Resolution on Frequent Administration of the Eucharist
WHEREAS the Eucharist is a true partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, according to the
Scriptures, the early church, and our own doctrinal standards; and
WHEREAS John Wesley, the Reformers, and the New Testament all advocate for participation in
the Sacrament as often as Christians met in worship; and
WHEREAS the reason for monthly communion, namely, the shortage of ordained ministers with
sacramental authority in the young Methodist Church, is no longer an issue affecting the United
Methodist Church; and
WHEREAS the sacrament is not merely a memorial or symbol, but a means of grace;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that it is a spiritual abuse of the congregation of Christ to
administer the Eucharistic Means of Grace any less than weekly; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a weekly Eucharist be encouraged as the standard practice in
all United Methodist Churches; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that ministers be encouraged to teach Communion as the real
spiritual presence of Christ, both to explain the change in practice to their congregations, to
encourage them that they truly partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, and to warn again vain
participation in it by those who know Christ not.
