{"id":29,"date":"2013-05-22T07:21:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T07:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/user44356.vs.easily.co.uk\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2018-09-10T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T09:07:48","slug":"the-moravian-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Moravian Church\u00a0is a mainstream Christian Church. We are members of the \u2018World Council of\u00a0 Churches\u2019, \u2018Churches Together in England\u2019 and more locally,\u00a0\u2018Churches Together in Pudsey\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Moravian Church holds that there is no Head of the Church other than Jesus Christ. The Church\u00a0 has adopted the ancient saying,<\/p>\n

‘In all things essential, unity;<\/em><\/strong> In non-essentials, liberty;<\/em><\/strong> In all things, charity.’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no\u00a0particular doctrine to the Moravian\u00a0Church but there is an agreed statement of belief that unites members of the Moravian Church of every background and\u00a0geographical or linguistic group called \u201cThe Ground of The Unity\u201d which states:<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the whole of Christendom we share\u00a0 faith in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We believe and confess\u00a0 that God has revealed Himself once and for all in His Son, Jesus Christ; that\u00a0 our Lord has redeemed us with the whole of humanity by His death and His\u00a0 resurrection; and that there is no salvation apart from Him. We believe that He\u00a0 is present with is in the Word and the Sacrament; that He directs and unites us\u00a0 through His Spirit and thus forms us into a Church. We hear Him summoning us to\u00a0 follow Him, and pray Him to use us in His service. He joins us together mutually,\u00a0 so that, knowing ourselves to be members of His body we become willing to serve\u00a0 each other.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the light of divine grace, we\u00a0 recognise ourselves to be a Church of sinners. We require forgiveness daily,\u00a0 and live only through the mercy of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. He redeems us\u00a0 from our isolation and unites us into a living Church of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ground of the Unity document can be\u00a0found in full at the Moravian Church website.<\/p>\n

Whilst we respect different faiths and\u00a0beliefs, we believe that there is nothing that need separate all who accept\u00a0Jesus as Lord.<\/p>\n

The Moravian Church has an ancient name of Unitas Fratum, which means a Unity of brethren and sisters. This is still true today as there is a special bond between members of the Moravian Church from all over the World.<\/p>\n

At Fulneck we have a simple and flexible\u00a0form of worship that usually includes: singing of hymns and Psalms, prayers, Bible readings, an address and notices for the community. It is a service that appeals to all levels and may sometimes take it\u2019s structure from a\u00a0Liturgical service but the Moravian Church also believes in \u2018free form\u2019 to allow the\u00a0service to meet the spirit of the occasion.<\/p>\n

At Fulneck our regular service of Holy Communion, the Lord\u2019s Supper, is in the afternoon on the first Sunday of the month and is preceded by a\u00a0Lovefeast, a service of shared news and light refreshments. We welcome people into the Church through Baptism, Confirmation and also Right Hand of Fellowship\u00a0for people who have been members of other Churches and transfer their\u00a0membership to Fulneck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Moravian Church\u00a0is a mainstream Christian Church. We are members of the \u2018World Council of\u00a0 Churches\u2019, \u2018Churches Together in England\u2019 and more locally,\u00a0\u2018Churches Together in Pudsey\u2019. The Moravian Church holds that there is no Head of the Church other than Jesus Christ. The Church\u00a0 has adopted the ancient saying, ‘In all things essential, unity; In … Continue reading Beliefs<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":427,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1819,"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/1819"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fulneck.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}