At its best, church architecture accents the beauty of light and shadow, space and shape. This doesn’t mean that every sanctuary looks the same. I’ve worshiped in a school cafeteria, a thatched-roof hut, a stone cathedral with soaring ceilings, and a tiny country church, and in each place the worshipers thoughtfully sought to make their space beautiful, knowing that God is worthy to be worshiped in and through beauty.