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The Voice of a Writer The Voice of a Writer Valerie G. Rempel, ed.,Doug Heidebrecht, ed. For more than fifty years, Katie Funk Wiebe has given voice to her thoughts while sitting alone at her typewriter. She has been particularly adept at opening up her life to others and "wrapping words… OL15543349W
Heirs and Joint Heirs Heirs and Joint Heirs Paul D. Wiebe The story of the Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church in India ties in with the great stories of the church around the world and Indian civilization. It begins with German-speaking MB missionaries travelin… OL16487634W
The Mennonite Brethren Church Around the World The Mennonite Brethren Church Around the World Abe J. Dueck, ed. The Mennonite Brethren Church was born in the midst of religious and social turmoil in mid-19th century Russia. Before long it became established in North America, then in India, and soon in various … OL16494542W
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
Committed to World Mission Committed to World Mission Victor Adrian, ed.,Donald Loewen, ed. At the urging of twenty international delegates at the North American Conference in Reedley, California in 1984, the first Mennonite Brethren World Missions Conference in Curitiba, Brazil was born. A… OL17235656W
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
First Sixty Years of M.B. Missions First Sixty Years of M.B. Missions Anna Wilma Hiebert (Mrs. Heinrich Toews [H.T.] Esau) This book is the fruit of Anna Esau's ten years of research--gathering pictures and interviewing missionaries--in order to relate the personal experiences of missionaries in their daily life on the "… OL17602672W
The Church in a Pagan Society The Church in a Pagan Society David Ewert This is a collection of studies written by Prof. David Ewert on the New Testament letter called I Corinthians. They were first published in the *Mennonite Brethren Herald*—beginning October 10, 1980,… OL17756035W
For Everything a Season For Everything a Season Paul Toews and Kevin Enns-Rempel, editors *For Everything a Season* marks a transition in the organized life of the Mennonite Brethren denomination. Since 1879, the dominant conference structure of the denomination was the General Conference… OL20387612W
Die Mennoniten-Brüdergemeinden in aller Welt Die Mennoniten-Brüdergemeinden in aller Welt Abe J. Dueck, ed. Die Mennoniten-Brüder-Kirche wurde in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in Russland inmitten religiöser und sozialer Unruhen geboren. Es hat sich bald in Nordamerika, dann in Indien und bald in verschie… OL20639975W
Mennonite Brethren in Global Mission Mennonite Brethren in Global Mission Harold Ens In 2006, Harold Ens completed over 35 years of service with Mennonite Brethren missions. His work began as a Christian Service worker in Columbia in 1966. For 12 of those years (1992–2004), he served… OL20860495W
In Defense of Privilege In Defense of Privilege Abraham Friesen The transition from being a severely persecuted religious minority in the Reformation era to becoming a privileged ethnic minority in the 19th-century Russian empire makes the Dutch-Polish-Russian Me… OL2741255W
Who are the Mennonite Brethren? Who are the Mennonite Brethren? Katie Funk Wiebe Glad you asked! This book tells you almost everything you want to know about what it means to be Mennonite Brethren. With thoroughness and plain talk, the author fills you in on a variety of relevant… OL3352911W
Pioneer Publisher Pioneer Publisher Orlando Harms This book is a biography of pioneer publisher John F. Harms (1855-1945). Through his story one gets a good view of the first 75 years or so of the development of the Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church in… OL4203276W
From Faith to Faith From Faith to Faith William Neufeld The first Mennonite Brethren Church in Canada was organized in 1888 at Burwalde, Manitoba (near Winkler). Since that time the Mennonite Brethren have planted churches across the entire nation of Cana… OL4525320W
Design of My Journey Design of My Journey Hans Kasdorf This book is the story of Prof. Hans Kasdorf's life, told in his own words. According to his friend, Prof. Elmer Martens, it is more than an autobiography; it is a generational marker. Martens contin… OL4571248W
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
A People Apart A People Apart John H. Redekop This book represents the findings of a 1985 research project undertaken by Dr. John H. Redekop, commissioned by the Board of Spiritual and Social Concerns of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Bret… OL8606337W
Family Matters Family Matters Lynn Jost and Connie Faber In this book, Lynn Jost and Connie Faber introduce readers to the Mennonite Brethren family, a family of Christian churches with roots in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. According to Jost and Fab… OL9637230W
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