Should Children Partake of the Lord's Supper?
One thing I go round and round on is paedo-communion, i.e., whether children should partake of the Lord’s Supper.
For Baptists, this is obviously less of an issue, because you only baptize believers upon confession of faith, and only the baptized may partake of communion. Consequently, only believers of a mature age will take communion, so that problem kind of fixes itself.
However, for those of us who practice infant baptism, I’ve always thought it terribly illogical to baptize children into the covenant family, and then deny them participation in the covenant meal. The Baptist scheme, whatever its failings, is at least logically consistent and coherent when it comes to children. Yet, as for me and my Anglican house, I want something covenantally coherent and comprehensive when it comes to children and communion.
Here is what I’m thinking!