a central hallway, emphasizing the view toward the stained glass window by a Bavarian artist, showing the crucifixion scene. The stained glass was chosen through a competition, where Marc Chagall’s proposal was rejected for being too modern. The slightly raised altar differs subtly from the rhomboid granite floor finish of the rest of the build-ing. The wood-lined gabled roof, protagonist of the interior space, rises towards the back, allowing the mezzanine to act as a marquee to the entrance and to house an organ built by the prestigious German firm E.F. Walcker and Company, whose remarkable sound accompanies the ceremonies.
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