Moravian Forum – The Moravian Church

Rio Terrace Community Moravian Church-Occult workshopEdmonton, AB T5R2Z9 Ph. 780 487-0211:For years North Americans have been fascinated with the subject of angels. We shall see it has also become a subject teeming with deception and one more way Satan uses to turn people's eyes away from Jesus Christ. (see article and news letter)

Rev. Dr. Douglass P. Norwood, Jr. February 1, 2003:I left the Northern Provincial synod in June 2002 feeling like my mother or some other close relative had just died. I couldn't hold back the tears. I could not participate in the synod communion, but stood outside with about 30 other people instead. My grief was not based solely on one issue, although one issue, of course, has attracted the most attention.(see article)

Olivet Moravian decision about the World Council of Churches Feb 26, 2005 After much study, discussion and prayerful consideration over the past two years, our joint boards voted unanimously not to support the WCC (see letter sent to PEC)

Rev.Truman Dunn Moses Lecture review fall 2001: Rev. Dunn writes of his personal belief, I do not believe that Jesus is the only way to find salvation....Nor do I believe that Moravians or Christians have a lock on religious truth. He wonders why we insist that Christianity is somehow superior to all other pathways to God. Rev. Dunn calls for a reformation through death of the Moravian Church as we Know it, allowing the old ways of exclusive truths to die. He says the first truth that must go is the narrow and arrogant claim that Jesus is the only way to salvation. (see article)

Rev.Truman Dunn rejoins the fold writing:The Moses Lectures reflected a very personal perspective about my convictions and my hopes for the Moravian Church. However, my life and faith as a Christian is not lived in isolation. I am a part of a larger faith community, the Moravian Church. And, I seek to stand within that larger tradition of the Moravian Church while still maintaining the integrity of my own personal belief and experience of the presence of God.......I have found that I indeed affirm the Ground of the Unity as the belief of our church, even as I seek to be a part of our continual search for sound doctrine. (see letter)

Resolution 54 Southern Synod 2002: Careful study of this account, along with the versions of the resolution as it evolved, will reveal the transformation of a Document intended to reaffirm the authority of Scripture and its message of Salvation through Christ alone. It is apparent that leaders of our denomination were influential, to a large degree, in redirecting the Resolution. The final fatal blow came from an amendment on the floor by Bishop Graham Rights that removed all remaining statements that called for reaffirmation of our doctrinal statements of belief. Resolution 54 went from calling for affirming our faith to a call for preserving relationships. In light of the fact that a minister used his position to teach that Christ is not the only way to salvation, this effort by our leaders might be seen as self serving, keeping leadership intact at the expense of our mission to witness the message of Scripture (see article)

Oscar Tesh Walnut Cove, NC What are we passing on to those who follow us: "The Faith of our Fathers" or a watered-down ineffective substitute? I am a 5th generation Moravian who wants a denomination that is unbending in the non-negotiable truths of the Bible. We must be true to GOD and that means making hard decisions. (see article)

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We have preserved and made available newspaper articles in our Moravian's in the News section that demonstrates why evangelicals are taking issue with PEC President Bob Sawyer media statements and actions of church leaders.

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