In Manhattan, where land is more expensive than gold, it is a miracle that so many churches have survived commercialism after hundreds of years. There are probably way more churches than Starbucks. It seems you are passing by a church every other block.
So it is a unique scene to see an old stone church converted into a marketplace roughly on 16th street and six avenue. The exterior is almost unaltered, and many details are kept original to preserve the structure, which looks to be over 200 years old. I don’t know why the church cannot be maintained.
The main door of the church:
The inside of the market: no pews, no bells, just merchandise:
The roof from inside:
The side of the church: 
The backdoor. The door seems original.
The stain glass is kept in its original form: 
The cafe area above the altar:
It is an odd feeling to be inside the space and observe the contrast of spirituality and materialism. Over two thousand years later, people walk into the market and say “cool.”
Wine and wafers are not on the menu at this restaurant I found a couple months ago in Beijing, but finally had time to visit this weekend: Premium Christian Pizza.
It is on the ground floor of a parking garage in the Xiyuan Sanqu area of Wangjing in Beijing. I did not eat there when I visited, since they had not officially opened for the day, but the woman inside told me they used all fresh ingredients.
Most importantly, I wanted to know why they had the name “Christian” in their name. If it was not because of religious reasons, I thought maybe it was supposed to be someone’s name, but they failed to add the apostrophe and s to create “Christian’s Pizza”. I asked the woman and she said the English use of “Christian” was unknown to her and she was not aware of any relationship to the Christian faith. The Chinese name of the restaurant sounds like a phonetic representation of “Christian” rather than a translation of it into “Ji Du Jiao”, which refers to Christianity.
Wangjing is home to lots of Korean expats, so the signage and menus for the Christian Pizza have English, Korean, and Simplified Chinese. At the top of the menu they say “Happy Christian Pizza”.
I will try to find out if “Christian Pizza” has any intention of using our word in its literal sense. But I can be sure that 1, the pizza is not made of Christians; 2, You don’t have to be Christian to eat it.