Beautiful Calvinist Meeting Houses

[SinnerInTheHands]

Old First Reformed Church sanctuary in Park Slope Brooklyn

Far too papist for my tastes.

 

[heatedmonk]

I don't have permission to take their photos, so here's a link to what Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia, PA looks like on the inside.

This is the best I could do for what it looks like outside.

And this is what it looked like with the steeple.

Lovely. The steeple is impressive as well. Solo deo Glorio on the pews is a nice touch. Glory to God alone.

 

[heatedmonk]

I didn't think architecture affiliated.

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

First Congregational Church of Bennington, Vermont

Avon Congregational Church, Connecticut

Best I could find online of the interior:

First Congregational Church in Nantucket:

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

I didn't think architecture affiliated.

I was referring to the stained glass, images, &c.

 

[heatedmonk]

Ah, I see. Thanks.
I love stained glass.

 

[JM]

A very simplistic gathering for worship. Would this count as a beautiful house of worship?

 

[St_Worm2]

St. Pierre Cathedral (in Geneva, Switzerland, where John Calvin preached)

Part of the Reformation Wall (Post Tenebras Lux). St. Peter's is at the top of the hill behind Farel, Calvin, Beze & Knox

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

A very simplistic gathering for worship. Would this count as a beautiful house of worship?

More of an a cappella guy myself, but yes, that counts!

 

[heatedmonk]

Gorgeous pictures St_Worm2! Makes me want to take a European tour of such places.

 

[St_Worm2]

Gorgeous pictures St_Worm2! Makes me want to take a European tour of such places.

Hi HM, if you can go, by all means, go I feel so incredibly blessed to have been there, and I would go back in a heartbeat if the opportunity presented itself again. I was visiting family in Germany and also went to places like Worms (and stood where Luther did when he faced the Diet).

Ligonier is leading a 6 day "Footsteps of John Calvin" tour over there next year, with a 7 day Rhine River study cruise included, but there are many other ways to see it all (and it's easy enough to do it all on your own in Europe if you plan carefully).

Let me know if you decide to go and I can tell you what I thought was most fascinating, and how my wife and I got to see all that we did.

--David

 

[heatedmonk]

I shall. Thank you.

 

[JM]

I hope to post some of these images with quotations on social media soon. Love these old Reformed buildings!

 

[JimmyH]

The photo in the original post ........ is that Mel Gibson, graven image maker extradonaire ? An odd choice for a thread devoted to observance of the 2nd commandment. IMHO.

 

[bbbbbbb]

The photo in the original post ........ is that Mel Gibson, graven image maker extradonaire ? An odd choice for a thread devoted to observance of the 2nd commandment. IMHO.

And this -

 

[JM]

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Blackshear, GA

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4.24

We worship God - not in Judea and Samaria - not in a beautifully adorned "temples" or buildings - but in Spirit and in Truth!

Amen.

 

[JM]

 

[bbbbbbb]

 

[JM]

Very nice!

 

[JM]

With all the lockdowns will we still meeting houses and church buildings? Will be all be attending small home churches?

My church has 5 services on Sunday, 10 people at a time and we are making do but the building sits empty all week long. Seems so wasteful.