Origin from 2026
At its 2026 Synod, held 3 to 6 June at New Philadelphia Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, under the theme Ever Transforming, Ever Renewing, the Moravian Church's Southern Province in America elected Andrea Williams as president of its Provincial Elders' Conference, the province's governing board between synods. Williams, a lay member of New Philadelphia Moravian Church who had served on the conference since her election at the 2022 Synod, became the first woman and the first lay person to hold the presidency in the province's history, for a term running to the 2030 Synod.
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StatusEstablished marks a change in who leads one North American province's governing board, not any claim about the wider Moravian Unity's other provinces or their own leadership. Connections
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This source names Americas directly: "At its 2026 Synod, held 3 to 6 June at New Philadelphia Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, under the theme Ever Transforming, Ever Renewing, the Moravian Church's Southern Province in..."
Source Southern Province Elects New Leadership at 2026 Synod (Moravian Church Southern Province)
This source names North Carolina directly: "Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, under the theme Ever Transforming, Ever Renewing, the Moravian Church's Southern Province in America elected Andrea Williams as president of its..."
Source Southern Province Elects New Leadership at 2026 Synod (Moravian Church Southern Province)
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Source Southern Province Elects New Leadership at 2026 Synod (Moravian Church Southern Province)
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Closes a two year gap since 2024's citation of the UNESCO Moravian settlements inscription, moving the map from an honor for the church's historic buildings to a governance milestone inside one of its living provinces.
Source Southern Province Elects New Leadership at 2026 Synod (Moravian Church Southern Province)
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1. Southern Province Elects New Leadership at 2026 Synod (Moravian Church Southern Province)
Moravians Choose First Woman, First Layperson to Lead Southern Province (Winston-Salem Journal)
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