Living Word Bible Church
Living Word Bible Church has an impressive three-dome campus. Each Monolithic Dome is 150 feet in diameter and 40 feet tall.
The Sky Shell concept demonstrated best by the painted domed ceiling in the children’s dome giving an “exterior” feel to medieval village inside one of the domes.
Living Word Bible Church is a Monolithic Dome church facility in Mesa, Arizona. The three massive domes contain a 2,000 seat sanctuary, a reception center, multiple smaller stages, classrooms, offices, a coffee shop, book store, and a medieval themed children’s village.
The church consists of three 150-foot (46 m) diameter, 40-feet (12 m) tall domes. One dome houses a sanctuary that seats 2,000 people. Another dome houses classrooms, a fellowship hall, a 100-seat cafe or dinner theater, and a gymnasium. The third dome is the Children’s Dome. The central core connecting the domes houses the reception center, coffee shop, and book store.
Suits of armor greet children and they enter the Children’s Dome into a medieval village with classrooms, library, chapel, and stage dressed up as shops and a medieval castle. The blue domed ceiling is a Sky Shell—a term coined by architect Rick Crandall—which refers to the roofs of the domes painted to feel like a starry night or a sunny day with blue skies and fluffy clouds. It feels like a village inside the dome.
An impressive and unique church experience, Living Word Bible Church offers something for everyone, even in Spanish. There are many activities for children, youth and adults, with a coffee shop, ping-pong, climbing wall, and more.
The church started construction in June 2000 and was completed just a year later in July 2001. The total cost then was $7.5 million.
The 150’ sanctuary dome easily seats 2,000 people for ministry services and classes.
The Children’s Medieval Theme Dome has a central stage and many classrooms.