Beginning with the Herrnhut community in 1722, Nicholaus von Zinzendorf created a methodology for missionary leadership selection and training that developed and expanded over the course of his 38-year ministry. Through the far-reaching impact of this methodology, 18th century Moravian missionaries successfully carried the gospel to many nations and established a missiological perspective that would inform God's people for centuries to come.
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