Author: Mennonite Brethren Church of North America (1900-1963)Publisher:
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Category : Mennonites
Languages : de
Pages : 179
Book Description
Year Book of the 44th General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America
Author: Mennonite Brethren Church of North America (1900-1963)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : de
Pages : 179
Book Description
Year Book of the ... General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America
Author: Mennonite Brethren Church of North AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 179
Book Description
Year Book of the Churches Covering the Year
Author: The Work of Their Hands
Author: Gloria L. Neufeld RedekopPublisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 0889206376
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Impelled by a call to share their gifts through service, Russian Mennonite women immigrating to Canada organized their own church societies (Vereine) as avenues of mission and spiritual strengthening. For women who were restricted from leadership positions within the church, these societies became the primary avenue of church involvement. Through them they contributed vast amounts of energy, time and financial resources to the mission activity of the church. The societies thus became a context in which women could speak, pray and creatively give expression to their own understanding of the biblical message. Using primary sources such as reports, letters, minutes, etc., as well as society histories, interviews and survey data, Redekop charts the development of these societies, from the establishment of the earliest ones in the 1870s to their flowering in the fifties and sixties and their decline in the eighties and nineties. The Work of Their Hands elucidates the context in which Mennonite women lived their identity as Christian women, one considered appropriate by themselves and the institutional church. It also shows how changes to the societies, including declining membership and a shift in their primary focus from sewing and baking to one of spiritual fellowship, reflect the changing roles of women within the church, the home and the wider society. The Work of Their Hands is an important book in the history of Mennonite women’s spirituality and will be a valuable resource for religious studies, women’s studies and Canadian history.
Foreign Missions Year Book of North America, 1920
Author: Roderick BeachPublisher:
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Foreign Missions Year Book of North America 1919-
Author: Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and CounselPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Foreign Missions Year Book of North America ...
Author: Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and CounselPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Constitution of the Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America
Author: Year Book of the Churches Covering the Year ...
Author: A Pilgrimage of Faith
Author: John B. ToewsPublisher: Kindred Productions (c) 1993
ISBN: 9780921788171
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
It 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.