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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... Baptism 29 4 The Mennonite Brethren Understanding of a New Testament Church 39 5 Leadership and the Teaching Ministry 53 6 In The World But Not Of The World 69 7 A Missionary Movement 81 8 Early Mennonite Brethren Missionaries 95 9 ...
... baptism on faith , as a seal of faith ; not on a memorized faith , as is the practice , but on a genuine living faith effected by the Spirit of God . For without faith , it is impossible to please God ... Except a man be born again , he ...
... baptism , communion , footwashing and the character of the church as reflected in the record of the June Reform.3 Another written source is the collection of some 330 sermons by Elder David Duerksen ( 1850-1910 ) and a collection of ear ...
... Russia to Western Europe in recent years , this practice continues to be a vital source of spiritual nurture and edification . The Mennonite Brethren Understanding of Salvation and Baptism A central 27 A PEOPLE OF BIBLIOCENTRIC FAITH.
... Baptism A central concern in the Mennonite Brethren move- ment was the salvation of the individual in a per- sonal experience of repentance , conversion and new birth . When the German sociologist Ernst Troeltsch articulated his concept ...