What is “The Unity”?

While the Unity Women’s Desk is structured as an independent non-profit corporation, it is partially supported by the Unity Board of the Unitas Fratrum, also known as the Worldwide Moravian Church.

In many parts of the world, it is known simply as the Moravian Church and informally referred to as “the Unity” when stressing it’s international identity.

Founded in 1457 by followers of John Hus and renewed in 1727 on the estates of Nicolaus Ludwig, Count Zindorf in Germany, the vast majority of Moravians now live in Africa. There are Moravians in more than 40 countries on 5 continents with approximately 1,210, 500 members as of 2018.

www.moravian.org (North America)

www.ebu.de/brueder-unitaet/weltweite-kirche/ (Germany)

Information on the Unitas Fratrum, or Unity of the Worldwide Moravian Church, including contacts in all provinces of the Moravian Church and statistics on the church.

The Center for Moravian Studies at Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem, PA shares the rich history and scholarship of the Moravian Church. This site includes archived videos, bibliographies, and resources to those interested in the history of the Moravian Church and academic research about Moravian history and culture.

The Board of Cooperative Ministries of the Moravian Church Southern Province engages and supports congregations in their ministries as together we grow in faith, love, and hope, following Jesus in serving the world