Yet in spite of our unity, we are not a people united. Like all mainline Protestant denominations, Moravians disagree about many issues: the place of Queer people within the church, women in ministerial leadership. Historically we’ve disagreed about the inerrancy of the Scriptures, about abortion and alcohol, racial justice and gay marriage, divorce and means of grace. There are Moravians who practice baptism by immersion and spinking and those who believe in the real presence of Christ’s body and blood in holy communion and those who staunchly disagree and believe the sacrament is a mere symbol of Christ’s real presence. If there’s been an issue in theology or doctrine, church structure or leadership, or just about any other matter whereby there is more than one opinion to be had on the matter, Moravians have probably held multiple opinions across our Unity. In spite of our unity, we are not a uniform people. 

And yet… we are a people strengthened by our opinions and our diversity.

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