The Lord's supper and the preached Word

[sola fide]

This question is asked simply because I am curious to see the views that people hold on this subject.
The puritans, mostly anyway, believed that the pulpit should be in the center of the sanctuary. This was to show that the preached word of Christ was to be the centerpiece of worship.
When pulpits were placed to the side it was often to give preeminence to the Lord's table in worship.
I concede that even my church has a split pulpit (not that I by any means agree with that).
What's your take on this?

 

[JVAC]

The Lutheran Church, is a Word and Sacrament Church. The Word is preached and the Sacraments are had. We put equal emphasis on the two. At the center of attention is the Lord's Table, Altar, for that is the reason we come together. We can always read the word apart, but we cannot Commune appart. We must come together to Commune.

We worship God, we hear His word, and we partake in his Sacraments. The Sacraments have as much work to do in us as the Word of God.

 

[bjh]

In our church, we have an altar with a Bible on it most of the time, but in our remembrance service (weekly, before Sunday School) the Bible is replaced by the bread and the cup.

== B. J. H. ==

 

[Phoebe]

I feel both are important. We need the Word with the element to have a Sacrament.

However, the Altar is our focal point. Our pulpit/ lecturn is off to one side, as is the baptismal font until it is being used.

 

[JVAC]

The Mennonite Church over there on the corner, has a baptistry as the focus. They focus the attention there, and then in front they have a pulpit. This to me is very awkward. Why focus on the baptistry if baptism 'isn't necessary'?

 

[WesleyJohn]

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