Inward-facing Seating

Perspective note

Comparative historical/source study. The original author's or church's reception is retained; inclusion does not make every claim Oriental Orthodox teaching.

Key points

• Seats face other worshippers around the centre, as documented at Wandsworth.
• Bench and chair forms, counts and spacing here are illustrative.
• Britain Yearly Meeting; Wandsworth Quaker Meeting; London, England. Contemporary unprogrammed meeting. This is an unprogrammed British example. Programmed and pastoral Friends use other forms of worship. Quaker beliefs and identities vary, and not all Friends describe themselves as Protestant or Christian.
• Coordinates, dimensions, materials, room envelope, seat counts and unspecified furniture placement are illustrative rather than surveyed measurements. Teaching sources establish practices, not architectural dimensions. Service equipment is temporary where labeled.

Sources and further reading

• Quakers in Britain — How Quakers worship — Meeting for worship; seating and books (First-party denominational or congregational evidence)
• Wandsworth Quaker Meeting — Your First Time (with interior photographs) — Meeting room, inward-facing seats, central table, books, access and spoken ministry (First-party denominational or congregational evidence)

Related records

• Central Reading Table (Church Architecture)
• Meeting in Stillness (Church Architecture)