Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Peaceable witness among Muslims Peaceable witness among Muslims Gordon Nickel A Mennonite missionary describes his philosophy and strategy for proselytizing Muslims. OL16799780W
P.M. Friesen and his History P.M. Friesen and his History Abraham Friesen, ed. The essays included in this volume edited by Abraham Friesen were originally written for and presented at the P.M. Friesen Symposium held in Fresno, California, on May 4–6, 1978, under the auspices o… OL17082142W
Comanches and Mennonites on the Oklahoma Plains Comanches and Mennonites on the Oklahoma Plains Marvin E. Kroeker The hardscrabble western plains of Oklahoma were an unkind place. Barren lands, oppressive heat, unrelenting winds awaited those who would settle there. It was here the Comanche Indians were "placed"… OL17201661W
Have Cart, Will Travel Have Cart, Will Travel Katie Funk Wiebe *Have Cart, Will Travel* is the story of a remarkable Mennonite missionary, Paulina Foote (1891-1968), working in China during the first half of the 20th century. Her commitment to God and to plantin… OL17319628W
Witness Extraordinary Witness Extraordinary J.A. Froese This book is a short biography of an influential Bible teacher, minister, evangelist, and conference leader among the Mennonite Brethren, Rev. Heinrich H. Voth (1851-1918). His ministry spanned three… OL17319793W
Crossing The Divide Crossing The Divide Gerald C. Ediger This book describes how Canadian, and then particularly Manitoba, Mennonite Brethren went through a painful process of exchanging German for English as their primary language of religious discourse a… OL17370240W
Hierschau Hierschau Helmut T. Huebert This book, written with the general reader in mind, provides an interesting and valuable microscopic view of a small nineteenth-century Mennonite village that becomes representative of all the Mennon… OL17910947W
A Century of Grace and Witness A Century of Grace and Witness Walter Wiebe, ed. The Mennonite Brethren Church had its beginning on January 6, 1860. By the grace of God this church has been permitted to witness for one century... It is our prayer that this book may help us to see… OL17940991W
Bridging Troubled Waters Bridging Troubled Waters Paul Toews, ed. The Mennonites, like many smaller immigrant religious groups, initially lived on the margins of North American society. The twentieth century brought them into the economic and cultural mainstream. T… OL3273190W
The World at War — The Church at Peace The World at War — The Church at Peace Jon Bonk This addition to peace literature is designed to go back to first principles--the biblical record--to establish a theology and rationale for the role of the Christian peacemaker in the world. The nin… OL4480059W
Days of Terror Days of Terror Barbara Claassen Smucker ***Days of peace turn to days of terror*** for a young boy caught in the tensions of revolutionary times. **Set in 1917 and the years following,** Days of Terror tells the story of ten-year-old Peter… OL581830W
A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church John A. Toews This book portrays the story of the Mennonite Brethren: their Anabaptist roots and backgrounds, beginnings and expansion in Russia. Following immigration to the U.S.A. and Canada, new congregations w… OL7017043W