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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... established a private school in the early 1820s to bolster education among Russian Mennon- ites . Founded under the leadership of Tobias Voth , this school became a preparatory chapter for the emergence of the Mennonite Brethren Church ...
... established Gnadenfeld , came with a background of Lutheran Pietism strongly influenced by pietistic group meetings in Prussia . 32 According to P.M. Friesen , " Gnadenfeld became the center for a religious move- ment of greater warmth ...
... established itself more firmly upon the Word of God , there arose in us the desire to celebrate the Lord's Supper more often , and we asked our Elder Lenz- mann to break bread more often , even if this had to be done here and there in ...
... establishing of Bible schools . As ear- ly as 1898 the conference passed a resolution " that the mis- sion committee look for teachers in order that the conference may begin its own Bible schools . " 16 The claim that biblicism was " a ...
... established . ( 3 ) The passage was to be read in its histori- cal context . ( 4 ) Each passage was to be viewed in the con- text of the book of the Bible in which it appeared . ( 5 ) The passage was to be studied in relationship to ...