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War Taxes

From the Mennonite Statement on Violence, 1997:
In response to global violence, we call the church to . . . be steadfast in our refusal to participate in, train for, pay for, or directly profit from the use of military violence.

*   2005 sample letters to send with your taxes (Feb. 2005)

Statements
Statements from the former Mennonite Church and General Conference of the Mennonite Church
* Legal and Legislative Exemptions from War Tax Withholding (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1980)
* Resolution on Conscientious Objection to Military Taxes (Mennonite Church, 1983)
* A Resolution on Faithful Action Toward Tax Withholding (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
* Growing in Stewardship and Witness in a Militaristic World (Mennonite Church, 1987)
* Resolution on Military Tax Withholding (Mennonite Church, 1989)
* Affirming Peacemaking as it Relates to the Peace Tax (U.S.)/Peace Trust (Canada) (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995)

Nashville Resolutions
Nashville 2001 delegate resolution congregational follow-up resources:
Colombian Mennonite Church calls United States Mennonites to withhold tax dollars from income tax payment and give them instead to peacemaking efforts:
Read More
* Colombia follow-up resources
* Action alert from Colombia
* Pan Y Paz
* Vieques resolution follow-up

Song
Duane Ediger prepared this rewrite of the well-known hymn "Trust and Obey" for possible use in worship on April 15.
*  Download words to "Just Disobey"

Links
*  Mennonite Central Committee: Resources on war tax resistance

* The National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund is organized solely to pass legislation that would provide a way for persons to participate in the tax system without violating their conscientiously held beliefs.

Campaign Fact Sheet
November 2003 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee
May 2004 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee
November 2004 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee
May 2005 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee
May 2006 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee
May 2007 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee

* War Resistors League War Tax Resistance "Believing war to be a crime against humanity, the War Resisters League, founded in 1923, advocates Gandhian nonviolence as the method for creating a democratic society free of war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation."

How to resist
Consequences of War Tax Resistance
FY 2008 Income Tax pie chart and comparison of costs of Tools for Peace and Tools for War

* The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) is a coalition of groups from across the U.S., formed in 1982 to provide information and support to people involved in or considering some form of war tax resistance.

-  Free download of NWTRCC booklet:
"War Tax Resistance At a Glance: Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" in pdf format. (170K)

* video: Tony Campolo: Taxing Your Faith

War Taxes Resources
   Bulletin Inserts   View All Bulletin Inserts
Title DateAuthor
Weavings: Prayer for Colombia   (PDF)8/15/2002  by Janna Bowman 
Prayer for Colombia during the accelerated time of violence and state of emergency following the inauguration of President Uribe on August 7, 2002.
(69K .PDF)
   Litanies   View All Litanies
Title DateAuthor
Litany of Resistance8/18/2002  by Jim Loney 
This litany is extensively used by CPT teams in the field.
Litany for Peace  by Pamela Nath  
Our service today is organized around the injustice, suffering and death, and then our hopes for peace, resurrection, and life.
   Prayers   View All Prayers
Title DateAuthor
Listen to the plea: A prayer to stop the new war against Iraq9/19/2002  by Susan Mark Landis 
A congregational prayer for courage to speak against a new war against Iraq
   Programs   View All Programs
Title DateAuthor
2005 sample letters to send with your taxes2/1/2005  by Susan Mark Landis 
2005 sample letters to send with your taxes
   Songs   View All Songs
Title DateAuthor
Just Disobey3/28/2007  by Duane Ediger 
Duane Ediger prepared this rewrite of the well-known hymn "Trust and Obey" for possible use in worship on April 15.
   Writings   View All Writings
Title DateAuthor
May 2007 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee6/22/2007  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
May 2006 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee6/14/2006  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
May 2006 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee6/12/2006  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
November 2005 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee1/3/2006  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF met in November 2005 at the Quaker meeting house in Providence, RI.
What Belongs to God?12/1/2005  by Titus Peachey 
If U.S. Christians were to declare ourselves free from the seduction of the sword, what new possibilities in peacemaking would await us? What opportunities to grow in our understanding of Christ's way would come to us?
May 2005 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee6/13/2005  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
Sample letter to IRS protesting war taxes2/1/2005  
Sample letter to IRS protesting war taxes
Sample letter to legislators protesting war taxes2/1/2005  
Sample letter to legislators protesting war taxes
November 2004 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee1/12/2005  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
May 2004 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee7/1/2004  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
November 2003 Board meeting report from MC USA appointee1/1/2004  by Steve Ratzlaff 
NCPTF once again met at the campaign offices in Washington, DC.
The Christian and the Payment of Taxes Used for War3/31/2003  by Willard M. Swartley  
This study seeks to understand how one of these sources, scripture, directs Christians on the morally agonizing question: should Christians who seek to follow the Prince of peace support a war-oriented federal budget?
Faith and Politics  
The Bible contains contrasting images of government. One image highlights government's potential, the other its pitfalls.