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Reminded this week that the Church and her worship have endured disease and plagues in times past, over and again. We have had to figure out how to ministry to and comfort one another—Christ-followers—in less than ideal circumstances, . . . 1/6
in particular during times when we’ve been providentially hindered to gather and worship according our patterns. In the Common Book of Prayer (1789), there is a section on providing Communion in times of plague. 2/6
It reads: “In the times of contagious sickness or disease, when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for fear of the infection, upon special request of the diseased, the Minister alone may communicate with him.” 3/6
The BCP is not from my tradition, but it reflects what has been practiced among baptist historically during times when individuals were unable to gather with the church. Baptist contribute to the debate over virtual Lord’s Supper by reminding the church and . . . 4/6
holding her accountable to honor the central Corinthian admonition regarding the Supper “to discern the body” and not whether we should or should not observe the Lord’s Supper virtually. 5/6
Biblical wisdom calls Pastors to minister the Word of God and the ordained signs of the gospel in the midst of real-life circumstances to form God’s people to remember Jesus by reflecting on his finished work and hoping in his glorious return. 6/6