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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... 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 categories : Historical Background ( Part I ) ; the Early Mennonite Brethren ...
... leaders , pastors , and professors felt called to issue " An Appeal to Evangelicals " , which reads as follows : We confess that we have lost the fullness of our 1 CHAPTER 1 SECTION Historical Background The Mennonite Brethren: A ...
... leadership . For the most part , the educated leaders in the Prussian Mennonite community did not migrate to Russia . Of their unwillingness to move with the pioneer settlements John B. Toews , historian of the Russian experience ...
... leadership to " a blind leader of the blind , void of any apparent education or theological knowledge as well as any spiritual life emanating from God . " 20 Mennonites in Russia - geographically isolated , intellectual- ly anemic and ...
... leadership . " 7 Another expression of a growing new mood was the Ohrloff School Society , which established a private school in the early 1820s to bolster education among Russian Mennon- ites . Founded under the leadership of Tobias ...