Editing Pietism (section)

==Beliefs==
Pietistic Lutherans meet together in [[conventicle]]s, "apart from [[Divine Service (Lutheran)|Divine Service]] in order to mutually encourage piety".<ref name="Dawn2018">{{cite web|url=https://witness.lcms.org/2018/piety-vs-pietism/|title=Piety vs. Pietism|last=Dawn|first=Russell P.|date=15 March 2018|publisher=[[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]|language=en|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> They believe "that any true Christian could point back in his or her life to an inner struggle with sin that culminated in a crisis and ultimately a decision to start a new, Christ-centered life."<ref name="Dawn2018"/> Pietistic Lutherans emphasize following "biblical divine commands of believers to live a holy life and to strive for holy living, or [[sanctification]]".<ref name="Granquist2015b">{{cite book|title=Scandinavian Pietists: Spiritual Writings from 19th-Century Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland|last=Granquist|first=Mark A.|publisher=Paulist Press|year=2015|isbn=9781587684982|page=13|language=en}}</ref>