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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... Being " born again " meant there was a recognizable difference be- tween the " old " and the " new . " A holy lifestyle of self - denial and a sacrificial ministry for others were hallmarks of disciple- 2 A PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH SECTION.
... Holy Spirit . " 46 The long - range concerns were for a restoration of a bibli- cal and Anabaptist church . The founders of the new move- ment felt intimately related to the sixteenth century . Though Pietism had strongly influenced ...
... Holy Spirit . " The criteria of faith rested in the evidences of a new life ( John 3 : 3 , 2 Cor . 5:17 ) based on repentance , an experience of personal conversion resulting in an assurance of sins forgiven and the witness of the ...
... Holy Spirit would give them understanding of truth for the changing cir- cumstances of life.14 The 1902 adoption of the first official Confession of Faith came forty years after the beginnings of the Mennonite Brethren . Even then they ...
... Holy Ghost ( before God I lie not ) contrary to the plain testi- mony of the world of God's Word as it is so clearly given through the mouth of prophets , evangelists and apostles . " " 1 Many other sixteenth - century references ...