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Are chairs too casual for a house of God?

A church in Warwickshire has lost a fight to replace its pews with padded chairs to make services more enticing.

A Church of England court in Coventry has ruled it must maintain "quality and seemliness" in a house of God - and upholstered seating is not appropriate.

Richard Lister has been finding out more.

(Photo: A church with pews. Credit: 麻豆社)

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