Tools for our time: congregations in a country at war

Resources page

Iraq oil lamps
peace.mennolink.org/resources/iraqlamp/buylamp.html

Running total of what taxpayers are spending on the Iraq War
www.costofwar.com

MCC Washington Office Memo True Security Series
www.mcc.org/us/washington/truesecurity

How much is $150 billion?
peace.mennolink.org/articles/howmuchis150b.html

Iraq civilian body count
www.iraqbodycount.net

Deaths of coalition soldiers
www.antiwar.com/casualties

Article Ron quoted in Washington Post
"War helps recruit terrorists"
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28876-2005Feb16.html

Report of the MCC Advocacy Delegation on Iraq
February, 2005
www.mcc.org/us/washington/issues/middleeast/delegation_report.pdf

Contemporary Stories of Christian Peacemakers

Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking
Arthur G. Gish www.mennolink.org/books/arthurggish.html

Iraq: A Journey of Hope and Peace
Peggy Gish Herald Press, 2004 ISBN: 0-8361-9287-7

Advocacy and Mennonites

Why has God placed Mennonites in the United States, the most powerful country in the world?
peace.mennolink.org/advocacy.html

Biblical basis for advocacy
peace.mennolink.org/advocacy_basis.html

Faith and politics
peace.mennolink.org/articles/faithpol.html

Contact government officials to ask them to go on record stating "It is not the policy of the U.S. governement to maintain permanent bases in Iraq." Use this link to find addresses:
peace.mennolink.org/govcontact.html
Send a copy of your letter to MCC Washington Office, 110 Maryland Ave. NE #502, Washington, DC 20002

Charlotte 2005 Mennonite Church USA meeting: Can't keep quiet!
www.charlotte2005.org

Two-kingdom theology

Peace Sunday worship resources 2002 "Nonresistance and Resistance"
peace.mennolink.org/resources/psunday0211/psunday0211.html

Christian Citizenship Sunday worship resources 2003, "Life in the Superpower, Then and Now"
peace.mennolink.org/resources/ccsunday03/index.html

"Anabaptist Consultation on Alternative Service Meets on the Possibility of a Military Draft, Discusses Military Recruitment and Highlights the Tradition of Christian Service"
peace.mennolink.org/articles/newsdraft.html

John Howard Yoder, see especially "He Came Preaching Peace," "What would you do?" "Nevertheless," and "The Politics of Jesus"
www.mennolink.org/books/johnhowardyoder.html

1 John 4:18 perfect love casts out fear

CPT/Moslem teams

Isaiah 2:2-5 swords to plowshares text

Join CPT!
www.cpt.org

The Church and its mission:

The Continuing Conversion of the Church (The Gospel & Our Culture Series) Darrell L. Guder Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000. ISBN: 080284703X

Change Of Conversion & The Origin Of Christendom Alan Kreider Trinity Press International, 1999. ISBN: 1563382989

CONVERSION AND CHRISTENDOM: AN ANABAPTIST PERSPECTIVE Alan Kreider http://www.c3.hu/~bocs/rcmenno.htm (an on line document)

"Military Service in the Church Orders." Journal of Religious Ethics 11, no. 3 (Winter 2003): 415-42. Alan Kreider

Jesus and Community: The Social Dimensions of Christian Faith Gerhard Lohfink Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1984. ISBN: 0800618025
The Case for Christian rejection of violence

Choosing Against War: A Christian View John D. Roth Good Books, 2002. ISBN: 1561483591

Practical proposals of promoting peace and justice

Peacemaking: Ten Practices For Abolishing War Glen Stassen (Editor) Pilgrim Press; 2nd edition, 2004. ISBN: 0829816569

Biblical Interpretation

Willard M. Swartley, Slavery, Sabbath, War, and Women: Case Issues in Biblical Interpretation
www.mennolink.org/books/willardmswartley.html

Violence Renounced: René Girard, Biblical Studies, and Peacemaking
Willard M. Swartley (ed), response by René Girard. Herald Press/Cascadia, 2000. ISBN: 0-9665021-5-9

The Politics of Jesus John Howard Yoder Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; 2nd edition, 1994. ISBN: 0802807348

John Roth's books
www.mennolink.org/books/johndroth.html

John D. Roth's lecture, "Called to One Peace: Christian Faith and Political Witness in a Divided Culture"
www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/04-11-05-smith-folo.html

Susan's article on relationships: "A time to build"
peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/m.pl?a=186

Why do Mennonites believe in peace?
peace.mennolink.org/whypeace.html

MCC Washington Office's "Safe Space Dialogue"
www.mcc.org/us/washington/safespace/index.html

"Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love: Commitments for Mennonites in Times of Disagreement"
peace.mennolink.org/agree.html

Mennonite Church USA youth peace resources
peace.mennolink.org/youth.html

Mennonite Central Committee youth peace resources
NEW! DVD
www.mcc.org/thermostat

Ask a Vet
www.mcc.org/ask-a-vet/index.html

Center on Conscience and War
www.nisbco.org

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
www.objector.org

National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
www.peacetaxfund.org

What Portion of Our FY04 Federal Taxes Supports Current and Past Military Activities?
www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=1253&issue_id=19