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I could see maybe him doing it if they asked all the available pastors around to come and they all said no
Augsburg Confession - Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order. said:Of Ecclesiastical Order they teach that no one should publicly teach in the Church or administer the Sacraments unless he be regularly called.
CTCR said:C. Practice in Accord with the Doctrine of the Office of the Public Ministry
1. The Pastoral Office
The regularly called and ordained pastors of the church are to officiate at the administration of Holy Communion. God's Word describes both the universal priesthood and the office of the public ministry as divine institutions (1 Peter 2:9-10; Titus 1:5-9). Edmund Schlink, writing on the confessional view of church and ministry, succinctly states:
The Confessions do not permit us to place the universal priesthood as a divine institution over against the public ministry as a human institution. The idea of a transfer of the rights of the universal priesthood to the person of the pastor is foreign to the Confessions. The church does not transfer its office of preaching the Gospel and administering the sacraments to individuals in its membership, but it fills this office entrusted to it by God, it calls into this office instituted by God. In this office the pastor therefore acts in the name and at the direction of God and in the stead of Jesus Christ. He acts with authority not on the basis of an arrangement made by believers but on the basis of the divine institution.
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The Augsburg Confession underscores the importance of a regularly called pastor for the administration of Holy Communion:
It is taught among us that nobody should publicly teach or preach or administer the sacraments in the church without a regular call (AC XIV).
Our teachers assert that according to the Gospel the power of keys or the power of bishops is a power and command of God to preach the Gospel, to forgive and retain sins, and to administer and distribute the sacraments (AC XXVIII, 5).
Accordingly, the Apology explains:
But let us talk about the term "liturgy." It does not really mean a sacrifice but a public service. Thus it squares with our position that a minister who consecrates shows forth the body and blood of the Lord to the people, just as a minister who preaches shows forth the gospel to the people, as Paul says (I Cor. 4:1), "This is how one should regard us, as ministers of Christ and dispensers of the sacraments of God," that is, of the Word and sacraments; and II Cor. 5:20, "We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" (Ap XXIV, 80).
Writing to the Circuit Counselor and District President sounds like the right thing to do. Even if you leave the congregation, this needs to be done.
He just got finished with his Lay studies and he said they told them there that he could give communion.
I know there are about 5 retired pastors in the area. These people don't want old ones. I don't feel he's right.
Yes they started with the call process. One lady was pitching a fit right after the pastor said he was leaving saying she didn't want any of the pastors around here coming to the services. Said she didn't like them. I told her it only be temporary.
He just got finished with his Lay studies and he said they told them there that he could give communion.
Yes, I was told the same thing when I was in the program...of course, being a woman I was told I would not be able to administer the sacrament (duh!) but my male counterparts in the program were told they could.
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