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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... nonite Brethren Beginnings ( 1979 ) 3. David Ewert , ed . , Called to Teach ( 1979 ) 4. Heinrich Wölk and Gerhard Wölk , Die Mennoniten Bruedergemeinde in Russland , 1925-1980 ; Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte ( 1981 ) 5. John B. Toews ...
... nonite profile of 1989 , published as The Mennonite Mosaic : Identity and Modernization ( 1991 ) , further confirmed the 1972 and the 1982 data . The response of the Historical Commission of the Gener- al Conference of Mennonite ...
... nonite Weekly Review , calling us to a stronger sense of history : Cultivate a sense of history . The ideas and events that shaped the present came out of the past . To really know your own identity , you need to examine the roots from ...
... nonite Brethren secession document , reported in his memoirs that taverns existed in virtually every village . The ministers were struck with blindness and did not real- ize that the establishment of distilleries and saloons within the ...
... nonite Brethren Church what it is and will be in the church of Christ " overstated Wüst's historic significance . To be sure , his emphasis on a personal salvation experience and mission was important for the renewal movement . His ...