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A History of Moravian Missions, J. E. Hutton’s follow-up to A History of the Moravian Church, chronicles the birth of the modern mission movement, which can be traced back to Count Zinzendorf—the “father of modern missions.” Beginning in 1700 with the first Moravian missionaries, this volume is divided into four parts: • The Eighteenth Century Pioneers, 1700–1800 • The Builders, 1800–1914 ...

was of far greater importance. During the greater part of 1715 all the three leading missionaries from Tranquebar, i.e., Ziegenbalg, Plütschau, and Gründler, were home on furlough at Halle; every day these three men dined at Francke’s house; and the Count, being a noble, enjoyed the same privilege. At the dinner table Zinzendorf sat between Francke and his wife; and opposite to him sat the three missionaries. And now we come to the Count’s first missionary act. Among his schoolboy friends at Halle
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