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Does a communion table deserve reverence?
Is this only an item made by human hands, or is there special spiritual significance that deserves respect?
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In many Protestant churches ( Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian etc., the communion table is considered a holy symbol rather than a sacred object with inherent mystical or magical properties.
It is called a “table” rather than an “altar” to emphasize fellowship and the remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. Still, when the call to salvation is given, or prayer is requested, in church it is said that people should come to the altar. They stand in front of the communion table
I attended a Baptist church as a child, and my grandmother taught reverence for the house of the Lord. My brothers and I were told never to play in the pulpit or around the communion table. Recently on Facebook, there was a discussion where many shared that they had also been raised in the fear (reverence and respect) for the church and certain items.
A communion table is an item made of wood or other materials and created by human hands. I recall my daughter as a young girl, discussing the story of the golden calf that the Israelites worshiped.




