Check out this slideshow of modernist churches around the world.
Having grown up Methodist, I was intrigued by this gallery of United Methodist Churches.
An illustrative factoid from Hamburg.
Steeplescapes in Bogota, some unidentified Oklahoma location, and Camden and Wiscassett, Maine.
More ecclesial eye candy via ChurchThatMoves.
Enjoy.
UPDATE: Many thanks to Pat for pointing me to The Steeplechase. Be sure to notice the beautiful hen-and-chicks detail in the Holy Family window at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Sutton, Nebraska. Actually, this is a fascinating miscellany of Nebraska churches; as Pat notes, this blogger has visited and photographed churches of all kinds across the midwest.
From Maclin Horton, a noteworthy Methodist church in Alabama.
My husband reminds me to include the Cathedral of the Plains, in Victoria, Kansas.
From T.B. Root, more images of First Christian Church of Columbus, Indiana, included in the modernist-church slideshow.
ALSO:
The ol’ I&C Church Challenge, with more links
Tourism of the Non-Armchair Sort: If you’re in or near or planning a trip to Washington, DC, this fall, you might drop in at the National Building Museum to see this photographic exhibit of storefront churches, open through November 29.
October 15th, 2009 | 5:23 pm
Looks like this guy covers all sorts of churches in Nebraska and the midwest: http://www.thesteeplechase.org
Too bad he hasn’t posted any actual churches in a while. :(
October 15th, 2009 | 9:52 pm
Beautiful churches and thank you for showing them to me.
As far as I can ever remember, I’ve always thought that if I felt or believe that I was in danger, I would try to find the nearest church and stay there until I felt safe again.
I no longer wait for that fridge feeling cause I try to go everyday when I can. Go Figure!
God Bless,
Peace
October 15th, 2009 | 11:53 pm
My favorite Methodist Church:
http://panikon0.tripod.com/id19.html
October 16th, 2009 | 12:03 am
I really feel comforted when I look at these churches. They are witnesses to faith and to Christ’s presence in the world. Even the ugly modern ones (although I think a few of the modern ones are beautiful). Their solidity is there , no matter how much “the heathen rage.” I think there must be a lot of people who have gone inside the nearest church when they found themselves in trouble or lost. They have a feminine, mothering presence.
October 16th, 2009 | 9:30 pm
Sally! For what “IT” is worth, I hope that you and your family are feeling better.
I’m sure that all of God’s Churches feel the same way. :)
God Bless
October 16th, 2009 | 9:36 pm
Featured in the modernist churches slide show is First Christian Church of Columbus, Indiana, built in 1942, designed by Eliel Saarinen. Here are some good pictures of it: http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/colselsaar/elsaar.html
Check out the main entrance doors, and the handsome sanctuary which has lovely abstract tapestries designed by the architect. (Unfortunately you can’t really see the tapestries in the pictures.)
October 17th, 2009 | 9:05 am
Thanks so much for this gloss on the slideshow. I was a bit frustrated by the brevity of many of the captions. I’ll post your link so that people can access it.
I am fascinated by twentieth-century architecture, though beyond the obvious Frank Lloyd Wright stuff, I don’t know that much about it. Thanks again for the further details and images.
October 17th, 2009 | 9:18 am
Thank you, Victor, everyone is feeling much better. My eleven-year-old is currently camping with the Boy Scouts at Kings Mountain, SC, in the rain, so I hope he won’t come home with another round of something.
And yes, we too try to go to church as close to every day as we can manage. In fact, it’s one of the felicities of living in a small town, and belonging to an even smaller parish, that people have missed us at daily Mass in the last two weeks and called with offers of chicken soup, drugstore runs, etc. Fortunately we haven’t really needed anything, but as relative newcomers, we’ve been beyond moved by their kindness. Yesterday our *priest* called us from the grocery-store parking lot to see if he could bring us anything.
I’ve put up pictures of our parish church here before, and it’s not one of your architectural marvels of the world by a long shot. But I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be.
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