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What is the Lord’s Supper?
Simply put, the Lord’s Supper is the ordinance or sacrament of ongoing fellowship in the New Covenant assembly, the church. But what do we mean by sacrament or ordinance? John Calvin helpfully describes a sacrament as “A testimony of divine grace toward us, confirmed by an outward sign, with mutual attestation of our piety toward him.”[1] An ordinance is another term for the same reality, highlighting that it was ordained by Christ during His earthly ministry. Jesus Christ instituted the…
The Lord’s Supper (2026)
Last year, our church celebrated the Lord’s Supper weekly leading up to Easter. As the elders discussed this decision, one key point we kept coming back to was this: the Lord’s Supper is a blessing from Christ for His people. As our Statement of Faith says, “These ordinances [baptism and the Lord’s Supper] are visible signs of the saving work of Christ that God has designed for our spiritual benefit.” We recognize that the New Testament does not prescribe the…