From its first mission in St. Thomas in 1732, the Moravian Church quickly spread into many other islands of the Caribbean. In addition to preaching the gospel, education of enslaved peoples was a major priority of the early Moravian Church in the Eastern West Indies. It was one of the first organized religious bodies to establish primary and secondary schools for enslaved peoples in the West Indies. The Eastern West Indies Province (EWI) is a full Unity Province. The Board of World Mission’s board of directors includes an advisory representative from the Eastern West Indies Province.

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