Architecture Iglesia ni Cristo

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iglesia ni cristo church buildings serve places of worship , used other religious functions. these described culture , customs of philippines, book published greenwood publishing group, structures employ exterior neo-gothic vertical support columns tall narrow windows between, interlocking trapezoids, , rosette motifs, tower , spires. there multiple entrances leading main sanctuary, males , females sit on either side of aisle facing dais sermons made. choir loft located behind dais, , in larger churches, baptistry pools immersion baptism located @ of church. meanwhile, fernando nakpil-zialcita, anthropologist ateneo de manila university, said inc churches can uniquely identified exuberant use of fanciful forms , ornaments [and a] brilliant white facade silhouette cusped gothic arch or flattened saracenic arch. distinctive spires represent reaching out of faithful god. prominent architects, such juan nakpil (a national artist of philippines architecture) , carlos a. santos-viola, had been involved in designing inc churches while engineering , construction department of inc, established in 1971, oversees uniformity in design of church buildings.


the first chapel built on gabriela street in tondo, manila in 1918, fashioned out of sawali (woven leaf panels), nipa , wood, typified style , materials of chapels. after world war ii, inc began build concrete chapels, first of these in washington (maceda), sampaloc, manila completed in 1948. next came chapel , former official residence of executive minister in san juan, rizal (now san juan city, part of metropolitan manila). complex in san juan designed juan nakpil. central temple opened on july 27, 1984, can accommodate 7,000 persons, , cost us$2 million designed carlos a. santos-viola. central temple features octagonal spires, fine latticework , ribbed windows. recent buildings variations on designs of central temple. these designed accommodate 250 1,000 persons while larger churches in metro manila , provincial capitals can accommodate 3,000 persons.


inc churches outside philippines acquired different religions undergo intensive renovations meet standard of worship services. since of inc churches abroad acquired different religions, there significant variation 1 house of worship another.








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