‘After the hymn, the minister will ascend the stairs into the pulpit for the Scripture reading, pastoral prayer, and sermon.’ What role does the physical pulpit have in a local church? For most of my life, I attended churches where the pulpit was moved around, wheeled in, carried out, or was a simple music stand. Thoughts about the pulpit – it’s role, placement, and significance – weren’t something I had given much time to yet. But as I began preaching in different churches (in Canada, Scotland, and the United States of America), and as my work took me to visit different churches around the United Kingdom and North America, I began to notice the church pulpit more.
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