Christian Single Description
My denomination is listed as "other" on the multiple choice section. To expound, I am Moravian. it is the oldest Protestant denomination still in existence, officially founded in 1457 as the Unitas Fratrum. It was nearly wiped out during the Catholic attempts to squash the Reformation and survived in small pockets around Europe. Eventually in 1722, it had a big revival on the estate of Count Zinzendorf and then came to North America and founded various cities in Pennsylvania like Bethlehem - where Moravian College is located. Evenually they also spread to North Carolina and founded Salem - which eventually merged with Winston to form Winston-Salem. Salem is home to Salem College - an all-girls college. We are a small denomination in the US because those who first came to North America believed that a Christian was a Christian and thus there was no need to try to convert Baptists and Methodists and other denominations to become Moravians. We did our evangelism in areas that were not hearing the Gospel - primarily Africa and Central America. So today, there are large groups of Moravians in those areas, but not so much in the US. If you've never heard of us, that's probably why! We a
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United States