Christian Places of Worship

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Christian Places of Worship

(a) Visit two local Christian places of worship. Using pictures and/or diagrams describe and explain the main features of the building and their furnishings.

(b) Explain the significance of these features and furnishings for the worshipper and how they reflect and assist belief.

(c) 'You do not need to go to a place of worship to be a Christian.'

Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view.

Suppose you asked a dedicated Christian whether or not they regularly attended Church the answer that you would probably get would be yes. However some Christians do not go to Church but express their faith in other ways. Although we normally think of Christians going to a public place of worship such as a church or chapel to share their belief with other Christians and to learn more about their faith this is not always the case because you can still be Christian without actually going to church or a similar place of worship at all.

Some Christians or Christian groups believe that a church or a similar place