And in 1960 Providence built a substantial brick church that could seat 300. In 1953, with a newly built parsonage, it received its first full-time resident pastor, George A. Providence reached a peak of growth in the mid 20th century. Providence quietly served its community over the years, adding a lovefeast kitchen and a classroom in 1923, and another Sunday school addition in 1933 with the church members doing most of the work to keep the costs down. The church itself came the following year, “a very neat frame building, standing in a patch of forest.” It was consecrated on July 16, 1881. And on November 21 the congregation was organized by Christian Lewis Rights, the president of PEC. In August Joseph Wagner offered to give two acres of land for it. By that May there was talk of building a church. Faced with such eagerness, the Provincial Elders Conference on March 4, 1880, agreed to the opening of a Sunday school in the Buffalo Schoolhouse, and to see how things went. Thomas Disher and Robert Grubs presented a petition signed by 13 persons asking for a Moravian church. Providence Moravian Church grew from an earnest desire of people living in what was then called the Sedge Garden area several miles north of Winston on the Old Hollow Road. Moravian Archives Special Project Fund for Technology.Annotations, Newsletter for the Friends of the Archives.Become a Friend of the Archives Show sub menu.Book Series: Records of the Moravians Among The Cherokees.Book Series: Records of the Moravians in North Carolina.The Languages of Flowers in Moravian Wachovia.Preparing For Your Scheduled Research Visit.For Churches and Agencies Adding Records.Searching Our Manuscript and Archives Collections.
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