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Nonviolent Voices: Peace Churches Make a Witness William Vance Trollinger University of Dayton, Wtrollinger1@Udayton.Edu University of Dayton eCommons History Faculty Publications Department of History 12-2001 Nonviolent Voices: Peace Churches Make a Witness William Vance Trollinger University of Dayton, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub Part of the History Commons eCommons Citation Trollinger, William Vance, "Nonviolent Voices: Peace Churches Make a Witness" (2001). History Faculty Publications. 32. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub/32 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of History at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Peace churches make a witness Nonviolent voices by William Vance Trollinger Jr. T IS OT a propitious tim e to b a pacifist in the statements made by th leadership of th e hi sto1ic p ac United States. Polls inchcat that over 90 percent of churches clearly indicates that, while th y hav r p at­ Am ericans continue to support the military cam­ edly call d for the p rp trators to b h ld accountable, paign in Afghanistan. Indications of such support they hav not backed away from th ir commitm nt to I nonviol nee. are verywb re, as are the warnings- like the ubiquitous and vaguely threatening "Am ericans Unite" bump r On S pt mb r 13 Judy Mills Reim r, g n ral s er - stickers-that this time of national crisis is not the time tary of the General Board of the Church of th for dissent. Not only are there very few voices in the Brethren, called on members of b rd nomination to mainstream m dia expressing doubts about the wisdom "rememb r who w ar and whose w are." Sh went on: of the current military operation, but a ''This is a time to stand by our b lief a number of commentators have waxed Christians th at all war is wrong .. L t us, apoplectic over any possibility that there The historic out of our Church of th e Brethren con­ may be those in the land who oppose the victions, continu to witn ss to Jesus' war effort. peace gosp 1 of peac ." In a pair of particularly venomous churches The next day James Schrag, executiv columns Na°t'ional Journal editor and persist in director of th Mennonit Church USA, Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly sent a public lett r to Pr sident Bush , not only derided antiwar protesters as following calling on him to fo rsake th e sort of eye­ those "unhappy people who like to yell the path for-an-eye r taliation that " scalates vio­ about the awfulness of 'Am erika' or inter­ lenc for everyone and do s not work," national corporations or rich people or of Jesus, and urging him inst ad "to s k J sus' people who drive large cars," but he also Gandhi and new way of security rooted in our trust in attacked pacifists as "liars," "frauds" and Martin Luther God and our con e rn for all." In r spons "hypocrites," whose views are "objectively to growing cries "for r tribution, retalia- pro-terrorist" and "evil. " l\.ing Jr. tion and rev nge," a number of Quak r The leaders of some mainline denomi­ organizations issu d a Call for Peace on nations have been rather restrained in September 29, "chall nging those whose their support of a military response to the terrorist attacks. hearts and minds seem closed to th possibility of p ac - In early November the United Methodist Council of Bish ­ ful resolution," and pleading for "peopl of goodwi ll the ops issued a statement observin g that "violence in all its world over [to] com mit to the buil hng of a culture of forms and expressions is contrary to God's purpose for the peac ." world." Still, it appears th at Am erican churchgoers have Eight days aft r this statem nt the U.S . bombing been as supportive of the U.S. military campaign as the campaign began. The Friends G neral Conference, th rest of the citizenry. From the beginning some Ch1isti ans Am erican Friends Service Committee and oth r Quak r have been particularly enthused about countering vio­ organizations responded wi th a joint statem nt in which lence with violence. they observed that the only way to succ din th strug­ In th e midst of all this stand the historic peace church­ gle again st terrorism would be to ngage in "prolonged, es-Mennonites, Quakers and Brethren. From their be­ nonviolent efforts for reconciliation, justice and long­ ginnings in the Reformation these groups have refu sed to term economi c development"; in this conviction "w countenance warfare, committed as they are to the propo­ continue to b guided by our hi storic testimony con- sition that nonviolence is at the heart of th Gospels and at cerning God's call to r nounce war ... w commit our- the heart of wh at it means to be a Christian - that is, to fol­ selves to work and pray for the time . promised by God low Jesus is to reject the sword. when 'peoples shall beat th ir swords into plowshares."' Despite th e strong public sen ti men t against such convictions after the terrorist attacks on the World William Vance Trollin ge r ]'1'. 'is associate prof e so r of history at Trade Towers and th P ntagon, a perusal of public the University of Dayton. C HH I STIA N C E NT U HY D ecemberl2, 200l 18 Echoing these s ntiments, th e Peace and Justic Com­ tions" in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, mitt e of the Mennonite Church USA proclaimed that, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a in st ad of bombing and other forms of violence, "God statement in which they "remain committed to walk in calls us to give bread to our enemies," to do the "unex­ the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be pect d [in order] to stop th e cycle of revenge." And on overcome with redemptive acts of love"; a group of October 22th Church of th e Brethren's General Board Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a state­ adopted a r solution that called "for the immediate ces­ ment in which they "advocate the use of nonviolent sation of military action against the nation of means to settle disputes" and "stand opposed to the in­ Afghanistan," and that called on all Brethren "to cre­ creased drive toward militarization"; on October 7 mem­ ativ ly and nonviolently challenge the prevailing belief bers of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites that th application of force is the path to enduring and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in peac ." Harrisburg, "Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Peti- HESE ARE powerful state­ ments at odds with the American main stream, in­ Sojourners Magazine T cluding th religious main­ stream. Anyone who studies religion Celebrating 30 years of faith, politics, and culture. in the United States, however, knows that denominational proclamations can be unreliable barometers of what is going on among the membership. "To find in one But th ere is a good d al of evidence that many Mennonites, Quakers and Brethren r ma.in ard ntly committed magazine both to pacifism. One only has to follow th e conve rsations on MennoLink, a col­ excellent re­ lection of online Mennonite discus­ sion groups, to be struck by the num­ porting and ber of Mennonites who ar resolutely and articuJat ly nonviolent, and who commentary, are critical of Arne1ica's past and pres­ ent foreign policy. and also deep In regard to local Mennonite con­ gr gations, there is the example of Christian Ass mbly Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana), whi ch has pro­ commitment, pos d a "s ason of solidarity" with Mu slims during Ramadan, in whi ch is inspiring." church mernb rs fast, pray for peace Bob Abernethy, and coll ect blankets to be sent to Religion & Ethics those suffering in Afghanistan. And th ere is a group of D laware Quakers Newsweekly who, at Newark's Community Day ······························· ··· ············· ········································· ·· ···· ···················· ····· ··· · celebration (h Id on September 16), organized a bo~th which, as r ported Order a year of Sojourners today and save $10. by a rnemb r of th Newark Meeting, YES! Please send me a fuU year (6 issues) of Sojourners at the special introductory "featured a circle of chairs surround­ rate of$ l9.95. 0 Payment enclosed 0 Please bi ll me ing a huge floral arrangement and under a canopy bearing a big sign, 'Pray for Peac Here."' Address ______________________ A perusal of the Church of the City/State/Zip ____________________ Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to paci­ E-mail _ ______________________ fism is not limited to denominational Please allow 4-6 weeks.for delivery of.first issue. headquarters : th e 48 churches of th To order call 1-800-678-9691 Northern Indiana District Confer- nc have join d to urge "th e us e of Sojourners Subscriptions, P.O. Box 2056, Marion, OH 43306-2 156 TCC0 1 nonviolent approaches and interven- 19 C HHl ST IA N CENTUHY Decemberl2, 2001 tions for onviol nt Action," which UNIVERSITY attract dover 300 p op le. of Of course, such sentim nts are DUBUQUE not unanimously hel 1 by members of the historic p ac church s.
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