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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... kingdom of God . Bap- tism is not the new birth , as some of the unconverted main- tain , but serves as a sign for the baptismal candidate that he is really born again . " ( 3 ) " Regarding footwashing , we confess that the Lord Jesus ...
... kingdom of God , " and 2 Corinthians 5:17 , " If any man be in Christ he is a new creature ; old things are passed away ; behold all things are become new . " Only a visibly new life in character and relationship was proof of a ...
... Kingdom . 1 John 4 : 1 ; Matt . 3 : 8-9 ; Matt . 6:10 ; Acts 1 : 6-7 ; Luke 21:31 ; Heb . 9:28 ; 2 Thess . 1 : 7 and 10. 2 Pet . 3 : 12-14 ; ( cf. II , " Church ” and IV . " Prayer " and V. ) . The implications of this statement of ...
... kingdom come ” ( Matt . 6:10 ) . In the knowledge that Christ at his first coming carried human sin to the cross , the church was waiting for his appearance for their salvation in glory ( Heb . 9:28 ) .18 While in a waiting position the ...
... Kingdom and the Church , where some parts of the New Testament found no application for us , they applied only to the fu- ture of Israel and that quite inclusive . To have an Elder , is not scriptural for the church , there must be ...