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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... living today and in the future . Con- sider , too , that Christianity is an historical religion . Our faith is based on actual historical events , as God worked through a chosen people , then decisively broke into histo- ry to redeem ...
... living members . That is what it looks like here . Anything that begins to live wants to escape , as though we were doomed to die.24 INFLUENCES TOWARDS REVIVAL The course of history demonstrates that God from time to time visits his ...
... living and their wickedness cry to God in heaven . " ( 2 ) " A baptism on faith , as a seal of faith ; not on a memorized faith , as is the practice , but on a genuine living faith effected by the Spirit of God . For without faith , it ...
... living piety in which the individual believer receives assurance of the forgiveness of sins , and orders his life defi- nitely according to the teachings of Christ , particularly the Ser- mon on the Mount . " " After enlarging upon ...
... living sacrifice to God . " The ongoing life of the church reflected the central con- cern for a genuine conversion . Mennonite Brethren publica- tions like Friedensstimme in Russia and Zionsbote in North America carried many articles ...