The Hundred-Year Stream From Herrnhut
In August 1727, a small community of religious refugees gathered in the village of Herrnhut, nestled in the hills of Saxony. Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12.
In August 1727, a small community of religious refugees gathered in the village of Herrnhut, nestled in the hills of Saxony. Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf had offered them shelter on his estate, and these Moravian believers — scarred by persecution, fractured by disagreement — could barely fill a single chapel. During a communion service on August 13, something shifted. The Holy Spirit fell upon them with such force that they could hardly tell whether they belonged to earth or heaven.…
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