'A Higher Allegiance': Thousands Of American Christians To Celebrate Post-Election Communion

A number of churches will be hosting communion services for Christians after they vote in order to show that faith unites Christians more than any election divides them.

 

According to ChristianToday.com, the Election Day Communion effort was launched during the 2012 election. That year, more than 900 churches of various denominations registered to participate. This year, only 300 churches are officially registered, but Jason Boone, one of the leaders of the effort, said many more churches are likely participating but just haven’t registered.
For example, Washington National Cathedral has not officially registered with the event, but will offer three services for voters on Nov. 8.
"After we've made our different choices in the voting booth, let's make the same choice together," the Facebook page for the event reads. "Let's meet at the same table to break bread and pass the cup.
"Election Day Communion is a chance to remind ourselves that our allegiance to Christ is higher than allegiance to any party or political campaign,” the description of the event continued. "That the power to truly change the world is found not in politics or presidents or protests, but in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus."

Leaders of the event hope it will bring unity to believers rather than the divisiveness brought out so often by this particularly polarizing election.
"There's a perspective and a grounding that can only happen through the church," said Boone.