Comments on: Not Having Communion “Too Often”

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:11:22 +0000

I attended a church where the pastor only allowed communion once or twice a year for that very reason. He chose to offer it on New Year’s Eve at midnight, and on “Resurrection” Sunday (can’t say Easter there) at the evening service.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:20:36 +0000

I am very surprised that some Baptists only take communion once a year at a special service. The fundy church in my town had a special Tuesday night service for communion. I think they had it on Tuesday so that no stray outsiders might be tempted to attend that night’s service.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:13 +0000

Woo my PCA church that had communion every week… you know, like it was… important or something…

That’s one thing I loved about Mass. The Eucharist was the centerpiece of the service, just like Christ’s sacrifice is the center of our worship. Imagine my shock when I found that a lot of Protestants treat it the same way!

By: Reader Mo

Reader Mo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:17:48 +0000

I love how they “take the Bible literally”, except when it says “wine”, in which case exegetic acrobatics must be performed to render the meaning of “wine” as “grape juice”.

By: Stephen Bean

Stephen Bean — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:45:20 +0000

Anyone know where this trend started? Obviously, the tendency to avoid being like Catholics in every respect possible is especially pronounced in fundyland, but Communion was still a huge deal to the Reformers and the churches they started.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:04:33 +0000

I think the main reason is not wanting to be like the Catholics.

ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:41:25 +0000

I think the main reason is not wanting to be like the Catholics.

By: Stephie

Stephie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:04:43 +0000

I keep a prayer journal sometimes, especially if I’m going through a struggle.

Does it really matter how often a church has communion? I don’t know how many churches do this, but after the sermon and before communion, my pastor always explains from the Bible the importance of communion. I learned a lot that I never knew about how serious communion is. I’ve never heard that it was done infrequently for a specific reason.

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:27:40 +0000

How about not understanding Communion as covenant renewal? This is a total non concept in IFB circles.

Bravo, Lizzy F. Writing your prayers in a journal is a great idea.

By: jw

jw — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:01:05 +0000

In the church I grew up in, we usually paired communion with “feet washing” afterwards. Talk about awkward. Was that just a southern thing?