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Genesis 28: 12, 16-17

   "The House of God"

Jacob identifies a specific location as the dwelling place of God.

 

Acts 7: 48-50

   "The House of the Church"

Stephen martyred for asserting that God does not live in a specific location.

 

Re-pitching the Tent

    Richard Giles
Very direct and useful advice on, as its subtitle says,  "reordering the church building for worship and mission".  Giles clearly states the connection between building and ministry.

Building for Effective Mission

    Kennon L. Callahan
  Another very strong statement of the connection between mission and building, and of the importance to a church of expanding its mission as it expands its building.

Protestant Worship and Church Architecture

    James F. White
  This book presents a history of worship and the wide variety of buildings that have been constructed to accommodate it.  It offers little explicit advice for present and future, but it does provide historical justification for almost any worship configuration one can imagine.

A Pattern Language

    Christopher Alexander
  A book about how buildings can be designed to encourage positive experiences and personal interactions.  For instance, Pattern #102 describes how making the offices,  nursery, sanctuary, and fellowship hall visible from the entry will make a church more welcoming to newcomers, because they can easily find their way.

How Buildings Learn

    Stewart Brand
  Some interesting perspectives on how buildings grow and change.  Suggestions on how buildings can meet unknown future needs.
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