Our Local Churches and Fellowships

Sketch of Friedberg Church by Maria Steiner Denke in 1827

These brief histories of each congregation of the Southern Province were part of a year-long series of bulletin inserts produced by Archivists C. Daniel Crews and Richard W. Starbuck in 2002. Coincident with the publication of their history of the Southern Province, With Courage for the Future, the sketches were presented in chronological order beginning with the church at Bethabara. Changes in the number and location of congregations since 2002 are also noted here.

Moravian Churches Historical Dates, Chronological

– 1700’s –

Bethabara, Nov. 17, 1753
Bethania, Apr. 13, 1760
Home (Salem), Nov. 13, 1771
Friedberg, Apr. 4, 1773
Hope, Aug. 26, 1780
Friedland, Sept. 3, 1780

– 1800’s –

St. Philips, May 5, 1822
New Philadelphia, July 26, 1846
Mount Bethel, Nov. 25, 1852
Macedonia, May 24, 1856
Kernersville, Nov. 10, 1867
Fries Memorial, Dec. 16, 1877
Olivet, Dec. 22, 1878
Providence, Nov. 21, 1880
Oak Grove, Sept. 25, 1887
Calvary, Apr. 20, 1893
Union Cross, Aug. 13, 1893
Fulp, Nov. 11, 1893
Fairview, May 5, 1895
Mizpah, Sept. 13, 1896
Moravia, Oct. 3, 1896
Christ, Oct. 25, 1896
Mayodan, Nov. 29, 1896
Enterprise, Apr. 11, 1898
Willow Hill, June 5, 1898
Bethesda, Oct. 22, 1899

– 1900’s –

Clemmons, Aug. 13, 1900
First, Greensboro, Oct. 5, 1908
Trinity, July 14, 1912
Immanuel, Oct. 6, 1912
Little Church on the Lane, Nov. 7, 1920
New Eden, Jan. 28, 1923
Advent, June 22, 1924
Ardmore, June 29, 1924
King, Oct. 5, 1924
Pine Chapel, Nov. 16, 1924
Grace, Mar. 15, 1925
Crooked Oak, July 17, 1927 (not organized)
Leaksville, Apr. 21, 1929
Rural Hall, May 3, 1931
Hopewell, June 19, 1932
Konnoak Hills, Jan. 21, 1951
Messiah, Nov. 18, 1951
Raleigh, Oct. 4, 1953
Peace (Park Road), Nov. 24, 1963
Rolling Hills, Oct. 8, 1967
First, Georgia, Mar. 23, 1975
Covenant, Feb. 12, 1978
Unity, Nov. 16, 1980
New Hope, Newton, Feb. 13, 1983
Prince of Peace, Nov. 30, 1986
Good Shepherd, Feb. 12, 1989
Christ the King, Nov. 24, 1991
New Hope, Miami, Jan. 5, 1992
Palm Beach, Jan. 28, 1996

– 2000’s –

New Beginnings, May 19, 2002
Immanuel-New Eden, Oct. 7, 2002
Holly Springs, Sept. 15, 2003

Provisional Churches, Fellowships

Community Fellowship, Welcome, NC
Surinamese Fellowship, Miami, FL
Palmetto, fellowship status 1991
King of Kings, provisional status Mar. 21, 1993
Margate Fellowship, Margate, FL
Morning Star, provisional status Mar. 21, 1995
Mountain Laurel Fellowship, Laurel Springs, NC
Nueva Esperanza Fellowship, Miami, FL
Tampa, FL, fellowship status 1996
Sarasota, FL, fellowship status June 1999* *In 2018, this congregation is now closed.
New Covenant, fellowship status, 2002