(RNS) — As Christian churches cancel in-person services to avoid contracting or spreading the novel coronavirus, many have rushed to embrace “virtual” Communion: Some celebrate via livestream; others ...

Last Friday, we focused on what it means to experience union with Christ. To review, union with Christ is what happens at the very moment someone is born again. Christ joins Himself to the person, ...

Interest in Eastern Orthodoxy has been rising for several decades. At a time when many churches simplify and repackage their messages in current idioms that can seem shallow and ephemeral, Orthodoxy ...

United Methodists have taken the first step toward full communion with Episcopalians and most Lutherans after their bishops approved an agreement to share the Eucharist, with members of the two other ...

Well-known Christian pastor Francis Chan is raising questions after comments he made about the history of Holy Communion. The pastor, preaching on the "Body of Christ and Communion," pointed out that ...

As the coronavirus spreads, the list of canceled events has come to include even Catholic Masses. South Korea closed churches and in Italy, the Italian bishops’ conference announced that all public ...

A: The short answer is no, the one and only appropriate response when receiving holy Communion is to say “amen” after the ...

Embodied community is at the uncompromising heart of what Christian community means, lest the experience of “church” be reduced to that of an idea. (Hristo Rusev / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Among ...

Last Friday, we focused on experiencing our union with Christ. To review, union with Christ is what happens at the very moment someone is born again. Christ joins Himself to the person, comes to live ...