The Moravian Church

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On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at approximately 2:00 p.m. Dr. Greaux’s History of the Black Church Class visited St. Phillips Heritage Center and the St. Phillips African Moravian Church. We spent one hour and fifteen minutes at the site, and we left at 3:15 p.m. The Moravian Church is not a historically black church, however it is important because it is one of the earliest and oldest African American churches still standing in North Carolina. The church was originally built in 1861, expanded in 1890, and renovated in 2004. The members of this church are Protestant Christians. The name of St. Phillips church was officially decided a love feast in December of 1914 by Bishop Ronthaler. A love feast is a simple dinner, usually coffee and a small …show more content…

For 30 years they worked on building houses, stores, and churches. Some of their jobs consisted of farmers and craftsmen. Yohan Samuels was the first baptized African American Moravian. His job was a communal farmer supervisor, he was often called “the man of the soil.” He was responsible for tending to the cows and horses. In addition, he was also responsible for growing wheat, rye, and parsley. Not only did he actively do his trade but he taught others his skill. Comparable to many others he was skilled in his profession and very important to his community Yohan was still a …show more content…

Blacks and Caucasians were referred to as brothers and sisters because of the choir system. Worship and burial was ordered in this regard. Men, women, blacks, and whites all worshiped together. When a person dies they are buried in God’s Acre with their “brothers and sisters” not with their families. Everyone’s headstones are flat, because everyone is spiritually equal. Slave’s spiritual equality to Caucasians was always upheld, however, a slave’s social stature still remained limited to a certain extent. Liberia, later named “Happy Hill” is where the slaves lived in a group of cabins. The land that Happy Hill was on had been a part of a plantation owned by Dr. Fredrich Schumann. Some slaves could buy their freedom. Peter Oliver was a single brother, who served in the kitchen and garden. He ate and slept in the single brothers home until he learned his trade. He learned pottery with his Caucasian colleague and worked eight years in a shop until he bought his

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