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3/6/2013 � 21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22 Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23 and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” 1

3/6/2013 � 24 So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. 25 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26 She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” 29 Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. � 30 Immediatelyaware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 He looked all around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” 2

3/6/2013 � Pray, teach, heal, move on � Repeat � Mark 5 � Teach (interruption) ▪ Heal (interuption) ▪ Heal (without meaning to) ▪ Heal/raise the dead (?) � Mark 6 � Move on � Teach � Tension between immediacy and long term development show up in Jesus’ ministry and in the development of the Moravian Church 3

3/6/2013 “Is there anything distinctive, then, about Moravian theology? If one is looking for strange or esoteric doctrines the answer is “no.” There are, however, several emphases or methods of theological approach that may not exactly be unique to Moravian theology, but are certainly characteristic of it. In combination, these emphases and methods of approach allow us to speak of a distinctive Moravian theology.” (p. 12) 4

3/6/2013 � Zinzendorfian theology � Juenger, Mama, Christel, Juengerin, Br. Joseph � creative, affective, liberating, biblical � Holy Spirit as the Mother of the Church � Women in positions of authority � Alternative social structure � Provided health care, education available to others � No homelessness or joblessness; economic viability for singles 0f all ages � Care for the chronologically gifted � Sustainable agricultural practices � Groups formed � 1728 Single Brothers � 1730 Single Sisters � Separate Housing and Industry begins � Single Brothers 1739 � Single Sisters 1740 � Separate Housing for married persons in Bethlehem/Nazareth was a new experiment 5

3/6/2013 � Live separately � Had separate officials and leaders � Worked separately (not uncommon, given 18 th century division of labor) � Worshiped separately � Sat in corporate worship separately � Buried separately Herrnhaag Founded--1738 Essentially abandoned-- 1750 1000 residents Headquarters for the Brüdergemeine 6

3/6/2013 New at Herrnhaag Planned - Choir System in place - Liturgical development of Wounds Theology, Holy Spirit as Mother - Ordination of women at Marienborn - Transatlantic (Herrnhutwas already international and multi-cultural) � 420 served as Akoluthae, � 202 ordained as Diaconissae , � 14 as Priesterinnen by 1760. � Vernon Nelson’s research on the subject indicates that 48 women were ordained in America alone. � Moravian eldresses ordained other women. � During the Count’s lifetime, the Brudergemeine became even more radical in the roles it created for women in ministry. � Count Zinzendorf called for the public ordination of women as priestess, which they had been doing only in private before, in 1758. There are indications that at least two women were, or at least functioned as, bishops. 7

3/6/2013 � Ingeborg Baldauf gives more comprehensive numbers and the most inclusive dates noting a total of 379 women ordained from 1745 to 1790. � Ingeborg Baldauf, “Sisters Behind the Liturgical Table: Introduction of the Ordination of Women in the European Continental Unity Province,” TMDK 17, (1999): 73-96. 8

3/6/2013 200+ Deaconesses in a 15 year period Priestesses 9

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3/6/2013 � Hedwig Elizabeth Marshall � also saw the ordination of the first deaconesses (1740s) � Gertraud Graff � Participated in the ordination of other women � Both were ordained in Germany and later served in Wachovia 1773 � � Rosina Kaske Biefel Bachhoff Schmidt � Catherina Juliana Carmel Ernst � Elizabeth Bagge 1781 � � Maria Bagge � Anna Maria Quest � 1786 � Anna Catherina Antes (Kalberlahn Reuter Heinzmann) Ernst � Maria Böckel Beck Peter � Maria Elizabeth Praezel � Benigna Peter � Johanna Elizabeth Colver 11

3/6/2013 � Anna Leinbach Beck � Anna Dorothea Böttger Benzien � Rosina Louise Clemens Herbst � Elizabeth Leibert Nielsen Praezel � Maria Elizabeth Engel Praezel � Sarah Utley � Maria Barbara DegglerWallis � Catherina Beroth Steiner (?) � 1760-1786 � Fully a decade longer � ¼ century � Wachovia Congregations � Served by more women ordained after the Zinzendorfs died than those ordained before 12

3/6/2013 � Six congregations � 4 decades � Changes in land costs, usage � Wheat, grapes, silk, land speculation � Changes in nationality � Changes in type of settlement (Bethania) � Legal acumen � Power vacuum in the Moravian Church due to deaths in the Zinzendorf family � Zinzendorf’s Household � Tie with Jews � Sunday was Liturgy � The work of the people � Expectation in Bethlehem � Also in Wachovia 13

3/6/2013 � Blood Theology, Wounds Theology � Mystical Marriage � Holy Spirit as the Mother � Fully developed choir system � Ordination of Women � Familial references to the House of Zinzendorf � Papa, der Jünger; Mama; Christel;Liesel � Observance of Saturday Sabbath � Why did they last in NC? 14

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3/6/2013 � 10 ordained in Salem � At least some of these were not included in Nelson’s figures � 10 others ordained elsewhere, serving in Wachovia � All 6 of the 18 th century congregations, with the exception of Hope, were served by a least one ordained woman. � THIS WAS POLICY, NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT � Herrnhaag, Bethlehem, Christiansbrunn, Bethabara, Salem � Cartographer, architect, town planner, forester, game warden, visionary, poet � Gifted lay person 16

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3/6/2013 � 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse � By SAM ROBERTS � January 16, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/us/16census.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 � � Who pays for whose education? � Job creation � Where and with whom do 20somethings live � Sustainable agricultural practices � Sustainable energy sources � 1/8 adults over 65 suffer from ADRD. � Currently 5.4 million Americans dealing with these illnesses � By 2050 the number will increase to 16 million. � Alzheimer’s Association’s studies indicate close to 15 million family caregivers � two to twenty years after diagnoses before succumbing to the disease. ▪ – Erin Maurer, quoting AlzheimersAssociation 19

3/6/2013 � Zinzendorfian theology � Juenger, Mama, Christel, Juengerin, Br. Joseph � creative, affective, liberating, biblical � Holy Spirit as the Mother of the Church � Women in positions of authority � Alternative social structure � Provided health care, education available to others � No homelessness or joblessness; economic viability for singles 0f all ages � Care for the chronologically gifted � Sustainable agricultural practices � Woundedness � Pastoral Care, Marriage Counseling, Theodicy � Henri Nouwen, Harville Hendrix, Bart Ehrman � Distinctive Theologies � Christ as Creator ▪ Unique approaches to theology and ecology ▪ Issues of land (belonging to the land) � Holy Spirit as Mother � Women as church leaders � (Feminine human and feminine divine integrally related); what does it mean for women to be created in God’s image? 20

3/6/2013 � Shane Claiborne � Simple Way community in Philadelphia � The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical . � Bethlehem Moravian Mission Community � Waughtown � Russell May � Influenced by Rutba House, Jonathon Hartgrove-Wilson � Responsiveness/Responsibility ▪ Who owns what and relationship to who goes where � Flexibility � Creativity ▪ For laity as well as clergy � Mission Focus Churches � Refocused Congregations � Worship and Mission � Where, When, With whom, What style � Alzheimer’s Ministry � Caregivers � Recalling Baby Boomers � Witness to youth and young adults � Trading independence for interdependence before independence is taken away � Hospitality: Using buildings for ministry 24/7 21