Do not get me wrong. Weekly communion is good and should be practiced. However, to say that a congregation which does not practice it is not a New Testament church is more against the New Testament than the failure to practice weekly communion. It seems to me the true principle of restoration would give preference to the restoring of that which is clearly established as apostolic, rather than that which is drawn by inference from the Scripture. The degree to which any congregation or individual conforms to the New Testament teaching, and can rightly claim to represent New Testament Christianity, is relative.
None can claim to do so perfectly.
If we do this we can look at restoration in a different light. It can become a matter of comparing notes with other Christians without regard to the camp in which they bed down, and seeking on the basis of specific items of belief and practice to arrive progressively closer to the real apostolic ideal. It does not need to be restored. It already exists. Our problem is to demonstrate that unity, not to create or restore it.