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教会采用彩色玻璃窗 或吸引年轻一代回归

教会采用彩色玻璃窗 或吸引年轻一代回归

一家教会建筑公司注意到,教会使用彩色玻璃窗或许不再是一件守旧的事。

尽管目前彩色玻璃窗行业持续下滑,在美国年轻人中所作的调查则显示,彩色玻璃窗会经历回归。

周一,建筑师德里克·格鲁特(Derek DeGroot)与一家专门研究教堂建筑的公司Aspen Group在谈到当前趋势时向基督邮报解释了这一点。

格鲁特说,“尽管一些宗派依循传统仍然使用彩色玻璃窗,而在不久前,由我们设计并建造的很多主流新教宗派中,使用彩色玻璃窗的明显下降。不过,有新的讨论说彩色玻璃窗更受年轻一代的喜爱。”

他引用了巴纳集团(Barna Group)最近的调查,调查发现千禧一代更喜欢传统样式的圣殿,而非时尚建筑。

格鲁特说,“似乎好莱坞对教会的描述一向是传统的样式(想想大教堂),不参加教会的人不熟悉90后及00后的‘超大型教会’,他们与当今的建筑和传统教会建筑风格严重脱节。模棱两可的设计让新一代很困惑,他们希求建筑环境和内在的信仰在视觉上更清晰。”

去年八月,巴纳集团和基石知识网络(Cornerstone Knowledge Network)对843名18-29岁的年轻人所做的在线调查发现,67%的人选择“经典的”(classic)这个词来描述他们的理想教会。只有33%的人倾向于将时尚的教会作为他们的理想型。

巴纳副主席,也是此次调查的主要设计者克林特·詹金博士(Clint Jenkin)在去年11月份发布的一份声明中说,“我们很容易过分简化千禧一代与神圣场所的关系。多数千禧一代并不寻找迎合流行文化口味的教会。他们想要的是能将他们带入更深意义的团体。”

格鲁特最近对基督邮报的评论响应了越来越少教会使用彩色玻璃窗的事实。

《华尔街日报》的提摩太·马丁(Timothy W. Martin),上个月写了关于彩色玻璃窗行业正在经受何等“严重的破裂”。

马丁在报道中写道,“教会出席人数下降是一个因素,像超宗派会众的增加……对更加现代的美学的渴望。即使想要使用彩色玻璃窗的教会也在越加评估是否符合预算。”

长久以来,彩色玻璃窗作为教会设计的主要部分已经存在了几个世纪,首次被使用是在中世纪时期。

这项华丽的绘画艺术最初是为了教育目的,为多数是文盲的人群图解圣经场景。

马丁写道,“在大概1千3百年间,彩色玻璃窗都是教会的主要装饰。很多专家提到古老的法国小礼拜堂和大教堂,包括巴黎圣礼拜教堂和巴黎圣母院,它们是最精美彩色玻璃窗的典范。他们花了数百年时间完成。在专门的(玻璃)切割片出现之前,工匠们会用烙铁和钳子一块一块雕刻玻璃。”

至于当前的趋势,格鲁特非常谨慎地去说千禧一代对更加传统的圣殿感兴趣,这可能会引起彩色玻璃窗的“回潮”,不过他注意到“新的调查出现了一些有意思的结果。”

格鲁特告诉基督邮报,“我相信他们是指,大块开放的玻璃窗是好东西,但是有些场地使用传统的、华丽的彩色玻璃会非常适合,尤其是小礼拜堂或者其他需要说明‘教会’的地方。”

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