Moravian Church in Cinnaminson New Jersey

by Linda Stern

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Moravian Church in Cinnaminson New Jersey

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Linda Stern

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The Story of Palmyra Moravian
The Moravian Church in America saw a great, exciting, strong home mission program in the middle nineteenth century. One of the men most active in this movement was the Reverend Phillip Henry Gapp. Reverend Gapp worked out of Philadelphia under the auspices of the Philadelphia Home Missionary Society and was drawn to the Palmyra area by a Philadelphia Brother. There, Gapp found a group of believers who had no organized church. Every Sunday afternoon, he traveled to Palmyra by steamboat and held meetings in the believers’ homes. In the winter, when no steamboats went, he traveled during the week on the railroad and held evening services.

In the absence of Brother Gapp, the service was led by Brother George Frank and Brother George Hintermeir. Brother Frank and his wife started the first Sunday School for the children of the area. Meetings in the farm houses were attracting so many that a larger meeting place was needed. Ground for the church building was purchased in 1860 and building commenced in 1862. The church building was completed the following year and the consecration was held on May 17, 1863 by the Right Reverend Samuel Reinke. The congregation was formally organized on that same date with a charter membership of nineteen people.

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April 2nd, 2021

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