Revival Embers Ignited by Spener
Story★★★★Spener whose controversial Christian renewal groups transformed congregational
life among the Lutherans.
Among the results of this revival: Count Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf,
deeply influenced by pietistic preaching, gave refuge on his estate to a group of
inflamed Moravian Christians. Out of this community known as Herrnhut came
the first great wave of missionaries in Protestant history. It was under the influence
of the Moravians that John and Charles Wesley were moved to the Lord and began
their earth-shaking ministries.
The point
Philip Jacob Spener's pietistic renewal influenced Count Zinzendorf, whose Herrnhut estate harbored Moravian Christians who launched the first Protestant missionary wave, moving John and Charles Wesley.
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Adults
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Inspiring
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