Editing Peace churches (section)

== Other Christian pacifist groups ==
{{further|Christian pacifism}}

===Christadelphians, 1863===
The [[Christadelphian]]s are one of only a small number of churches whose identity as a denomination is directly linked to the issue of Christian pacifism.<ref>[[Bryan R. Wilson]] ''Sects and Society'' 1961</ref> Although the grouping which later took the name "Christadelphian" had largely separated from the [[Campbellite]] movement in Scotland and America after 1848, it was [[Conscription in the United States|conscription in the American Civil War]] which caused their local church in [[Ogle County, Illinois]], to register as [[conscientious objectors]] in 1863 under the name "Christadelphians."<ref>Lippey. C. ''The Christadelphians in North America''</ref> When the [[First World War]] was imminent Christadelphians in the British Empire took the same stance, though frequently faced military tribunals. During the [[Second World War]] Christadelphians were exempted and performed civil work – though some of the small number of Christadelphians in Germany were imprisoned and one executed.<ref>James Irvin Lichti ''Houses on the sand?: pacifist denominations in Nazi Germany'' p65  – 2008 -"[[Albert Merz]] was executed in Brandenburg military detention prison on April 3, 1941 "</ref> The position was maintained through the [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]] and today.<ref name="gospelandstrife">{{cite book | last =Norris | first =Alfred | title =The Gospel and Strife | publisher =Christadelphian Magazine and Publishing Association | location =Birmingham, UK | url =http://www.god-so-loved-the-world.org/english/norris_gospelandstrife.doc}}</ref><ref name="warandpolitics">{{cite book | last =Watkins | first =Peter | title =War and Politics: The Christian's Duty | publisher =Christadelphian Auxiliary Lecturing Society | location =Birmingham, UK | url =http://www.god-so-loved-the-world.org/english/watkins_warandpoliticsthechristiansduty.doc }}</ref>

===Doukhobors===
The [[Doukhobors]] are a [[Spiritual Christian]] denomination that advocate pacifism.<ref name="Guides2016">{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Canada|date=1 June 2016|publisher=Apa Publications|language=en|isbn=9780241279526|page=957|quote=The Doukhobors were a sect who fled southern Russian in 1899 after being persecuted for their religious and political views. Fiercely pacifist, they rejected secular government and ignored the liturgy and procedures of the organized church, believing God resided in each individual rather than in a building or institution.}}</ref> On 29 June 1895, the Doukhobors, in what is known as the "Burning of the Arms",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tarasoff |first1=Koozma J. |last2=Conovaloff |first2=Andrei |title=Historic 1895 Burning of Guns : descriptions, selections and translations |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZEzkBQc9V8k9833S-djSse_1Lmvv09MCw1xgAetb2EM |website=Spirit-Wrestlers.com |date=June 24, 2009 |access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref> "piled up their swords, guns, and other weapons and burned them in large bonfires while they sang psalms".<ref name="Rak2005">{{cite book|last=Rak|first=Julie|title=Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse|date=2005|publisher=UBC Press|language=en |isbn=9780774810319|page=37}}</ref>

