Project Description
Overview
Pastor David Ibiyeomie’s World of Faith Bible Institute was founded in April 1997 with an attendance of less than 35 members. Twenty years later, Salvation Ministries averages about 50,000 attendees every Sunday at its headquarters as well as its 14 satellite Churches, in addition to millions more through the Hour of Salvation television ministry. In keeping with his Word of Faith guidance, Pastor Ibiyeomie commissioned the construction of a 426,820,sq. ft. worship center conceived in the shape of ‘The Hand of God,’ with five “finger” halls projecting from the ‘Palm’ of the main Tabernacle. The compound encompasses a Youth Hall and a Children’s Church, among other classrooms and multipurpose spaces.
Program
Each of the five “fingers” in the ‘Hand Of God’ Worship Center serves a distinct role in the multi-faceted operation of the complex. To develop a formal design program and scope of work, WSDG partners from around the globe began an intensive collaborative mission. Their collaborative effort was tasked with creating consummate functionality, ease of operation and extraordinary speech clarity for religious services and educational lectures throughout the complex.
Design
WSDG created the primary system design program, and coordinated acoustics elements for classrooms, lecture halls and the huge (418,000 sq. ft.) Main Sanctuary/Tabernacle. In addition to the religious and educational elements of the complex, WSDG designed an 8,820 sq. ft. audio/video production complex with a multitude of sophisticated audio and video Control Rooms, recording studios, editing and mixing suites to support the Salvation Ministries critical DVD/Audio Book and Broadcast/Streaming Program. The team also contributed aesthetic design expertise to developing a variety of multi-purpose lighting systems for the religious service areas and the facilities’ video/audio production/ post-production components. WSDG’s entire 60+ member global architectural & acoustical design and systems integration team devoted countless hours to the insuring the success of this complex multi element project.