{"id":106,"date":"2025-02-27T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchoredbaptist.co.za\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:28:09","slug":"the-lords-supper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anchoredbaptist.co.za\/index.php\/the-lords-supper\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord’s Supper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lord\u2019s Supper and Church Membership<\/strong>

We believe that every single Christian should be a member of a local church. There is no such thing in the Bible\u2019s New Testament as a non-church member Christian. All Christians, both by biblical example and biblical principle, are to be mutually submissive and accountable members of a church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe that a person enters a local church through the ordinance of baptism. Baptism is how you visibly signify that you are united to Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection (Romans 6:1\u20134), and is therefore a public profession of faith in Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baptism is how you publicly identify yourself with Jesus and with His people (Acts 2:38\u201341).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baptism is how you are identified by the church and the world as one who belongs to the Triune God (Matt. 28:19). When a church receives a person as a member, they affirm someone\u2019s public profession of faith in Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, baptism by immersion (after believing in Jesus as Saviour) is a requirement for becoming a member of our church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe that the Lord\u2019s Supper is to be given to committed members of churches who are faithful to the gospel of Jesus. These members are to be in good standing with their church (not under discipline).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a requirement to participate in the Lord\u2019s Supper with us for the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n