Close communion is the practice of permitting only some to come to Lord’s Supper. Close communion can be contrasted with two other views or practices: it is really the intermediate position between them..
The Belgic Confession, Articles 30-32 ("Church Government and Discipline")
FAQ: Why No Lord's Supper On the Mission Field?
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 24 (“The Church")
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.
Lesson 24 is "The Church."
The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:
Part 1:The church as spiritual organism; the election and gathering of the church; the church militant, triumphant, visible, invisible, organism and institute.
Part 2: The attributes of the church: unity, holiness, catholicity, apostolicity.
Part 3: The power of the church; the keys of the kingdom; church government.
Part 4: Church government (continued): the offices in the church.
The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA.
Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 24.
Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins. Download the attachments below.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 24 (“The Church") (2)
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 24 (“The Church") (1)
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 24 (“The Church") (3)
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 24 (“The Church") (4)
