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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... prayer , or to the fervor of admonition to prayer through your sermons and publications ? In any case , the time has come to lift up the tired hands and strengthen the weak knees . Like a woman in birth pangs , we should labor for the ...
... prayer circles of those who were discontented with conditions in the larger church . Reimer was concerned to reform the Russian Mennonites in accord with the traditions of the six- teenth - century Anabaptist church and the writings of ...
... prayer meeting that lasted all afternoon and evening , eighteen heads of households signed the docu- ment , fully conscious of the grave consequences that such a step might bring . On January 18 nine others also signed the document.45 ...
... prayer , repentance and fasting . " Having survived the initial struggle for the right to exist , as well as the pain of internal aberrations , this " June Reform ” be- came the beginning of the Mennonite Brethren Church as a functional ...
... of the Word of God and spoke about it in conversation with others . " 10 They met in their homes for Bible study , prayer and singing . They studied God's Word with conviction and faith . " 19 A PEOPLE OF BIBLIOCENTRIC FAITH.