You didn't say interiors or exteriors, but here's my experience shooting church exteriors.
I use an Ebony 5x7/4x5, and an Ebony and Wehman 8x10. You will need a bag bellows for interiors I expect, and you will need one for exteriors if you can't back off and use a longer lens. The attached "Shannondale" jpeg was done with the Ebony 8x10 and a 150mm Super Symmar XL with quite a bit of rise, probably close to 2" because I couldn't back up and a bag bellows was needed.
My most used lens shooting exteriors when space isn't a problem is 240mm on 8x10 and on 4x5 anywhere from the 110mm Suoer Symmar XL to a 210mm range lens. I did a similar shot of the same church with 4x5 and used an 80mm Super Symmar XL. I like the SS XL lenses when rise is needed because of the coverage.
The second "Riverdale" image was done with an Ebony 5x7 and 4x5 reducing back with a 110mm SS XL and about an inch and a quarter of rise. I didn't need a bag because of the bag section on the Ebony Universal bellows, but otherwise I would have because of the bellows compression.
Cheers, Steve
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