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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... experiences of working closely , as a young teacher and preacher , with leaders whose own ministries had over- lapped with the founders of the Mennonite Brethren Church . The story of the Mennonite Brethren is told under four broad ...
... experience , wrote : " They knew that the practice of their art was not an option . They could not expose their modest treasures to the cross winds of a new language and new culture . The intellectual had too much to lose . " 19 As a ...
... experience and mission was important for the renewal movement . His ministry did not , however , provide a biblical theology of the church and the pathway of discipleship . The absence of these founda- tions in the renewal movements ...
... experience he was not equipped to be the ' Joshua ' to lead these redeemed people into the promised land of a ... experienced a spiritual revival . Kornelius Hilde- brand , son of Elder Hildebrand , recounted the events and ex- pression ...
... experienced personal salvation . Of these meetings Jacob Reimer , a leader in the early Mennonite Brethren Church who attended regularly , wrote : Our purpose was to strengthen one another in the faith , to take cognizance of or ...