Moravian Lives

A Collection of Moravian Memoirs from 18th Century English Congregations

Moravian Offices

  • Acoluth (acolyte)
    • Disciple
    • Choir discipless
  • Almoner
  • Association Secretary of the Bible Society
  • Attendant
  • Bandkeeper
    • Children bandkeeper
    • Great Girls’ bandkeeper
    • Band servant
  • Bishop
  • Chapel Servant
  • Children’s Sister
  • Choir helper
    • Great Girls choir helper
    • Single Sisters’ choir helper
    • Married Choir helper
    • Boys’ helper
    • Widows’ helper
    • Widowers’ helper
    • Childrens’ helper
  • Choir labourer
    • Assistant labourer
    • Single Sisters’ assistant labourer
    • Great Girls’ assistant labourer
    • Single Brethren’s assistant labourer
    • Society labourer
    • Single Sisters’ labourer
    • Single Brethren’s labourer
    • Great Girls’ labourer
    • Boys’ labourer
    • Co-Labourer
  • Congregation Committee
  • Congregation helper (Gemeinhelfer; minister)
  • Congregation labourer
    • Co-Congregation Labourer
  • Congregation servant
  • Congregation warden
  • Curator of the Single Sisters
  • Deacon (diaconus)
  • Deaconess
  • Deputy at Synod
  • Director of Schools (school inspector)
  • Elder
    • vice elder
  • Eldress
  • Evangelist
  • General elder
  • General eldress
  • General Helper (leader of the Moravian Church)
  • Hall servant
  • Heathen (mission) worker
    • missionary
    • medical missionary
  • Helpmate
  • House Servant
  • Intercessor
  • Member of the Board of Surveyors
  • Member of the College of Overseers
  • Member of the Helpers Conference
  • Member of the Unity Elders’ Conference
  • Mission Secretary
  • Overseer
    • Great girls’ overseer
    • Single sisters’ overseer
    • Room overseer
  • Preacher
  • Presbyter
  • President of the Provincial Helpers Conference
  • Provincial Helper
  • Room servant
    • Single sisters’ choir servant
  • School inspector
  • Scribe (UEC)
  • Secretarius Unitatis Fratrum in Anglia
  • Secretary of the College of Overseers
  • Secretary of the Ladies Association
  • Secretary of the Synod
  • Sick waiter/ress
    • Single Sisters’ sick waiter
    • Single Brethren’s sick waiter
    • Married Girls’ sick waiter
  • Society labourer
  • Superintendent
  • Translator
  • Treasurer of the Brotherly Association for the Benefit of Widows
  • Vicar
  • Visitor
    • District Visitor
    • Single Brethrens’ visitor
  • Warden
    • Single Sisters’ warden
    • Single Brethren’s warden
    • Married Womens’ warden
Administrative Structure in Yorkshire Congregations