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LCMS 2026 Convention Workbook: Reports and Overtures, PDF page 297
2026 Convention Workbook 262 THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS —COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran 092635 At its 2023 convention, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod adopted Resolution 5-15, “To Uphold Proper Elements and Reverential Administration of the Lord’s Supper,” addressing concerns about the practice of the Lord’s Supper. This report by the Commission on Theology and Church Relations seeks to address the three specific “concerns” about the practice of the Lord’s Supper identified therein: first, the substitution of grape juice for wine; second, the use of prefilled communion cup and wafer sets; and third, the substitution of non-wheat for wheat hosts. In this report, the CTCR addresses each of these practices from a confessional Lutheran theological and pastoral perspective so that our practice would fully align with our confession of the Lord’s Supper as instituted by our Lord Jesus. It searches the Scriptures and traces the practices of the church through the ages, taking heed of Martin Luther’s words: “No one is to command or prohibit anything which [Christ] has neither commanded nor forbidden” (AE 40:133).