In churches where there is only one such box and it serves both as a pulpit (for preaching) and a lectern (for the readings), it's called an ambo, I believe.
In churches where there is only one such box and it serves both as a pulpit (for preaching) and a lectern (for the readings), it's called an ambo, I believe.
Ah, interesting. I had always thought that the pulpit was the top part of the actual structure, the box in which the preacher stands, and that the lectern was the sloping wooden stand on which the Bible (or other text) sits.