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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... in Context of Change 261 20 Faith in Tension 281 21 A Call To Commitment 299 22 " The Race That Is Set Before Us " ( Hebrews 12 : 1 ) 323 Endnotes 329 T his book seeks to provide a biblical and theological ii SECTION 4.
... theological framework for the Mennonite Brethren search for identity amidst the blinding cultural changes of the late twentieth century . Typical of pilgrims , the Mennonite Brethren have experi- enced much movement - spiritually ...
... theological and spiritual pilgrimage requires a grasp of its historical back- ground . Mennonite Brethren belong to a dynamic Anabaptist movement that emphasized the Bible as the Word of God for faith and life , the experiential reality ...
... theological knowledge as well as any spiritual life emanating from God . " 20 Mennonites in Russia - geographically isolated , intellectual- ly anemic and spiritually impoverished- " had become a society to themselves . Religion and ...
... for the renewal movement . His ministry did not , however , provide a biblical theology of the church and the pathway of discipleship . The absence of these founda- tions in the renewal movements prior to 1860 was a 10 A PILGRIMAGE OF ...