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speratus said:
With respect to a person under discipline at one church attempting to commune at another church, the elders may require visitors to submit proof (e.g., letter, phone number, etc.) that they are members in good standing of a fellowship church. The visitor should phone or visit the church well before the service so the elders have ample time for examination.
That's all well and good if:

1) The visitor(s) are aware that the Lord's Supper was scheduled to be held that day in advance of their arrival.

2) The visitor(s) are members of a church. There are legitimate occasions that a true believer may not be a member of a local church.

Of course, one's definition of "fellowship church" will determine what criteria is used even before any examination is done. On the contrary, the Bible knows no such distinction, i.e., "denomination" nor any basis to include or exclude a true believer from the Lord's Table due to one's denominational affiliation. It is the LORD CHRIST HIMSELF who invites, calls and requires His sheep to come to the Supper. And thus it is the church's responsibility to determine the individual's spiritual state in its examination regardless of where that individual attends worship.

Further, the text in question is in regard to the individual examining himself/herself before partaking of the Lord's Supper. The church's responsibility to guard/fence the Table is found elsewhere and is not Paul's consideration in this text and thus irrelevant to the TOPIC here being discussed.

In His grace,

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