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Kilwarlin Moravian Church

Rev Patsy Holdsworth Minister	Kilwarlin Moravian Church. The original church was erected in 1755, rebuilt in 1834 and restored 1987.

Kilwarlin Road, Hillsborough.

Minister: Rev Patsy Holdsworth

Telephone: 9061 9755

Sunday service: 11.00am 

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HISTORY

The Moravian Church was founded in 1457 in Bohemia – Moravia and is the oldest Protestant Church in Northern Europe. It bases its teaching on the Bible, it stresses a personal allegiance to Jesus Christ and claims Christian Fellowship as one of its distinctive features. In the 18th Century the Moravian Church pioneered protestant missions work, which is continued today through its word-wide unity.

The original Moravian church at Kilwarlin was erected in AD 1755. A Greek man called Basil Zula rebuilt the church in 1834 and helped the congregation to grow. Zula put a battlefield in the church grounds (a model of Thermopile). The church was restored in1987.

The Rev Paul Holdsworth, previously in Fetter Lane and Harold Road Moravians Churches in London, was welcomed here on 14th November 2004 in succession to the Rev Kathryn Woolford who left to be minister of Ocbrook Moravian Church in Derbyshire, England. The Ballinderry/Kilwarlin unit, which was separated in 1971 was again linked in October 2007 and Mr Holdsworth was called to serve the Cliftonville and University Road Moravian Churches in Belfast and was succeeded by his wife, the Rev Patsy Holdsworth, who commenced her ministry at Kilwarlin on Monday 1st October and was ordained here on Friday 19th October 2007.

Please click on Kilwarlin Moravian Church, A Visitors Guide by Bishop J. H. Foy, B. A., B. D.

Brief history as recorded in a book ‘Lisburn’s Rich Church Heritage’ by John Kelly

The Moravian Church was founded in 1457 in Bohemia - Moravia and is the oldest Protestant church in northern Europe. It bases its teaching on the Bible, it stresses a personal allegiance to Jesus Christ and claims Christian fellowship as one of its distinctive features. In the 18th century the Moravian Church pioneered Protestant mission work, which is continued today through its worldwide unity.

The original Moravian church at Kilwarlin was erected in 1755. A Greek prince called Basil Zula rebuilt the church in 1834 and helped the congregation to grow. In the church grounds Zula laid out a model of Thermopylae. The church was restored in 1987.

The minister, the Rev Paul Holdsworth was called to serve Cliftonville and University Road Moravian Churches, Belfast. The Ballinderry and Kilwarlin units, which had separated in 1971, were again linked when Mr Holdsworth’s wife, the Rev Patsy Holdsworth, became minister of the joint charge following her ordination in Kilwarlin on 19th October 2007.