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Christian History Magazine—Issue 10: Pietism: The Inner Experience of Faith is unavailable, but you can change that!

The influence of the Pietists emanates from the contemporary expressions of missions, ecumenism, revivalism, social activism, and even Bible study groups. Their rich hymnology, devotion to giving, and heavy reliance upon the authority of Scripture place Christians of the 21st Century deeply in their debt. Find out more about their worshipful lifestyle and steadfast faith in this issue of...

Pietists were uncomfortable with formal titles in the Christian community and introduced the nouns of address, “brother” and “sister.” Also “the pastor” was familiarized to “pastor” as a name. In six years in the early Eighteenth Century, the Halle Pietists distributed 100,000 New Testaments and 80,000 Bibles. Pietist emphasis on Bible translation had the effect of generating renewed interest in written language wherever they went. Pietists created the model of orphanages for both church-related