Several years ago, the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, in North Carolina, placed a new communion table in their sanctuary. In most Presbyterian churches, communion tables are inscribed with the words of Jesus, repeated in the Words of Institution when the Lord’s Supper is shared, “In Remembrance of Me.” However, the new table at the Black…
By Beth Patch The best way to understand the real meaning of Easter would be from Jesus. As is recorded in the 12th chapter of John, Jesus was welcomed to Jerusalem by a large crowd singing praises to Him, carrying palm branches and hailing Him as the King of Israel – the Messiah. They were…
By Ellen Ciurczak More than 100 members of Westminster Presbyterian returned Sunday to the church damaged in the Feb. 10 tornado to take communion and celebrate the rebuilding of their place of worship. The restored sanctuary still had no altar, pews or flooring, but its stained glass windows glowed with light, as the bread and…
By Benjamin Weinthal Four Iranian Christians were reportedly sentenced to 80 lashes for drinking wine for communion, a shocking punishment meted out even as a new United Nations report blasted the Islamic republic for its systematic persecution of non-Muslims. The four men were sentenced Oct. 6 after being arrested in a house church last December…