Church Furniture Blog

Church furniture and the term inexpensive aren’t always two words that go together well. When it comes to church furniture, you will probably sacrifice a lot on quality if the price is “too good.” There are, however, ways to still get affordable quality church furniture at a reasonable price.

While we try to keep prices affordable for you with all our church furniture, you can save a little extra money by purchasing a factory second or overstock furniture.

Factory seconds are furniture that has a small blemish, during the manufacturing process, that is insignificant to the naked eye, but significant enough that it can’t be passed off as flawless. Factory seconds look great and are an affordable way to purchase a chair, table, lectern and more.

We also have a nice selection of overstock furniture. This is furniture that was made for another customer, but the order was never completed. This also includes furniture that we have had sitting in our warehouse for a while and we now need to clear out to make room for more furniture.

Both our factory seconds and overstock church furniture are available in finished and unfinished formats. You can find our overstock and factory seconds church furniture here.

At Heavenly Wood we offer a wide selection of wooden crosses for purchase. These range from small freestanding models to larger wall mounted crosses. The largest cross we currently sell is the plain oak cross (found here). It stands at an amazing 8 feet. Although that is a tall cross, do you know where the tallest cross in the world is located?

The world’s tallest cross can be found in Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid, Spain. The cross is made from stone and stands at an amazing 500 feet (152.4 meters). Although I’ve never personally been there, it is a sight to behold.

One of the United State’s tallest crosses can be found in Effingham County, Illinois and stands at 198 feet (60 meters). It is made from steel.

Those are some pretty interesting and impressive crosses. You can see Heavenly Wood’s entire selection of wooden crosses by going here.

You’ll notice on our site that we sell ambos, pulpits and lecterns. They all look fairly similar. Lecterns typically are a little skinnier and pulpits are a little bigger. Are they all the same thing or is there a reason they carry three distinct and very different names? You may not realize this, but they are all different and historically used for different purposes.

In medieval times, ambos were the center stand in a church. Ambos now, however, are often used for all speech purposes. In Greek the word Ambo means “both.”

Traditionally the pulpit of the church was located on the left-hand side of the church. Pulpits were primarily used for giving sermons. The left side (pulpit side) of the church is even today often referred to as the gospel side of the church.

Lecterns were historically found on the right side of the church or cathedral. They were primarily used for reading scripture. For this reason the right side (lectern side) of the church is often referred to as the epistle side of the church. The word lectern is Latin and means “to read.”

Lecterns, pulpits and ambos are now used universally for all speech-giving purposes, but still retain their traditional names. We have a great selection of lecterns, pulpits and ambos that are handcrafted from wood and look great. Time permitting, stop by and take a look at them here!

Customers frequently ask us if they can get a podium or cross unfinished. The quick answer to this is yes. We can sell you unfinished church furniture.

Why would someone want unfinished church furniture? There are a lot of reasons for this. Some people need to have a piece of furniture exactly matched to existing furniture. For this reason, many people like to stain the furniture themselves. You would be surprised how accommodating we are regarding our church furniture. Not only can we get it to you unstained and unfinished, we can also make modifications to the furniture.

Unfinished furniture often costs less than a finished, fully stained piece of furniture. Be aware, however, that buying unfinished furniture means you are at the mercy of your own staining talent. If you’re not 100 percent sure you can properly stain furniture, you may want to let us go ahead and do it for you.

Call us at 1-800-257-2968 or click here to contact us for a price quote on unfinished furniture.