The churches do not take communion each week as the Bible states. I would like to take communion at home to obey my Lord and Savior Jesus. Can I take communion at home by myself? Sincerely, Marlene Hope
Weekly communion or observance of the Lord’s Supper (Acts 20:7) is one of the identifying characteristics of the Lord’s church about which one can read upon the pages of the New Testament. If a local church is not taking the communion weekly, there is a strong probability that there are other characteristics and teachings (doctrine) of the one true church of the Bible that it is not practicing, too. Recognizing that one, then, must partake of the Lord’s Supper weekly apart from this group ought to prod one also to distance himself or herself from such a church relative to other departures from New Testament teaching (e.g., biblical names for the church and its members, not adding instrumental music to worship, orderly assemblies, male leadership, etc.). The “churches of Christ” (Romans 16:17) endeavor to practice first century Christianity in the 21st century; visit one in your community, today.
“Communion” by the very nature of what the word means, “partnership,” implies that the communion (1 Corinthians 10:16) or Lord’s Supper cannot be taken alone in the absolute sense. Even if only a single Christian observes the communion, which he or she could well do, communion involves Jesus Christ, too. “Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” (Mark 14:25 NKJV; Matthew 26:29). This indicates that our Lord is a participant with those who take the communion or observe the Lord’s Supper. A lone Christian may be the only person locally participating in the Lord’s Supper or Communion, but Jesus participates as well.
Whenever possible, it would be better and more of what God intended if a Christian would assemble (Hebrews 10:25; Acts 20:7) with a congregation of the Lord’s people to “worship God in Spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). Yet, if there are no other Christians with whom one can assemble for worship, a single individual is capable of communing with his or her Lord in observance of the Lord’s Supper or communion.
