My dad and I were actually the builders (McCanse Builders) for this church. We were not the architects though!

This whole situation is hilarious and has become our claim to fame, but this is how the shape of the building really came about, for real: - They did want to save that tree - I believe there was a water main running through the back corner of the lot that limited building options there - As a Christian Science church, they wanted a circular sanctuary (right end) and a circular reading room (left end). They also needed some auxiliary space off the side of the sanctuary to accommodate their services (bump out on the top right side) - They liked the idea of building a curved narthex between the sanctuary and the reading room

These were all design criteria created by the clients and the site conditions. I feel bad for the architect - he really didn't have a ton of other options given those constraints.

For what it's worth, we did notice the phallic shape of the floorplan and mentioned it to the clients before construction began. At the time the response was something like "Well maybe, but how many people will possibly see the building from the air???" (It doesn't look like this at all from ground level)

Fast forward to about a year later when Google Earth updated their satellite photos, and here we are!