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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... Renewal 1 SECTION 2 The Early Mennonite Brethren Church , 1860-1915 2 A People of Bibliocentric Faith 17 3 The Mennonite Brethren Understanding of Salvation and Baptism 29 4 The Mennonite Brethren Understanding of a New Testament Church ...
... renewal movements within the Mennonite Church have therefore struggled with the prob- lem of this dual origin : their own and that of the Apostolic Church . It is for this reason that Menno and the New Testa- ment play the role they do ...
... Renewal INTRODUCTION The story of God redeeming a fallen human race is a story of actual events happening to real people . In other words , it is given to us in the context of histo- T ry . The Old and the New Testaments are the records ...
... RENEWAL Human history is a story of change , a rhythmic cycle of ascent and decline that ebbs and flows almost like the sea- sons . Civilizations rise to a level of glory only to decline , fade into antiquity and are replaced by an ...
... renewal . Some find it in the symbolism of the Old Testament Mosaic institutions , others in the New Testament provision of " abiding in Christ . " In the Pauline epistles the need for such continuous inward renewal appears to be almost ...