Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The minimal acceptable age for a person to partake the Lord’s Supper

We believe the Lord’s Supper is a memorial of Christ’s suffering and death and a prophecy of His second coming (1Cor 11: 26). It is symbolic looking back to Christ’s sacrifice for us and looking ahead to the promise of His second coming. It is a vital and meaningful form of worship, and commanded of all believers “till He comes.” As to the question of minimal age acceptable for participation, as long as the individual has accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, he or she can partake of the sacrament.

Monday, September 1, 2008

The Role of the Church in a Pluralistic Society

The Church in a pluralistic, post modern society must maintain her exclusiveness theologically, yet socially inclusive so she can be the light of the world and salt of the earth she is called to be. The Church must not compromise her theological distinctiveness in order to witness or reach out to the lost lest she loses her saltiness, purpose, or redemptive effect upon the people of the world. What fellowship is there between light and darkness? There can be no compromise theologically. Yet she must be compassionate to reach out, but with a "conservative kind of compassion" to maintain her light and saltiness.