Disciples Eldership: A Quest for Identity and Ministry

In Disciples of Christ congregations, the communion service holds great significance. During Sunday worship, when the invitation to communion is given and a communion hymn is sung, a group of elders from the congregation gathers around the communion table. The elders offer individual prayers of thanksgiving to God, expressing themes such as the broken body of Christ symbolized by the bread and his shed blood represented by the wine. After serving all the participants, the elders and deacons...