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Additional Peace and Justice Statements
from the former General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church
In general, our denomination passes a statement after a great deal of thought and work, often including submitting the statement to congregations for study and prayerful discernment. A statement may take four years to write before being submitted to the General Assembly. Once a statement has been passed, we refer back to it, rather than pass a new one. Thus, since these statements yet reflect our views, we haven't passed additional statements on the same issues more recently.The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board has taken formal action saying that the statements passed by the former two denominations that now make up MC USA reflect the views of MC USA. The statements passed at the delegate assembly of the Mennonite Church USA, at Nashville 2001 and Atlanta 2003, are posted on our Resolutions Page.
Smaller delegate bodies of Mennonite Church USA (area conferences, peace committees, etc) have passed additional statements.
Many of us trace our beginnings from the Schleitheim Confession (Anabaptist, 1527)
Our current confession of faith includes articles on peace and relationship to government. Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective (Mennonite Church/General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995)
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Recent statements that comment on peace and justice |
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Legal and Legislative Exemptions from War Tax Withholding (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1980)
The Use of the Law (Mennonite Church, 1981)
Justice and the Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983)
Resolution on Central America (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
Resolution on Conscientious Objection to Military Taxes (Mennonite Church, 1983)
A Resolution on Faithful Action Toward Tax Withholding (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
Vision for Witness (Mennonite Church, 1983)
Many Peoples Becoming God's People (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986)
Resolution on Apartheid (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986)
Growing in Stewardship and Witness in a Militaristic World (Mennonite Church, 1987)
Resolution on South Africa (Mennonite Church, 1987)
A Church of Many Peoples Confronts Racism (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
Resolution on Military Tax Withholding (Mennonite Church, 1989)
Resolution on the 500th Anniversary of Columbus (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1989)
Stewardship of the Earth: Resolution on Environment and Faith Issues (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
On Observing 1992 (Mennonite Church, 1991)
A Resolution against Interpersonal Abuse (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1992)
A Resolution on Health Care (General Conference Mennonite Church U.S. Assembly, 1992)
A Call for a Peacemaking Task Force(Mennonite Church, 1993)
A Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace (Mennonite Central Committee, 1993)
Peace in Our Time (Mennonite Church, 1993)
Resolution on Health Care in the United States (Mennonite Church, 1993)
A Resolution on Male Violence Against Women (Mennonite Church, 1993)
Affirming Peacemaking as it Relates to the Peace Tax (U.S.)/Peace Trust (Canada) (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995)
Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love -- Commitments for Mennonites in Times of Disagreement(General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1995)
Resolution on a Jubilee Year of Repentance and Action Regarding Nuclear Weapons (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995)
And No One Shall Make Them Afraid" (Zephaniah 3:12-13): a Mennonite Statement on Violence (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1997)
Many additional statements are available from the Historical Committee of Mennonite Church USA Executive Board.