Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal

Hello Daniel: Our candles are behind the LORD's Table not on the table and we do north end celebration for Holy Communion. The canon forbidding candles on the LORD's table was removed some time ago. The better question than why was it removed is why was it there in the first place? Light is a Biblical symbol of the Presence of God with His people. The placement of the candles is really a non issue as you can find a wide variety of extremely low church protestant groups that put candles on the Communion Table. Stop in and join us for a service 10 AM on Sundays. Be Blessed Jerry

Lori, Throughout history God made covenants with his people. A covenant involves God making promises to people and people making promises to God. Along with those covenants come covenant signs. The earliest covenant sign was circumcision-applied to adult men and infant boys in Abraham's household. The sign meant two things-that the children were set apart, but if they didn't follow after God they would be cut off. Who should be baptized? In Acts 2, Peter gives us a clue. "The promise is for you and for your children." Keep reading in Acts and you'll see households be baptized- Lydia's family and the Philippian jailer. It's not until millennia later that any denomination refuses to baptize infants. The protestant reformers- Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli all baptized infants. The Roman Catholics and Eastern orthodox all baptized children. So infant baptism is Scriptural, historical, and important. It sets the child apart for God-which they can receive by faith in Christ!

Hello Lori: I am sorry to be so slow answering. I do not see this feature of google when I go to our website. Our statement of belief is found in the Historic Creeds of the Church; Apostle's Creed, Nicene Creed and Athanasian Creed; as well as the 39 articles of Religion. Here is a brief statement from our website: We believe the Bible to be the very Word of God revealed to mankind, and that it is inerrant and infallible. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only means of eternal salvation. We pray that you come to know Him and His salvation.