Experiencing the Christian Faith

The Manifesto of Pietism

In both England and America, their political experiments collapsed. But they left behind a spiritual legacy that still inspires.

Protestant pastor who founded pietism.

A spiritual hunger grew in reaction to the coldness and formalism of the Protestant state churches. Drawing from diverse roots, Pietism emerged as a quest to apply Reformation doctrine to personal life.

The Pietists' emphasis on the new birth and biblical authority had startling implications as to how one treated orphans, the lower classes and one's opponents. Orthodoxy was not enough. A changed life was required.