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Though John Calvin favored weekly communion, many churches in the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition are just starting to renew Lord’s Supper practices…so worshipers fully celebrate the Eucharist. Many Christians know the early church celebrated communion every week. After all, the Lord’s Supper is how Jesus asked believers to remember him. And a fair number of people in the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition know John Calvin passionately advocated for believers to receive weekly communion. He made it a condition before agreeing to leave Strasbourg and return to Geneva. Yet almost everyone knows that, despite Calvin, most Reformed or Presbyterian churches do not offer a weekly Eucharist. Congregations talk about observing the Lord’s Supper more often. But they have to agree on the Eucharist’s purpose before they can fully... [read full story]
