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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... relationship with God requires the continuous nurture of renewal . Some find it in the symbolism of the Old Testament Mosaic institutions , others in the New Testament provision of " abiding in Christ . " In the Pauline epistles the ...
... relationship of God to humankind . The redemptive provision of God - preparatory in the Old Testament and realized in Jesus Christ - constituted the core of their theology . They 17 CHAPTER 2 A People of Bibliocentric Faith.
... relationships " measured by the fruits of the Spirit ( Gal . 5 : 22-25 ) . Their faith commitment was one of obedience to Scripture after the ex- ample of Jesus and the apostolic teachings related both to in- dividual character and ...
... relationship to other Scripture references that spoke to the same subject . Scripture was to be compared with Scripture . It was self - interpretive . ( 6 ) Also to be considered was the time of history and culture in which the text was ...
... relationship of biblical understanding and the life of obedience was also vital to the Mennonite Brethren . " If any man will do his will , he shall know of the doctrine , whether it be of God " ( John 7:17 ) , appears to have been ...