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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... Heinrich Wölk and Gerhard Wölk , Die Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde in Russland , 1925-1980 ; Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte ( 1981 ) 5. John B. Toews , Perilous Journey : The Mennonite Brethren in Russia 1860-1910 ( 1988 ) 6. Aaron A. Toews ...
... Heinrich Wiens over the issue of suppression of change.26 Further controversy surrounded Bernhard Fast ( 1821-1860 ) , elder of the large Ohrloff congre- gation . His association with evangelical believers and his en- dorsement of the ...
... MINISTRY A statement by Elder Heinrich Huebert addressed to the government authorities in June 1868 expressed the Mennonite Brethren understanding of the ministry in the church : In 61 LEADERSHIP AND THE TEACHING MINISTRY.
... Heinrich Dirks , the first foreign missionary from the Russian Mennonites , went to Sumatra in 1870 under the Dutch Mennonite Mission Board , and received his training at the Missionshaus at Barmen , Germany , a school with Pietist ...
... Heinrich Neufeld in the Tschernyschevo prison seems to echo the stories of Acts . " Heinrich Huebert's confinement in a dark , cold and damp prison cell reminds us of the story of Peter in Acts 12.18 The persecutions endured by the ...