Search results

...th Vietnamese jails. Another group which continues to be victimized by the war, though they courageously refused to participate in it, are the thousands o ...bearers. Many came as fugitives from compulsory military service. With the war in Indochina, this situation changed and the United States became a land fr

...ions are hindered by the unwillingness of nations to cooperate to decrease war, hunger, and poverty; and when resources have been wasted in internationall ...d how they see us as North Americans (as did the Mennonite missionaries in Vietnam).</li> <li>Host visitors from overseas in our churches and homes so that th

...ult because even though the emperor had denounced his divinity after World War II Shintoism was such an ingrained part of Japanese culture and Japanese na ...Mennonite Christian Church Conference sends a statement opposing the gulf war to the UN, the Japanese Government and the American Mennonite Church.

...1)|"A declaration of Christian faith and commitment with respect to peace, war, and nonresistance"]] (1951), and [[The Christian Witness to the State (Men ...President's Amnesty Board.</li></ol> In [[Canada|Canada]] following World War II an Order-in-Council was issued declaring that members of the armed force

...ral Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)| "A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service."]] Continuing militarism and a growing concern in th ...er. To engage in war is to contradict the essence and ethic of the gospel. War and violence conflict sharply with the redemptive, winsome, loving call to

...ry of the Valiant Missionary Martyrs Who Have Lived and Died for Christ in War-Torn Viet Nam.'' Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan Pub. House, 1969. ||

...t, "[[Declaration of Christian Faith and Commitment with Respect to Peace, War, and Nonresistance, A (Mennonite Church, 1951)|Peace and the Christian Witn ...ore during the 1960s. Conscription and the [[Vietnam War (1954-75)|Vietnam war]] demanded attention by the early 1970s. In the 1980s we are faced with man