Our Lord is the Lord who serves. . . . The ACELC submits these theses to the Church, and specifically LCMS congregations, as embodying what we Lutherans believe about worship and how that translates into practice.
This document is a list of ACELC’s seven theses on the Lord’s Supper. The theses are summarized here; further detail is provided in the appendices on:
- The Institution and Validity of the Lord’s Supper
- The Purpose of the Lord’s Supper
- Prerequisites to Communion Fellowship
- Who Is Worthy and Well Prepared to Receive the Lord’s Supper
- Who Is Not Worthy and Well Prepared
- Pastoral Care in the Lord’s Supper
- Pastoral Discretion in Extenuating Circumstances
Ten Theses on God’s Arrangement of the Sexes
Our Lutheran forefathers believed that God arranged creation in a certain way, giving order to all human existence which binds us together through a variety of relationships. This would include how the two sexes relate to each other. The ACELC offers these theses as our unanimous confession, explaining what the Holy Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions teach about God’s arrangement of the sexes within creation.
