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 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.
... elders Cornelius Warkentin and 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 ...
... Elder Jakob Hildebrand ( 1795-1867 ) , experienced a spiritual revival . Kornelius Hilde- brand , son of Elder Hildebrand , recounted the events and ex- pression of the movement . He reported that his father " re- joiced with the newly ...
... Elder Lenz- mann to break bread more often , even if this had to be done here and there in the homes , as they did in the Acts of the Apostles 2 : 46-47.4 When the request was denied , the group proceeded indepen- dently . In November ...
... Elder David Duerksen ( 1850-1910 ) and a collection of ear- ly leaders ' sermons published by Jacob and Abraham Kroeker at the turn of the century . " These resources did not offer any organized system of the- ology nor propositional ...