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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... study groups interested in outreach . These included mission sewing circles , Bible studies and peri- odic mission festivals , all of which generated considerable op- position . In 1845 , Eduard Wüst , a Lutheran Pietist from Würtem ...
... Bible study groups continued to nourish the inner life of the people who had experienced personal salvation . Of these meetings Jacob Reimer , a leader in the early Mennonite Brethren Church who attended regularly , wrote : Our purpose ...
... Scripture after the ex- ample of Jesus and the apostolic teachings related both to in- dividual character and human relationships . To claim to be- lieve the Bible as the Word of God meant to study it individu- ally and communally and ...
... Bible itself . In the initial years , when under continu- ous attack and ... study of the Word of God and then proceed as a church fel- lowship according ... Bible study , prayer and singing . They studied God's Word with conviction and ...
... Bible study and family devotions was seen as a major cause of a declining Christian walk . Fail- ure to study Scripture was considered a grievous lapse in ba- sic Christian priorities . In church renewals the neglect of per- sonal ...