The following list links to documents that were offered to the media, ministers and church members and were posted to the official Moravian web site of the Southern Province to explain why the PEC decided to allow Rev Truman Dunn to remain as pastor at Messiah Moravian Church.


 

Moravian Church minister at odds- Allowed to remain as pastor
Winston Salem Journal May 9, 2003 
Second Journal article
Winston Salem Journal May 11, 2003 
The Rev. Truman Dunn says he has changed , he says he thinks he can affirm the Ground of the Unity but makes no comment about his beliefs on salvation as he addresses ministers offering apologies for the controversy over his statements.

Letter from PEC to Clergy May 6, 2003  
The PEC of the Southern Province writes this letter to Clergy and churches to explain their decision on Rev. Truman Dunn's pastorate status in the Moravian Church.  Letter relates that PEC feels Truman Dunn has changed his views and he regrets that either the content or responses to the content of The Moses Lectures led to conflict and division.

Letter from Rev. Truman Dunn to Clergy  May 6, 2003
This message was delivered at recent ministers meeting where clergy were informed that PEC had allowed Rev. Dunn to remain as pastor. 
 Letter relates how Rev Dunn is in a different place theologically than he was a year ago.

 Moravian Understanding of "Jesus is the only way to Salvation"
Web Site Posting on the Moravian Web Site  by the office of the PEC was removed after Protest from ministers and Laymen. 
Posting seemed to support Rev Dunn's position that we should not witness  that Jesus is the only way to Salvation" since we don't know for sure."

Moravian Minister at odds with the Church
This news paper article appeared in the Winston Salem Journal saturday April  27th 2002 reveals that Moravian minister is teaching that Jesus is not the only way to salvation as Christians are given to believe.

See Response letters

Rev Jackman - Unfair June 20, 03
   webmaster response June 24, 03
                           Margaret Leinbach - Good  Question July 3, 03 
               re Rev Jackman response July 2, 03
                 
re webmaster response July 3, 03

                                                              Margaret Leinbach - re webmaster response July 14, 03 

                                                     Jane Crutchfield - Re John Jackman's Response 8/7/03

          Athanasius -wonder what they were thinking? June 23, 03

M. Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg Sept 22, 1768