The Moravians must find their way back to being – wholistic Missionaries & tireless Prayer Warriors

This is an important short video. 

The video directs the viewer toward two emphases of the historic Moravian church: abiding prayer and holistic missionary effort. That is to say prayer and mission work that seeks to convert the lost and to heal and minister to physical needs. I am not speaking of just doing social work however valuable that may be. 

The degree to which this mission of prayer and evangelism is recaptured is the degree to which its future will be vibrant. Thus the Watchword of this blog. 

"This is what the Lord says: 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.'" --Jeremiah 6:16.

One Good Reason That The Moravians Came To North Carolina?

"During this year (1783) earnest consideration was given to the possibility of taking the Gospel to the Cherokee Indians, so fulfilling one of the purposes for which the Savior planted our little congregations in North Carolina."  -- From the Wachovia Memorabilia, 1783

Preach it! The Count had it right

Count Zinzendorf, father of the Renewed Moravians, believed that the Holy Spirit was the only true missionary. It was the Spirit who prepared the hearts of people to hear and receive the message of Jesus Christ. It was the Spirit who would call individuals from among the people to be converted. The missionaries are then led to these people by the Spirit. 

Count Zinzendorf encouraged missionaries not to fear failure. Conversion did not rest on the ability of the missionary to preach and convince the people.

Do you believe the Holy Spirit initiates the call of individuals to conversion? Do you believe the Holy Spirit leads us to individuals ripe for conversion? 

3 Characteristics of Moravian mission.

Count Zinzendorf

In a letter to an English friend Zinzendorf wrote: 

"You are not to aim at the conversion of whole nations; you must simply look for seekers after the truth who, like the Ethiopian eunuch, seems ready to welcome the Gospel. Second, you must go straight to the point and tell them about the life and death of Christ. Third, you must not stand aloof from the heathen, but humble yourself, mix with them, treat them as Brethren, and pray with them and for them." 

(Zinzendorf 1732)

This quote shows the three basic characteristics of Moravian mission: 

1. The Holy Spirit guides both the seeker for truth and the missionary; 

2. Preaching Christ is the central task of the missionary; and 

3. The missionary imitates Christ’s example of humility.