===Holiness Pacifists===
The [[Emmanuel Association]], [[Reformed Free Methodist Church]], [[Immanuel Missionary Church]], [[Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)]], First Bible Holiness Church and [[Christ's Sanctified Holy Church]] are denominations in the [[holiness movement]] known for their opposition to war today; they are known as "Holiness Pacifists".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=James R. |title=The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions |date=2001 |publisher=Prometheus Books |isbn=9781615927388}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Manual: First Bible Holiness Church |date=1956 |publisher=First Bible Holiness Church |location=[[Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]] |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Discipline of the Reformed Free Methodist Church |date=17 March 1960 |publisher=The Sound of Trumpet Ministries |page=14 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Emmanuel2002">{{cite book |title=Guidebook of the Emmanuel Association of Churches |date=2002 |publisher=[[Emmanuel Association]] |location=[[Logansport, Indiana|Logansport]] |pages=15–17 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Alexander2011">{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Estrelda Y. |title=Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism |date=3 May 2011 |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=978-0-8308-2586-8 |page=82 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="BeamanPipkin2013"/> The Emmanuel Association, for example, teaches:<ref name="BeamanPipkin2013">{{cite book |last1=Beaman |first1=Jay |last2=Pipkin |first2=Brian K. |title=Pentecostal and Holiness Statements on War and Peace |date=2013 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=9781610979085 |pages=73–74, 98–99, 124|language=en}}</ref>
{{blockquote|We feel bound explicitly to avow our unshaken persuasion that War is utterly incompatible with the plain precepts of our divine Lord and Law-giver, and with the whole spirit of the Gospel; and that no plea of necessity or policy, however urgent or peculiar, can avail to release either individuals or nations for the paramount allegiance which they owe to Him who hath said, "Love your enemies." Therefore, we cannot participate in war (Rom. 12:19), war activities, or compulsory training.<ref name="BeamanPipkin2013"/>}}

===Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1867===
Adventists had sought and obtained exemption as conscientious objectors in 1864, and the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] from 1914 has a long history of [[Non-combatant|noncombatancy]] service within and outside the military.<ref>''Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists'' Gary Land</ref> In practice today, as a pastor from the Seventh-day Adventist church comments in an online magazine run by members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church: "Today in a volunteer army a lot of Adventist young men and women join the military in combat positions, and there are many Adventist pastors electing for military chaplaincy positions, supporting combatants and non-combatants alike. On Veteran’s Day, American churches across the country take time to give honor and respect to those who “served their country,” without any attempt to differentiate how they served, whether as bomber pilots, Navy Seals, or [[Operation Whitecoat]] guinea pigs. I have yet to see a service honoring those who ran away to Canada to avoid participation in the senseless carnage of Vietnam in their Biblical pacifism."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atoday.org/adventist-tomorrow-militant-pacifism|title=Adventist Tomorrow: Militant Pacifism|date=25 May 2018|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref>

===Churches of God (7th day)===
The different groups evolving under the name [[Church of God (7th day)]] stand opposed to carnal warfare, based on Matthew 26:52; Revelation 13:10; Romans 12:19–21. They believe the weapons of their warfare to not be carnal but spiritual (II Corinthians 10:3–5; Ephesians 6:11–18).<ref>[http://www.churchofgod-7thday.org/Publications/Doctrinal%20Points%20Final%20Proof.pdf Doctrinal Points of the Church of God (7th Day)]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cog7day.org/about/index.asp?pgID=11|title = Church of God 7th Day}}</ref>

===Molokans===
The [[Molokan]]s are a [[Spiritual Christian]] denomination that advocate pacifism.<ref name="Hennacy2010">{{cite book|last=Hennacy|first=Ammon|title=The Book of Ammon|date=1 May 2010|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|language=en|isbn=9781608990535|page=406|quote=Molokan means “Milk Drinker.” This name was given the Molokans in Russia by the Orthodox, because they were dissidents from the regular church, led communal lives, and were pacifists.}}</ref> They have historically been [[persecution of Christians|persecuted]] for failing to bear arms.<ref name="Waters1999">{{cite book|last=Waters|first=Tony|title=Crime and Immigrant Youth|date=31 March 1999|publisher=SAGE Publications|language=en|isbn=9781452263373|page=[https://archive.org/details/crimeimmigrantyo0000wate/page/37 37]|quote=The Molokan Russians were an ascetic religious sect of the Russian Orthodox Church that settled in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1904-1906. Their religious ideals included pacifism; indeed, the demands of the Russian draft for the Russian-Japanese War were cited as the cause of their flight from Russia in the first place.|url=https://archive.org/details/crimeimmigrantyo0000wate/page/37}}</ref>