The Architectural Setting of Christian Worship:
Exploring the Intersection of Architecture, Theology, and Worship

In early February, the Institute for Reformed Worship of Erskine Theological Seminary presented this conference at IPC. Click on the titles below to download each session.

Dr. David Gobel
Temple or Meetinghouse? Church Building in Historical Perspective
A look at various approaches to church building in relation to theology and liturgy throughout history.

Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place, O Lord of Hosts (Psalm 84:1)

Dr. David Gobel
Architectural Hermeneutics
An approach to ‘reading' architecture as a built language (style, typology, ornament and representation).

Dr. Terry Johnson
The Stones Cry Out: Architecture and Theology

Dr. David Gobel
The Architectural Setting of Christian Worship
A Reformed approach to church architecture as appropriate for the celebration of Word, Sacraments, Prayer and Singing, including some discussion of the use of representational art and symbols in the place of Christian worship.

Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old
Architecture and the Holy Spirit (Exodus 31:1-11)

Dr. David Gobel
The City of God in the City of Man
An examination of the public witness of church architecture as civic architecture.

Dr. Mark E. Ross
Images of Divine Things