The Moravian Church was started by John Hus (~1400). Series on our Church forebearers (cont.)

Count Zinzendorf

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"May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering” 
became the resonating heartbeat of the Moravian Missions movement. 

The Moravian Church was started by John Hus (~1400).

-       Preached justification by faith and held scripture as the supreme authority.

-       Called themselves United Brethren in Bohemia, 100 miles east of Prague

-       60 years before Martin Luther began his reformation and

-       100 years before the establishment of the Anglican Church

-       Persecuted by Roman Catholicism in 1722

-       They fled to Saxony and Zinzendorf’s Estate

-       Organised on elders & pastors & seeking The Holy Ghost

-       In 1727 the Holy Ghost overwhelmed the congregation at least twice where they sank to the floor and the lines between Heaven and Earth were blurred.

-       Being filled with The Holy Ghost and prophetic utterances were common

-       Healing by prayer or a word

-       Spiritual tongues were heard but not encouraged

-       Motivated in the mission fields of Europe, N & S America, Asia, Africa

-       In 20 years they had done more evangelism than any had for 200 years

-       Established Herrnhut ("on watch for the Lord") community

-       Zinzendorf raised a Pietist offshoot of Lutheranism

-       Influenced John Wesley

Information from:
"2000 years of Charismatic Chritianity" Eddie L Hyatt
http://www.moravian.org/history/