Craftsmen made the altar and built the church. But he, the craftsman worked the wood; Christ makes it His throne when he comes to "abide with us" (John 6:57; your number is probably off by one).
Also, the purported irony about "back of the Church" is only funny for someone ignorant of basic architecture of temples and palaces, and especially the Solomon's temple. Yes, people enter any palace or temple and walk their way to the throne, or the sanctuary, erected at the opposite side.
Wasn't it you who told me the "steps" into the church were at the front of the church? Seems to me that if you enter the "front of the church" and face that alter in doing so that alter is in the "back of the church". Or do you turn back to the front of the church once again to face the alter? Or, does the front of the church become the back of the church once your inside?