Emphasis on baptism and Holy Communion as gifts of God’s grace helps explain why the Moravian Church practices open rather than closed communion. This means that members of other Christian churches are invited to receive Holy Communion in our services. We believe that, in the sacrament of baptism, God in Christ makes us all members of the one, holy, and universal church, and not just members of a particular denomination. Likewise, we believe that at the Holy Communion we gather at the Lord’s Table and not our own, and that the sacrament is intended for Christians of all denominations.