This week in Christian history: Brother Van dies, Social Gospel supporter born, Moravian leader

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Important Moravian Church leader ordained - December 19, 1734

Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), German religious reformer and leader in the Moravian Church.
Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), German religious reformer and leader in the Moravian Church. | (Photo: Public Domain)

This week marks the anniversary of when Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, a prominent German leader in the Moravian community, was ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran Church.

Count von Zinzendorf’s ordination gave him further authority to oversee the influential Moravian community in the German town of Herrnhut.

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“His ordination was the fulfillment of a dream and a way to protect the community he loved,” wrote historians Geoff and Janet Benge.

“Now he could shelter the Herrnhut community from accusations of being anti-Lutheran. He could also perform all of the offices of a state-appointed minister, baptizing, marrying, burying, and serving communion.”   

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