Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh

Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (18 June, 2011)


Church of St John the Divine (GPS: 4.6015, 101.07587) is the main Anglican chuch in Ipoh, Perak. Known informally as St John's Church, it is located at St John's Road, a minor road off Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab, across from the St Michael's Institution. St John's Church building was completed in 1912, under the leadership of Reverend J.P. Parry. It has a knave measuring 72 ft long. During the Japanese Occupation of Second World War, there was religious suppression. The church was forcefully converted into a noodle factory.

After the war, it reverted to being a place of worship. John Hayter was instrumental in the abolishment of the chaplaincy system and the establishment of the parochial church council in 1947 where the various ethnic communities, including the Europeans, Tamils land Chinese have a representation.

Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (18 June, 2011)


Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (18 June, 2011)


Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (19 August, 2006)


Entrance to the Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (18 June, 2011)


Doorway of the Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (18 June, 2011)


Services in progress at the Church of St John the Divine, Ipoh (18 June, 2011)


Commemorative plaque for the bell of the Church of St John the Divine (18 June, 2011)
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The Church of St John the Divine is on the Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab

The Church of St John the Divine is on the Map of Ipoh Old Town

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