Christ Church, Windhoek, Lutheran church in Windhoek, Namibia

Christ Church is a Lutheran church on a traffic island on Robert Mugabe Avenue in Windhoek, opposite the Tintenpalast. It was built from quartz sandstone quarried near Avis Dam and mixes neo-Romanesque, Art Nouveau and Gothic Revival elements. Its spire rises 24 m, while the portico and altar are made of Carrara marble.

Pastor Wilhelm Anz proposed the church in April 1896, and architect Gottlieb Redecker drew the plans. The foundation stone was laid on 11 August 1907, and the church, first called the Church of Peace, was dedicated on 16 October 1910 after the wars between Germans and the Herero, Nama and Ovambo. It was fully renovated in 1971 and declared a national monument in 1978.

The German-speaking congregation gathers here for regular services, maintaining religious practices rooted in the early settlement period. The church serves as a living connection to those traditions today.

The church stands on a traffic island on Robert Mugabe Avenue, opposite the Tintenpalast, in Windhoek-Central. It was fully renovated in 1971 and declared a national monument in 1978. Visitors reach it on foot from the surrounding historic centre.

Three bronze bells cast by Franz Schilling bear inscriptions of glory, peace, and goodwill. The stained glass windows arrived as gifts from Emperor Wilhelm II.