If you have ever read or studied the “Constitution of the Unitas Fratrum,” found in Part III of the Church Order, then you know that “the Unitas Fratrum consists of Provinces.”  In fact, you have probably become aware of that fact in the Constitution.  Phrases such as “the Southern Province” or “the Northern Province” or “the Alaska Province” are most likely not new to you. But do you know that there are four types of Provinces in the Unity?  And do you know where they are?

For our Prayer Focus this month we will focus on all four categories of the Moravian Church around the world.

 

Unity Provinces

Czech Province (1457, renewed 1862)

European Continental Province (1722)

Eastern West Indies Province (1732)

Suriname Province (1735)

Southern Africa Province (1737, renewed 1792)

Moravian Church in America, North ((1741)

British Province (1742)

Moravian Church in America, South (1753)

Jamaican Province (1754)

Nicaraguan Province (1849)

Alaska Province (1885)

Southern Tanzania Province (1891)

Western Tanzania Province (1897)

Honduran Province (1930)

South Western Tanzania Province (1978)

Rukwa Tanzania Province (1986)

Pray that they would always recognize that the call to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the source of their being and the inspiration of their service (Ground Of The Unity, Part I, #1)

 

Affiliated Provinces

Labrador Province (1771)

Guyana Province (1878)

Costa Rica Province (1980)

Pray that they would “n’er forget their destination – why from this vain world redeemed!”