It is not that important, it is simply there as a desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer. It is a convenient object rather than important.
A reading desk in a Church is usually referred to as a lectern.
A lectern.
A lectern is a stand in a church where the Bible or other religious texts are read or displayed during services.
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At the lectern or pulpit.
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Below the alter are the pulpit and lectern, a stand on which the Bible rests and from which Bible readings are given.
In a church it is simply a bookrest on which a Bible is kept and from where readings from the Bible are read. In any lecture hall or similar place, lecterns are used to hold a speaker's notes or speech.
The reading stand is called a "Lectern" and often there is a lectern in a Pulpit, which is the risen platform that the reading can be taken from.
It is the place the Bible is placed and read from, and where sermons are made from. Reading pieces from the Bible is a very important part of services in all Christian denominations, so the lectern is important.
It does as it makes people think spiritual thoughts.
In a church it is simply a bookrest on which a Bible is kept and from where readings from the Bible are read. In any lecture hall or similar place lecterns are used to hold a speaker's notes or speech.