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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The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America, 1860-1990 John B. Toews. The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America 1860 - 1990 Copyright © 1993 by the Centers for Mennonite Brethren Studies , Fresno , CA ...
... North America , remained at the heart of the Mennonite Brethren fellowship even beyond 1910 . Among the congregations coming out of Russia to Western Europe in recent years , this practice continues to be a vital source of spiritual ...
The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America, 1860-1990 John B. Toews. accept the validity of their previous baptism . The mode of sprinkling , administered widely without the prerequisite of personal conversion , came to be ...
The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America, 1860-1990 John B. Toews. Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia.17 Ministers in North America well known for their powerful expository preaching included Heinrich Voth ( 1851-1918 ) ...
... North America there con- tinued to be considerable diversity of opinion about the posi- tion and function of elders . In the United States , the question of elders as distinct from other ministers became an issue in the late 1920s and ...