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STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT CLOSED COMMUNIONby Pr. William P. TerjesenDear Pastor,1. We have been hearing a lot ABOUT CLOSED COMMUNION recently. What is it?I'm glad you asked. CLOSED COMMUNION (some call it 'close COMMUNION ') is the Bible-based practice of normally communing only those who have been properly instructed in theteachings of the Ev. Lutheran Church and who have shown, through confirmation, profession offaith, or other proper reception into one of our churches, that they are united with us in faith anddoctrine. We do this because the Bible tells us that people who fail to 'discern the body of theLord' eat and drink judgment upon themselves,1 Corinthians 11:27-29 27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup ofthe Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread a
STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT CLOSED COMMUNION by Pr. William P. Terjesen Dear Pastor, 1. We have been hearing a lot about closed communion recently. What is it? I'm glad you asked. Closed communion (some call it 'close communion') is the Bible-
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