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ABOUT
HOW OUR CHURCH CAME INTO BEING AND MORE RECENT LMMC EVENTS
In October 1856, the Rev. John Kilian was sent to the Lake Mills area to form a church among the German settlers. That same year, twenty-five settlers formed a congregation and the group first worshipped in a brick school building overlooking Rock Lake. After rapid growth, a new sanctuary was built at our present location. By September 1889, the church had over 500 members, and a new addition in the shape of a cross was added.
Within the last 20 years, five sons and two daughters of the congregation were ordained into the Moravian ministry to serve congregations throughout the Northern Province.
Since our founding, youth and adults alike have gone on mission trips to Antigua, North Carolina, New York City, Milwaukee, and Alaska to work with the homeless, repair and build new structures, and spread the love given to them by Jesus Christ. Our church also supports the local food pantry and local homeless shelters, seeking to support and care for our community.
OUR CHURCH THROUGH THE YEARS:
OUR HISTORY
The Moravian movement began in the areas of Moravia and Bohemia during a time when the Roman Catholic Church dominated all of Europe. John Hus, Rector of Prague University, recognized the excesses of the church and began to preach on the abuse of church power. He looked to the Bible for the word of God rather than the pope. He also asserted that individuals could talk to God without an intermediary and that the Bible should be available to everyone in their own language.
The Moravian Church is one of the very few Protestant churches to antedate the Reformation. It had already existed for 60 years when Martin Luther posted his famous thesis in 1517.
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