Actually all current non Catholic churches are branches of Luther — he was the first non-catholic. I did not say that baptists were a branch of Lutherans. only he might have been Lutheran at the time because he was maybe born that way (not Holy Roman Empire Cathodic) there wasn’t much else at the time he was born. How bout that winston salem connection to von zinzendorf. i visted the buildings and they are nice, there is a restaurant. ther is no restuarnt at the the orignal moravian site in pa
Moravians in America
The Moravians first came to America during the colonial period. In 1735 they were part of General Oglethorpe’s philanthropic venture in Georgia. Their attempt to establish a community in Savannah did not succeed, but they did have a profound impact on the young John Wesley who had gone to Georgia during a personal spiritual crisis. Wesley was impressed that the Moravians remained calm during a storm that was panicking experienced sailors. He was amazed at people who did not fear death, and back in London he worshiped with Moravians in the Fetter Lane Chapel. There his “heart was strangely warmed.”
Bethlehem 1754After the failure of the Georgia mission, the Moravians were able to establish a permanent presence in Pennsylvania in 1741, settling on the estate of George Whitefield. Moravian settlers purchased 500 acres to establish the settlement of Bethlehem in 1741. Soon they bought the 5,000 acres of the Barony of Nazareth from Whitefield’s manager, and the two communities of Bethlehem and Nazareth became closely linked in their agricultural and industrial economy.
Other settlement congregations were established in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. They built the communities of Bethlehem, Nazareth, Lititz, and Hope. They also established congregations in Philadelphia and on Staten Island in New York.All were considered frontier centers for the spread of the gospel, particularly in mission to the Native Americans.Bethlehem was the center of Moravian activity in colonial America. i think your WaSau bakn was a ban from that family.
Well, no. Moravians, the Unitas Fratrum, precede Luther by over a century. Followers of Jan Hus, the Hussites from whom the Moravians descended, are earlier still. Then, you have the Waldensians, earlier still.