The Varhaug Church is a long neo-Gothic church designed by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff and consecrated on 7 December 1904. The church replaced a previous church dating from 1828, which the municipality bought from its owner in 1851. In 1902 the town council decided to build a new church on Odland.
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The Nærbø church, which was inaugurated in 2005, was built when the old wooden church from 1834 became too small for the population. The church was designed by Brandsberg-Dahls Arkitektkontor AS in Stavanger and is built of concrete in a modern style, with a separate bell tower in front of the entrance. The decoration of the church is mainly carried out by Gunnar Torvund.
The Nærbø old church was completed in 1834. The altarpiece was painted by Peter Reimers in 1620 and the church has stained glass windows of Benneche and Larsen from 1934.
Ogna Church was built in 1991 after the previous medieval stone church burnt down in a lightning strike. The church was rebuilt according to the designs of the architects Torsvik and Thesen in Sandnes. The choir section is newly built, as well as the parish hall, kitchen and offices. The medieval church was built in the middle of the 13th century and was a rectangular stone church.
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