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Good Shepherd
Moravian Church
1474 Kerner Road, Kernersville, North Carolina 27284
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Basic Description of the Moravian Church
The Moravian Church is an ancient evangelical Protestant Christian Church which confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Our organized beginning was in 1457 in what is now the Czech Republic, with our name being taken from the region of that country called Moravia.
Today, the witness of the Moravian Church has spread to across the globe. Our worldwide membership is around 720,000. We believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God. The best expression of our life and faith is found in our motto, "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love."
Chief Doctrines of the Moravian Congregations
The Moravian Church regards the chief doctrine of the Christian faith to be the conviction that Jesus Christ is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of the whole world. The person of Christ and his redeeming love is the central point of our Church's teaching and preaching.
The saving work of Christ is revealed through the Holy Scriptures. The Old Testament tells us the wonders of creation and the mighty acts of God in bringing into being a chosen people through whom all the peoples of the earth would be blessed. The New Testament reveals to us the person of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. By his life, death, and resurrection sinners are forgiven.
- The Moravian Church as a part of the Body of Christ affirms the chief doctrines of our common faith as follows:
- The doctrine of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in whose name we are baptized.
- The doctrine of God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- The doctrine that Jesus Christ came in human form and dwelt among us and that he gives to all who believe in him the power to become the children of God.
- The doctrine that the Holy Spirit works within us and enables us to know the truth.
- The doctrine that God, through Christ, visits and redeems his people; as Jesus himself promised, "I will come again."
- The Moravian Church administers the sacrament of baptism for both children and adults. While it practices baptism by the pouring or sprinkling of water, the Moravian Church does not dispute other forms of baptism as practiced throughout the Church universal.
- The Moravian Church invites all baptized Christians to join with it in celebrating the Lord's Supper. Following instruction, baptized children may receive communion.
- The Moravian Church embraces the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, but maintians an ordained ministry of both men and women for administering the sacraments.
- The Moravian Church, founded in 1457 and renewed in 1727, believes that it was called into being for the purpose of proclaiming the Godd News that God in Christ reconciled the world to himself.
- The Moravian Church believes hat it should go into all the world, even into the earth's remotest bounds, whenever and wherever its Lord calls and doors are opened. Today the Moravian Church is found in many lands and among many people of many tongues.
- The Moravian Church holds that all believers are brothers and sisters in Chirst.
- The Moravian Church "awaits the appearing of Jesus Christ, goes forward to meet its Lord with joy, and prays to be found ready when he comes."
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Moravian Star
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Moravian Seal
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Lovefeast Bun, Mug & Candle
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Good Shepherd Moravian Church
1474 Kerner Road, Kernersville, NC 27284
E-Mail: gsmc@geocities.com
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