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Ship of Fools: The Church at Cactus, Peoria, Arizona, USA

The Mystery WorshipperThe Mystery Worshipper Shipmate
edited December 15 in The Mystery Worshipper

imageShip of Fools: The Church at Cactus, Peoria, Arizona, USA

A warm welcome (with coffee and cake), followed by a dignified and light-hearted hymn sandwich

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  • Richard HershbergerRichard Hershberger Shipmate Posts: 2
    I suspect they would not characterize the bread as the Body of Christ, but rather consider Communion to be merely commemorative.

  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    That was my thought too
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Same here!
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Indeed. I strongly suspect they would not refer to the bread as “the Body of Christ,” except maybe when actually giving the bread to communicants; they might even take exception to it. Though not considering the bread to actually be the Body of Christ doesn’t automatically mean memorialist. There are other what might be called “in-between” views along that spectrum.

    But given they are (US) Baptists, assuming a memorialist approach is a reasonable bet. While I agree it might have been best to pick the bread up and put it back on the table, I can imagine an ingrained aversion to treating the bread in any way that might be seen as giving it any particular reverence.

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