Communion at Missouri Synod Lutheran

[C. M. Sheffield]

I would take communion in any church where...

1. The Holy Scriptures are the only saving rule of faith and obedience;
2. The Bible is faithfully preached and obeyed by the membership;
3. Any errors regarding the Lord's Supper are the result of that church's sincere desire and diligent effort to rightly understand and apply the Scripture's teaching;
   
4. The observance is connected to (and hopefully) preceded by the preaching of God's Word within the context of corporate worship;
5. The efficacy of the sacrament is understood to not be on account of any virtue in it, nor in the one that administers it, but only by the blessing of Christ and the working of the Spirit in those that, by faith, receive it;
6. There is a good faith effort to guard the Table from the ignorant, unbelieving, and profane;
7. And I am permitted to participate by the church and it's leadership.