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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... became most pronounced in the period following the Second World War , 1945-1970 . The fact that no fewer than fifteen study conferences were held during these twenty - five years bears witness to this con- cern . The findings of the ...
... became largely the responsibility of the church elders , most of whom were uneducated and ill equipped for the task . Peter M. Friesen likened their incom- petent leadership to " a blind leader of the blind 6 A PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH.
... became a preparatory chapter for the emergence of the Mennonite Brethren Church in 1860 . Voth , born in Brenkenhofswalde and educated in Leipzig and Berlin , had been converted through the writings of the widely known Pietist , Johann ...
... became the center for a religious move- ment of greater warmth , the magnetic center for those who called themselves ' brethren ' long before the Mennonite Brethren Church was organized . Many members of other Mennonite congregations ...
... became the overarching motif that provided the courage and the endurance during the early years of the movement . This bibliocentric orientation was also evident at the first Mennonite Brethren conference in North America convened on ...