A Pilgrimage of Faith: The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America, 1860-1990Kindred Productions (c) 1993, 1993 - 376 páginas It is now [1990] one hundred and thirty years since the birth of the Mennonite Brethren Church and therefore time for someone in that church to take a backward glance to see how things have developed. Who better to do this John B. Toews. His life spans well over half of those years and he has experienced much of what he writes. "JB" as he is affectionately known by both students and colleagues is a patriarchal figure in the Mennonite Brethren Church. Born in Ukraine, the Russian Revolution and its aftermath were the crucible that shaped his youth and young adult years. After studying in Western Europe, Toews immigrated to Canada in the late 1920s. Much of his life has been in Mennonite Brethren educational institutions in Canada and the United States. During ten years as Executive Secretary of the Mennonite Brethren Board of Missions he traveled widely and came to know Mennonite Brethren people around the world. In between educational and mission administrative responsibilities he pastored in Kansas and California. After retiring from the presidency of the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary he became the founding Director of the Historical Commission of the Mennonite Brethren Church.
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... - cern . The findings of the 1972 inter - Mennonite church mem- bership profile , subsequently published as Anabaptists Four Centuries Later : A Profile of Five Mennonite and Brethren iii Preface The Mennonite Brethren.
... undermine all others . As Anabaptists / Mennonites , the latter was our lot - with a few notable excep- tions - well into the twentieth century . Only infrequently have " insiders " of these churches had the courage to vi Foreword.
... Anabaptist movement that emphasized the Bible as the Word of God for faith and life , the experiential reality of a New Testament con- version , the church as an interdependent fellowship , a life of rigorous discipleship , and the ...
... Anabaptists who were known as the left wing of the Reformation , is no exception . ' Its story is not merely one of social , cultural and economic factors , but rather a story of spiritual faithfulness and life - giv- ing renewal . As ...
... were discontented with conditions in the larger church . Reimer was concerned to reform the Russian Mennonites in accord with the traditions of the six- teenth - century Anabaptist church and the writings of Menno 8 A PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH.