Who are the Moravians?
Moravians are a very early Protestant denomination. They were followers of Jan Hus, a priest from the Czech Republic and a martyred reformer. For generations, they lived in exile in Germany, and then came to the United States at Savannah, Georgia in 1735. From Savannah, they moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and from Bethlehem a group of them followed the Great Wagon Road to North Carolina and established “Wachovia,” present day Forsyth County. According to the Moravian Church of America, the 21st century Moravians are very much like other mainline Protestant denominations. There are 700,000 Moravians world-wide, with 47,000 in the United States. Of those 47,000, approximately 20,000 live in Forsyth County.
