Thread by @PeteGreig

On this day in 1727 the #MoravianPentecost erupted amongst a community of refugees in the sleepy village of Bethelsdorf near Herrnhut in modern-day Germany.

Here are FIVE extraordinary ways in which that event went on to change the world >>>

1.🔥The *Moravian Pentecost* sparked a 24-7 #prayer meeting in Herrnhhut which continued night-and-day, without interruption for more than 100 years.

2.🔥The *Moravian Pentecost* detonated the modern-day #missions movement, propelling missionaries out to the ends of the earth including the Caribbean, North and South America, the Arctic, Africa, the Far East and slave colonies in the West Indies. >>>

3.🔥The *Moravian Pentecost* spread like wildfires, starting thirty radical, #missionalcommunities similar to Herrnhut around the world. These were not just congregations but entire villages in which social divisions and extremes of wealth and poverty were largely eliminated.

4.💥The *Moravian Pentecost* catalysed renewal and Christian #unity by establishing hundreds of small prayer / discipleship groups (known catchily as "diaspora societies") within existing, traditional churches across Europe. The Moravians were know. As the ‘Unitas fratrum’. >>>

5.🔥The *Moravian Pentecost* focussed some of the most influential people in the 18th century upon world mission, through Zinzendorf’s Order of the Mustard Seed . Early members included the King of Denmark, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Tomochichi, Chief of the Creek people.

Thank you Jesus for the fire you sparked amongst those brave Moravian refugees on this day in 1727. 🔥