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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... Century 115 11 Summary Observations of Parts One and Two 133 SECTION 3 A Time Of Transition 12 The Shadow of the Russian Revolution 139 13 Mennonite Immigration from Russia to Canada in the 1920s ( Implications for the Mennonite ...
... century . Typical of pilgrims , the Mennonite Brethren have experi- enced much movement - spiritually ... Centuries Later : A Profile of Five Mennonite and Brethren iii Preface The Mennonite Brethren.
... Centuries Later : A Profile of Five Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Denominations ( 1975 ) , were unsettling to Mennonite Brethren . The profile showed vividly that major cultural changes had adversely impacted the life of the church ...
... century , he launched a new historical genre . Written under the impression of the church's " victory ' under Constantine , Eusebius described the rise and spread of Christianity against incredible odds . When Rufinus translated ...
... centuries . Church history is therefore a somewhat different entity than secular history and to a certain extent at least , pursues differ- ent purposes . One of these purposes is to trace the degree to which the church , in its various ...