The phrase "auditorium church" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a church that has an auditorium-style layout or setting, often used for services or gatherings.
Example: "The new auditorium church can seat over a thousand people, making it ideal for large community events."
Alternatives: "auditorium-style church" or "church with an auditorium".
Embraced especially by the Protestant denominations that were Tiffany's main clients the auditorium church featured interior design based not on ecclesiastical precedents but on a secular institution: the theater.
In his catalog essay Peter W. Williams, a professor of comparative religion and American studies at Miami University in Ohio, explains that the rise of Tiffany's church-decoration business coincided with the emergence of a new kind of house of worship, which he calls the "auditorium church".
In keeping with its theatrical setting the auditorium church had its star players in celebrity ministers like Henry Ward Beecher of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn and Phillips Brooks of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston, who "were expected to prepare elaborate sermons as the core of the service and to deliver them in an arresting style".
"Race to Nowhere" had a one-week run in two theaters, in New York and Los Angeles, but it has primarily been screened by community groups in school auditoriums, churches and temples.
On New Year's Eve, 1862, "watch-night" services in auditoriums, churches, camps and cabins united thousands, free as well as enslaved, who sang, prayed and counted down to midnight.
Through June 8, more than 120 performances by an international roster of actors, dancers, musicians and singers will be presented in theaters, auditoriums, churches and open spaces throughout the Charleston, S.C., area.
Present them in theaters, auditoriums, churches, art galleries and libraries and outdoors, and they add up to the seventh annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas, in New Haven from Thursday through June 30.
One key avenue study took them to lots of public places where people gather together in seats; places like movie theaters, auditoriums, churches and sports stadiums.
Performances will take place in Bing Concert Hall and Studio, Memorial Auditorium, Memorial Church and the newly renovated Frost Amphitheater.
Mr. Burrell has traveled the South for years, exhorting black audiences in auditoriums and church halls to file discrimination complaints with his organization's help, in exchange for a $100 annual membership fee.
Many of the other markets in the San Gabriel Valley had a similar, festive atmosphere as colorful streamers and balloons hung from the walls and tables, and lined auditoriums and church yards.
