What if the church is doing an online conference for the Sunday worship service and the elders lead the liturgy of communion with all members partaking simultaneously via live stream?
Malachi
4 years ago
That is an interesting thought… I know my PCA pastor is very clear (every Sunday) about the Session’s duty to “fence the table,” to the point of telling people to abstain from participating if they haven’t “dealt with sin” in their lives…which comes right after a corporate prayer of confession. He often cites the passage where Paul mentions those sick and asleep among the brethren who failed to discern the body by pigging out while others went hungry, making it sound like a whole lot more “bread and wine” was present in Paul’s day than I see at the front… Read more »
What if the church is doing an online conference for the Sunday worship service and the elders lead the liturgy of communion with all members partaking simultaneously via live stream?
That is an interesting thought… I know my PCA pastor is very clear (every Sunday) about the Session’s duty to “fence the table,” to the point of telling people to abstain from participating if they haven’t “dealt with sin” in their lives…which comes right after a corporate prayer of confession. He often cites the passage where Paul mentions those sick and asleep among the brethren who failed to discern the body by pigging out while others went hungry, making it sound like a whole lot more “bread and wine” was present in Paul’s day than I see at the front… Read more »