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The Lord's Supper : Believers Church title: Perspectives author: Stoffer, Dale R. publisher: Herald Press isbn10 | asin: 0836131193 print isbn13: 9780836131192 ebook isbn13: 9780585262963 language: English Lord's Supper--Congresses, Anabaptists-- subject Doctrines--Congresses, Free churches-- Doctrines--Congresses. publication date: 1997 lcc: BV825.2.L64 1997eb ddc: 264/.36 Lord's Supper--Congresses, Anabaptists-- subject: Doctrines--Congresses, Free churches-- Doctrines--Congresses. Page 3 The Lord's Supper Believers Church Perspectives Edited By Dale R. Stoffer HERALD PRESS Scottdale, Pennsylvania Waterloo, Ontario Page 4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Lord's Supper: Believers Church perspectives/edited by Dale R. Stoffer. p. cm. Papers from the Eleventh Believers Church Conference held at Ashland Theological Seminary, June 1994. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8361-3119-3 (alk. paper) 1. Lord's SupperCongresses. 2. AnabaptistsDoctrines Congresses. 3. Free churchesDoctrinesCongresses. I. Stoffer, Dale R. (Dale Rupert), 1950- . II. Conference on the Concept of the Believers Church (11th: 1994: Ashland Theological Seminary) BV825.2.L64 1997 264'.36dc20 96-32559 The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48- 1984. All Bible quotations are used by permission, all rights reserved, and unless otherwise indicated are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; NIV, from The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society, Zondervan Bible Publishers; KJV, from The Holy Bible, King James Version. THE LORD'S SUPPER Copyright © 1997 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683 Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Number: 96-32559 International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-3119-3 Printed in the United States of America Cover and book design by Gwen M. Stamm 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page 5 CONTENTS Foreword by Franklin H. Littell 9 Editor's Preface 11 Contributors 15 Part One: 19 Historical Perspectives on the Lord's Supper 1. 21 The Lord's Supper in Church History: The Early Church Through the Medieval Period Everett Ferguson 2. 46 Contrasting Views of the Lord's Supper in the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century William R. Estep Jr. 3. 63 Believers Church Perspectives on the Lord's Supper Donald F. Durnbaugh Part Two: 79 Biblical Interpretation of the Lord's Supper 4. 81 "Making a Meal of It": The Lord's Supper in Its First- Century Social Setting Ben Witherington III Part Three: 115 Theological Proposals for the Lord's Supper 5. 117 Ecclesiology and the Lord's Supper: The Memorial Meal of a Peaceable Community Merle D. Strege 6. 129 Eschatology and the Lord's Supper: Hope for the Triumph of God's Reign Robert G. Clouse 7. 140 Making the Lord's Supper Meaningful Marlin Jeschke Page 6 Part Four: 155 Denominational Perspectives on the Lord's Supper 8. 157 Brethren Heritage of the Lord's Supper: Introduction Dale R. Stoffer 9. 161 The Agape in the Brethren Tradition Jeff Bach 10. 169 Footwashing Within the Context of the Lord's Supper John Christopher Thomas 11. 185 Brethren Heritage of the Lord's Supper: Eucharist Dale R. Stoffer 12. 193 The Lord's Supper as Viewed and Practiced by the Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and the Disciples of Christ John Mills 13. 200 A Quaker Interpretation of the Lord's Supper T. Canby Jones 14. 207 Seventh-Day Adventists and the Lord's Supper Peter M. van Bemmelen 15. 212 The Lord's Supper in the Free Methodist Tradition Howard A. Snyder 16. 219 The Lord's Supper: The Perspective of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Thomas L. McCray 17. 225 A Moravian Perspective on Holy Communion Kevin C. Frack 18. 231 Sacrament, Ordinance, or Both? Baptist Understandings of the Lord's Supper William H. Brackney Part Five: 241 Special Presentations on the Lord's Supper 19. 243 Toward an Anabaptist Theology of the Lord's Supper John D. Rempel 20. 250 Social Implications of the Lord's Supper in the Early Church Reta Halteman Finger 21. 256 Proposed Theses for a Believers Church Theology of the Lord's Supper Thomas Finger Page 7 Part Six: 261 Reflections, Ecumenical Dialogue, and Findings 22. 263 The Lord's Supper in the Mennonite Brethren Church David Ewert 23. 266 Reflections on the Conference Timothy George 24. 271 The Lord's Supper in Ecumenical Dialogue Jeffrey Gros 25. 278 A Baptist Response William H. Brackney 26. 281 Observations from the Orthodox Perspective Vladimir Berzonsky 27. 285 Report of the Findings Committee Appendix: Believers Church Conferences and 289 Publications Notes 293 The Editor 333
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