The essential question is: What is evidence of faith in a covenant member? The very act of hearing the “invitation” to communion and responding in faith by participating is an age-appropriate expression of knowing that communion is about being part of a community that receives the gift of life from the Jesus who said, “Let the little children come to me.” —Adopted
Synod 2007, Acts of Synod 2007, Art.67, p.657 That synod, during the five year period of the Faith Formation Committee’s mandate, grant to congregations the freedom to admit all baptized members to the Lord’s Table upon approval of the consistory. Ground: Synod 2006 was persuaded that the study of committee reports of 1986, 1988, and 1995 provide sufficient biblical and theological grounds for the admittance of baptized members to the Lord’s Table on the basis of Reformed covenantal theology. -Defeated Art.71 That synod affirm the church’s commitment to the practice of covenant baptism. Adopted. That synod discourage the practice of infant dedication. Adopted.
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