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What is closed communion?
Closed communion is a giving of the communion intended only for members of that particular church or denomination, and non-members are generally excluded from the service. Read More »
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What is the difference between closed communion and open communio...
Open communion is open to anyone who believe in Jesus Christ while closed communion is just for baptized members of a church. Read More »
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What bible passage talks about closed communion?
This one: 1Co 11:27-28 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of th... Read More »
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Hi Judy, THank you for this great question. I have never practiced closed communion, but I think that I can explain why some Baptists choose to do so. 1. The ordinances of communion and Baptism were given to the local church. 2. The loca...
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It is entirely acceptable to continue kneeling as long as you need to digest the body of christ. To be totally proper, when the proest sits, you can sit.
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Closed communion is normally taught by Plymouth Brethren and becomes very complicated. It is as others have mentioned that communion is only open to "approved" people. Actually Brethren have no membership, so that is not the issue, but the ...
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Many people, especially from Protestant backgrounds, may wonder why the Orthodox Church practices closed communion. In other words, why does the Orthodox Church administer the sacrament of Holy Communion only to those who are baptized membe...
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One of the most frequently asked questions people have about worship at Hope is our practice of closed or close Communion. First of all, a disclaimer: we do not practice closed Communion to be exclusionary or judgmental. Nor is it out of a ...
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The irony of a great many “non-presence” churches that practice open communion and rail against those who practice closed communion that do give the true body and blood of Jesus Christ , is that they themselves practice the ultimate closed ...
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