Statements: On Military Tax Resistance

All persons are created in the image of God and owe their first allegiance to God. All persons have the responsibility to read and interpret the scriptures and to reflect on their religious experience in order to understand God's will for them and the world, and...

Church of the Brethren Prophetic Proclamation and Action for Peace They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more (Isa. 2:4). In the tradition...

I. Committee to Study War and Peace A. Materials: Committee to Study War and Peace Report including Appendices, pp. 381-452 B. Recommendations 1. That synod approve the following moral statements and direct the executive director to communicate these moral concerns...

Resolution Concerning a United States Peace Tax Fund Whereas, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has traditionally encouraged diversity of Christian thought; and Whereas, The Constitution of the United States of America (the 200th anniversary of which is...

Resolved, the House of Bishop concurring, That this 67th General Conference of the Episcopal Church reaffirms the statement . . . calling Christian people everywhere . . . to engage themselves in nonviolent action for justice and peace and to support others so...

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Peace and Nonviolence Friends of all ages may witness by acts ranging from refusal to pay war taxes to non- participation in war-related work to demonstrations and other public witness. All should be aware of the tragic consequences of...

Mennonite Central Committee In response to global violence, we call the church to . . . be steadfast in our refusal to participate in, train for, pay for, or profit from the use of military violence. (From "And No One Shall Make Them Afraid:" A Mennonite Statement...

As Christians we share responsibility for how our tax dollars are spent. Though it is true that no one is totally pure of social sin, some feel compelled to take action to reduce their culpability. The choices are many and often difficult. Tax resistance, or some...

On Seeking Means to Support Employees Who Wish to Engage in War Tax Resistance—From the Presbytery of de Christo. Whereas, War tax resistance is recognized by the Presbyterian Church (USA) as a witness to peacemaking, as evidenced on pages 12 and 13 of the document...

Reviving our capacity to love has become an urgent political necessity as the superpowers come to regard millions of their neighbors as nothing more than expendable enemy populations in a nuclear exchange. We face unimaginable destruction unless our hearts are...