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• • Pulpit: a raised area from where the pastor delivers the sermon
  • Altar: a holy table. It is also an area to kneel and receive Holy Communion or prayer
  • Nave: the central area where people sit
  • Font: a stone or wooden receptacle for baptizing babies.
  • Baptistery/ Baptistry:  a special pool built inside the church which is used to conduct believer’s baptism
• Temple was a common place of worship for Jews in Jerusalem
• A cathedral is the head church in a diocese (group) of churches. 
• • Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions have cathedrals.
• A basilica has aisles on each side of the central area (the nave), a colonnade and an apse at one end (a large open area with a domed or arched roof).
• A church can also be named a basilica by the Pope - usually this is because the building is a pilgrimage site or contains relics of a saint or significant religious object.
• A chapel is a small and usually very simple building.  They are often found in villages.
• Hospitals, airports and funeral homes contain chapels where people can quietly reflect and pray.
• • Many cemeteries, universities and large places of work also contain chapels
• tabernacle was built to contain the Ark of the Covenant (a sacred chest that contained the Ten Commandments, written on tablets of stone)
• but naming a church tabernacle reminds worshippers that the church is a holy place where God should be the focus.
• • The chest or box on a church altar that contains the sacraments for Holy Communion is also referred to as a tabernacle
• Assembly Halls are normally simple halls that have chairs and usually a piano, drums or guitar.  Often these halls are also used during the week by the congregation and community and they are usually found in small towns.