An agape feast or lovefeast is a kind of communal meal shared among Christians. The name comes from the Greek word ἀγάπη, which implies the highest form of love described in the New Testament.
Fresco of a banquet at a tomb in the Catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Via Labicana, Rome.
A Moravian diener serves bread to fellow members of her congregation during the celebration of a lovefeast at Bethania Moravian Church in North Carolina.
A Schwarzenau Brethren celebration of the lovefeast at the Bear Creek Congregation of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, New Conference
Moravian dieners serve bread to fellow members of their congregation during the celebration of the lovefeast at Bethania Moravian Church in North Carolina.
The Schwarzenau Brethren, also referred to as the German Baptist Brethren, Dunkers, Dunkard Brethren, Tunkers, or simply German Baptists, are an Anabaptist group that dissented from Roman Catholic, Lu
Agape feast
…celebrated the lovefeast, using their typical dish called appam. In addition, Radical Pietist groups originating in the eighteenth century, such as the Schwarzenau Brethren and the Moravian Church, celebrate the lovefeast. Methodist Churches also continue the practice. Similar Christian communal meals have been revived or…
The Schwarzenau Brethren ordinance of baptism by trine immersion is celebrated by the Salem Congregation of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, New Conference
Brethren emphasize simplicity and humility in their life, including their architecture—as exemplified by this simple church built by Dunkers in Germantown, Philadelphia, pictured c. 1905.
Schwarzenau Brethren of the Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference playing volleyball at Brethren Heritage School in Modesto, California