Church banned from using altar to serve cups of tea

From the Telegraph-

For many Christians, the altar is the most sacred part of any church.

Covered with a white cloth, it is the holy place where worshippers kneel to receive Communion and feel closer to God.

However instead of the body and blood of Christ, one church group has applied to use their blessed altar to serve tea, biscuits and orange squash.

Worshippers at the St Michael and All Angels Church in Uffington, Lincolnshire, wanted their oak altar to double up as a place to “serve refreshments”.

But Mark Bishop, chancellor for Lincoln, and a judge of the Church of England's Consistory Court, decided the altar could only be used for worship, not to serve snacks.

More here-

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