“Churches are redundant buildings in a 21 st century city”
Old St Paul's, Mulgrave St, Thorndon, 6pm, Saturday 9th October 2004

THE TEAMS:

Affirmative
Tommy Honey
Cecile Bonnifait
Sue Piper

Negative
Father Michael McCabe
Mark Richards
Moyra Pearce

Chair
Sean Plunket

Diminishing congregations! Teleevangelism! Ben Lumis winning NZ idol!  Do these contemporary religious phenomena undermine the importance of the church as a significant architectural type in 21st century Wellington?  Are churches are redundant buildings in a 21st century city?  and, if Christianity is finished with them, what can they be used for?

This debate aims to fathom the depths of contemporary religiosity, architectural intelligentsia and obscure Kiwi humour in a battle of brains, beauty and wit to ascertain these critical architectural issues for our capital city today!!