Sunday, July 20, 2014



Reform Church

Reform Church
Saint-Louis, France

"Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly Saint Louis, wasKing of France from 1226 until his death....He is the only canonized king of France;" (Link 3.)

"Saint-Louis is located at the German and Swiss borders, just north ofBasel. The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is situated on its territory.(Link 1.)


Saint Louis, France (Link 1.)


"Swiss International Air Lines is headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis; while the airport is physically in France, the Swiss head office lies in the Swiss zone of the airport, and it may only be accessed from Switzerland." (Link 1.)

The Reform Church with its red door and clock tower is in the marketplace near the airport. 











































































































































Saint-Louis
English Reform Church

"The French Reformed Church (Eglise Réformée de France) was founded in 1938 ; its origins go back to the XVIth century to the reformed Churches which were set up by Jean Calvin, it has succeeded in surviving until the present day. At present, it has more than 350,000 members and belongs to the French Protestant Federation (Fédération Protestante de France)." (Link 2.)

Photos: Taken in June 2014 by Richard Wilson while living and working in 
                 Basel, Switzerland.  His work takes him to the airport in Saint-Louis, 
                 France.
Link 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis,_Haut-Rhin
Link 2: http://www.museeprotestant.org/en/notice/french-reformed-church/
Link 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France



Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)

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