A Pilgrimage of Faith: The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America, 1860-1990It 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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... Acts of the Apostles . This " primitivist " thrust was particularly characteristic of the An- abaptist movement . Subsequent renewal movements within the Mennonite Church have therefore struggled with the prob- lem of this dual origin ...
... Acts of the Apostles 2 : 46-47.4 When the request was denied , the group proceeded indepen- dently . In November 1859 it met for its first communion ser- vice without an officiating elder . This separate communion service added to the ...
... Acts . Biblical truth for Mennonite Brethren was existential and governed all aspects of faith and life . Their rejection of insti- tutional forms of religion left them no other point of reference but the Bible itself . In the initial ...
... acts of God leading to culmination in the New Testament - God manifested in the flesh , the sacrifice for the sins of the world , the resurrection from the dead and the ascension into glory . The recitation of these divine acts , which ...
... act and ordinance ( institution ) of Christ , commanded by the Lord himself for a sacred sign of regeneration and embodiment in Him and His Church . " 30 To qualify for baptism one must have repented of sin and trusted Jesus Christ as ...