Actually, the Missionary Independent Spiritual Church also claims to be the Worlds Smallest Church.
From the website (http://www.missionary-independent.org/) "With an exterior dimension of 36 square feet Missionary Independent Spiritual Church is in a close race with a couple of other churches for the title of "World's Smallest Church." We may indeed be the church with the smallest amount of floor space -- and we are certainly the ONLY tiny church of those in contention where services are held DAILY -- that is, we are a fully functional CHURCH and not a mere 'chapel.'"
The "World's Smallest Church" listed by the web-based Roadside America database at http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/church.html is Cross Island Chapel in Oneida, New York, located on an island in the middle of a pond and only "open occasionally" and "reachable only by boat."
"Cross Island Chapel is listed as having a "floor area" (not exterior dimensions) of 51 inches by 81 inches, for a total of 4,131 square inches (28.6875 square feet) of floor space.
Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, on the other hand, has a floor area of 64 inches by 64 inches, for a total of 4,096 square inches (28.4444 square feet) of floor space.
Missionary Independent Spiritual Church is both 35 square inches smaller internally than Cross Island Chapel, it is also -- unlike Cross Island Chapel -- a fully functional church that is open to the public 7 days a week, where spiritual services are held DAILY."
From the website (http://www.missionary-independent.org/)
"With an exterior dimension of 36 square feet Missionary Independent Spiritual Church is in a close race with a couple of other churches for the title of "World's Smallest Church." We may indeed be the church with the smallest amount of floor space -- and we are certainly the ONLY tiny church of those in contention where services are held DAILY -- that is, we are a fully functional CHURCH and not a mere 'chapel.'"
The "World's Smallest Church" listed by the web-based Roadside America database at http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/church.html is Cross Island Chapel in Oneida, New York, located on an island in the middle of a pond and only "open occasionally" and "reachable only by boat."
"Cross Island Chapel is listed as having a "floor area" (not exterior dimensions) of 51 inches by 81 inches, for a total of 4,131 square inches (28.6875 square feet) of floor space.
Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, on the other hand, has a floor area of 64 inches by 64 inches, for a total of 4,096 square inches (28.4444 square feet) of floor space.
Missionary Independent Spiritual Church is both 35 square inches smaller internally than Cross Island Chapel, it is also -- unlike Cross Island Chapel -- a fully functional church that is open to the public 7 days a week, where spiritual services are held DAILY."