Government regulates church communion

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Says faith community cannot limit observance to members - A government agency that oversees charities in the United Kingdom has decided that a local Christian congregation cannot be registered because it does not open its communion services to just any outsider.  The decision by the U.K.’s Charity Commission is being reported by The Christian Institute, which has been working on the case of the Plymouth Brethren assembly in Devon for seven years.  Without registration, the group would be subject to a number of government restrictions that do not apply to charity organizations.  The decision “would have a huge impact on the group’s tax relief and would also have other implications,” said the institute in a report.  The report said the congregation’s elders testified to a select committee of Parliament last week. 

The government has determined the group cannot be registered because it has decided that its communion services are for members only.  To Read More…..