Ask Me Help Desk - Do you have to be baptist to take communion?

hauntinghelper does not find this helpful : I have attended many denominations and churches in my life...I have never known a protestant church to NOT take communion...

I INVITE you to read the site rules before you break MORE rules. And its not the first one you have either.

First off, the ONLY time you are allowed to give a not helpful is for factually incorrect advice... and the fact I have been attending protestant churches for most of my 49 years and I have YET to see a weekly communion in any of them shows YOUR statement is the one that lacks credibility.

I'm reporting it to a site ADMIN.

It was not helpful because your answer WAS factually incorrect. Maybe you're a Unitarian, I don't know... But, I know for a fact... the protestant (almost all) denominations take communion.

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It was not helpful because your answer WAS factually incorrect. Maybe you're a Unitarian, I don't know...But, I know for a fact...the protestant (almost all) denominations take communion.

My comment was NOT innaccurate.
I'm not a Unitarian, I don't even know where a Unitarian church is, and have never attended one of those.

I've attended SEVERAL different denominations and several different Congregations, some for YEARS... NONE of them held a weekly Communiuon. My answer was accurate. SOME might, and I won't argue that point, there are many Protestant denominations... but they ALL don't. I was raised a Methodist and never saw a communion outside of a movie until I was at a Catholic Wedding. I've seen ONE protestant Communion in my life and that was at a church retreat before easter. I have attended services at 4 or 5 other different denominations over the years. Including the Catholic Church in two countries.

"Most protestants don't do the communion thing......but Catholics do weekly."

Your original answer had nothing to do with protestants taking it weekly... which, THAT they do not. I cannot explain how you could go your whole "christian" walk without attending a church that does not partake of it. But factually speaking... it is one of just TWO commands of Jesus to a believer. The majority, if not all, of the protestant churches believe in it. The majority DO partake. That is a fact.

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But factually speaking... it is one of just TWO commands of Jesus to a believer.

How is that factually correct?

Aren't the two commands of Jesus the following?

- Love your God with all your heart, soul and mind.
- Love your neighbour as yourself.

Additionally, your experience doesn't forcibly mean that ALL protestant churches do take communion.

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Originally Posted by hauntinghelper

"Most protestants don't do the communion thing......but Catholics do weekly."

Your original answer had nothing to do with protestants taking it weekly...which, THAT they do not. I cannot explain how you could go your whole "christian" walk without attending a church that does not partake of it. But factually speaking...it is one of just TWO commands of Jesus to a believer. The majority, if not all, of the protestant churches believe in it. The majority DO partake. That is a fact.

Really... Ghost expert and now a theology expert. I don't claim to be an expert in Theology and freely admit it. Heck, I might not even be the most religious person here.
I'm not going to debate scripture.. I do know what I have experienced personally however.

This thread in case you didn't notice... is about Protestants... and specifically Baptists.

I HAVE attended three different Baptist congregations over the years... under three different Pastors... None of those three Pastors had a communion on Sunday services. THe ONE time I did see it in a Protestant church was at a United Methodist Church Camp. But never at the Methodist Church I attended regularly for years growing up.

But since this has deviated beyond Baptists... the Catholic Church does specify "Baptised" for taking communion. And you have to be Catholic for Confession(specifically having had catechism), something that most Protestants wouldn't do anyway. Communion is however an integral part of every catholic mass.

Since in my 49 years (rapidly approaching 50) I am not going to venture a guess what on the protestant congregations that might have communion require, because I've seen it once in all that time in a regular church (only at a church retreat).

And yes... I was married in a Catholic Church... by a Priest, and no I am not a Catholic. I did have to have a nice long talk with the Bishop for that region (I knew 4 different Bishops personally, 2 are since retired, one deceased as of this year, the one that granted me permission to marry) and I met their rather strict requirements as a protestant to be married there. This was in Italy.

As such SOME might... I won't be going to argue if they might or not. But they ALL don't, personally I have no problems with Communion either way. And I never sought out those that didn't specifically. Every one I attended by chance didn't.

And statistically... I could not have randomly picked the only ones that don't.