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The American Moravian Church sponsors the Moravian University and Seminary. The largest concentration of Moravians today is in Tanzania. The motto of the Moravian Church is: "In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, love". [26] Some Moravian scholars point to a different formula as a guide to constructive debate about ...
Newfoundland (/ nj uː ˈ f aʊ n d l ə n d / new-FOWND-lənd) is a village in Dreher Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is most famously known as host to the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair every Labor Day weekend. [7] Newfoundland is also host to an annual fireman's picnic and parade every 4th of July weekend.
The contributing site is the Moravian Church Cemetery, which was established in 1758 and contains the graves of General John Augustus Sutter, of California Gold Rush fame, and his wife Anna Dubeld Sutter, and Francis Florentine Hagen, composer of the beloved Christmas hymn "Morning Star, O Cheering Sight."
The Moravian Historical Society is located on a three-acre historic site in Nazareth, PA. It maintains two historic buildings, the 1740-1743 Whitefield House and the 1740 Gray Cottage, the oldest surviving Moravian structure in North America.
Moravian missionary baptising Munsee-Delawares in "Old Chapel" in Bethlehem, PA The beginning of the church's work in North America is usually given as 1740, when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg sent Christian Henry Rauch to New York City on a mission to preach and convert native peoples.
Nazareth Hall Tract is a historic Moravian school complex located at Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.It consists of the manor house Nazareth Hall, the 1840 Moravian Church, the "First Room" Building (), the Principal's House, the Single Sister's House, and a monument.
Self-guided tours of maple syrup farms in the Wayne County area are set for this weekend, along with three pancake breakfasts.
The seal of the Moravian Church featuring the Agnus Dei in stained glass at the Rights Chapel of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Before finally settling in Pennsylvania, and later founding another settlement in North Carolina, the Moravians initially made an attempt at settlement in Georgia for their mission work. [6]