How Did Churches Start Using Grape Juice for Communion?
Sola Media
teaching
January 7, 2026
Adriel Sanchez explains the surprising history behind the modern movement of churches using grape juice instead of wine for communion, and how it was spearheaded by Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch of Welch’s Grape Juice in the 1900s.
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