Communion and Fellowship:
A friend of mine views Communion as being separate from church fellowship. She states that Communion is "for all believers," which I cannot disagree with. Her issue lies in the...
Last Modified: 11/28/2005 07:03:57 |
Communion:
I grew up in Germany and attended the Evangelical-Lutheran church. Both my children were christened there as well. As a military family we have moved very frequently and only went ...
Last Modified: 10/24/2005 14:59:41 |
Presiding over Communion:
I recently got into a discussion with some LCMS Lutherans where someone mentioned that their pastor would be out of town and a head elder would be filling in for him, and presiding...
Last Modified: 10/10/2005 14:43:31 |
Communion:
Recently we were participating in a church function where Communion was offered. We had invited a friend to join us who happens to be a female pastor and a church different then ou...
Last Modified: 10/01/2005 09:22:28 |
Campus ministry and close communion:
How is WELS practicing closed Communion in a campus ministry where the visitors are almost only students? There will be new faces almost each service and many in the beginning of t...
Last Modified: 10/01/2005 08:18:04 |
early communion:
Is admission to the Lord's Supper granted in WELS in exceptions before the confirmation? When is the earliest age when a child could receive communion?
Last Modified: 09/28/2005 15:17:45 |
How frequently may one receive the sacrament:
I was told by a Lutheran friend several years ago that the Lutherans highly discourage receiving Holy Communion more than once in one Sunday. I haven't been able to find the answer...
Last Modified: 09/26/2005 09:16:20 |
New Pastor and closed communion:
If a new pastor is coming to a big new congregation, how can he really practice closed communion? If an unknown person approaches the altar, is it a member who is coming not too of...
Last Modified: 08/19/2005 11:45:58 |
Fellowship Question:
Is it permissible for a member of the Lutheran Church in Poland to take communion in one of our churches?
Last Modified: 08/17/2005 07:24:08 |
closed communion:
Would not Christ in the here and now, as he did while here on earth, practice open communion given who really spent his time with? Ministering to the Gentile, the non-Jew, to those...
Last Modified: 07/25/2005 13:54:35 |
Who can administer communion?:
I am VERY disturbed with our WELS church. Recently, the Pastor excused himself from the Sunday service when our young confirmands were to be examined in their faith. Yes, his ...
Last Modified: 07/06/2005 10:24:17 |
closed Communion, Lutheran communion:
I was baptized and confirmed in a WELS congregation. I Entered the USAF at age 18 and served 23 years. Most of the time, WELS congregations were few and far between from my duty st...
Last Modified: 06/21/2005 10:41:40 |
"Close" communion:
My husband and I are currently deciding whether or not to become a member in My only drawback is your "close" communion. I would like to know if this is gospel or a man made...
Last Modified: 06/11/2005 10:55:35 |
Communion:
How would you respond to a non-WELS member upon learning they were not able to take communion in a WELS church: if Jesus walked into your church this morning he would not be welcom...
Last Modified: 06/03/2005 14:47:35 |
Communion restrictions and chaplaincy question:
I grew up in WELS in a small northern Wisconsin town. I was baptised and confirmed in a WELS church. After high school graduation, I joined the United States Air Force. Because WEL...
Last Modified: 05/19/2005 14:09:09 |
Judas and communion:
Liberals claim that because even Judas received the first Supper despite the fact that Jesus knew he was from the devil, the Supper should be given to anyone. What do you think?
Last Modified: 05/11/2005 12:46:29 |
God forbids--fellowship--levels:
In a question called "God forbids," you include the statement, "In addition to being a sacrament of forgiveness, the Lord's Supper is an expression of fellowship between those who ...
Last Modified: 04/12/2005 15:34:22 |
Communion Policy:
My mother-in-law is visitng family in Florida for an extended period of time and asked the Pastor of the local WELS church if she could take communion. She was told the WELS Synod...
Last Modified: 04/08/2005 07:42:36 |
God Forbids:
The answer to a WELS member's question regarding communion at other churches was in part ”God forbids us to do such a thing when we do not in fact share such a unity.” I am f...
Last Modified: 03/26/2005 10:08:06 |
Inappropriate communing:
I am a United Methodist, but I have been reading a lot of Lutheran theology and finding myself to believe what it teaches. My own church does not believe in the real presence. If...
Last Modified: 03/10/2005 09:53:13 |