The church is the fellowship of baptized believers in Christ and their families. The church does not include mere attendees, the curious, the trolls, or the weeds.
While these are prospects for future membership, they are present by permission and not by inclusion.
They have no vote, no voice, and no authority in any church decisions that get made.
The bottom line is that a church worship service is NOT an evangelistic crusade. While some churches do have a portion of their service geared toward outreach to the unchurched, they do NOT include them in communion until after their repentance, faith, and baptism. In short, they are onlookers and not part of the body of Christ.
I’m sorry, xzins — I am not suggesting otherwise. What about my post made you believe that I believed anything contradictory to what you state above?? Please explain...
I wasn’t disagreeing with you. I was pinging you because I thought you’d be interested.
I was addressing anyone who’d think that a visitor is the same as a member.