Interfaith worship spaces are
buildings that are home to congregations representing two (or more)
religions. Buildings shared by
churches of two
Christiandenominations are common, but there are only a few known places where, for example, a
Jewish congregation and a Christian congregation share their home.
Such buildings are of interest as concrete ventures in the interfaith understanding which many religious groups now espouse.
Unitarian Universalist churches hold interfaith services.[1]
There are several cases in
North America where a small congregation of one faith is a
tenant in a building owned and chiefly occupied by a congregation of another faith.
Buildings that were planned and erected as joint projects include:
Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, perhaps the first interfaith space, was founded in 1944 by a former Baptist minister. A Muslim imam may lead a service and sermons may involve Hinduism or Judaism.[2]
Omaha, Nebraska, The Tri-Faith Commons is the only place of its kind in the world. It brings together a synagogue, church, mosque, and interfaith center on 38-acres in the American heartland of Omaha, Nebraska. Leadership from three institutions, Temple Israel, the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska and the American Institute of Islamic Studies and Culture (now the American Muslim Institute), began to meet regularly.[3]