ONWARD Mission Society of the Moravian Church Newsletter
Volume XLI—Issue 2
March/April 2021
Mission Society—Did You Know? Did you know...that several young men in Salem had a deep interest in the missions of the Moravian Church, possibly because of their participation in the Young Men’s Missionary Society. These young church leaders pushed to get the province involved in missionary activity. The Synod of 1905 heard their call and appointed them the Provincial Missionary Committee. Synod said further that they could do as they desired for missions as long as they paid for it. The committee had a stereopticon machine with which they showed pictures of faraway mission fields to the churches of the provinces, visiting them all, always on dirt roads. The children loved their visits and filled the churches to learn about Moravian Missions. In various ways the committee saw to it that the churches had literature about Moravian Missions, and every few years they brought in a missionary to visit and speak to the churches. They later established a fund with the Society to provide hospitality for visiting missionaries. The committee was also probably the first agency in the province to teach the churches about budgets and good stewardship. It advocated tithing and the designation of 25 percent of the budget for benevolences. It was able to report increasing mission giving and interest to each succeeding Synod. The members of the Provincial Missionary Committee served without complaint until 1923 when the Missionary Society of the Moravian Church, South was authorized by Synod. They were instrumental in organizing the new society and served as directors throughout much of their remaining lives. (From A Seventy-five Year History of the Mission Society of the Moravian Church South by Christian D. Weber)
In This Issue Don’t forget to update your Mission Society contact information. Jennifer Boles, Administrative Assistant
P. 2 Missionary Updates
P. 3 Sierra Leone
P. 5 Missionary Prayer Requests
P. 6 Pray Every Day
P. 8 Unity News
jboles@mcsp.org Mission Society 2178 Freidberg Church Road, Winston Salem, NC 27127 336-773-1732 Online Giving: https://mmfa.info/mission-society-of-the-moravian-churchsouthern-province-donation-form/