Peace churches are Christian churches, groups or communities advocating Christian pacifism or Biblical nonresistance. The term historic peace churches refers specifically only to three church groups a
The Deserter (1916) by Boardman Robinson
Blessed are the Peacemakers (1917) by George Bellows
Nonresistance is "the practice or principle of not resisting authority, even when it is unjustly exercised". At its core is discouragement of, even opposition to, physical resistance to an enemy. It i
Mahatma Gandhi used the principle of nonresistance protest in Indian independence movement.
Burial site of the Moravian Christian Indian Martyrs, who were murdered by U.S. militiamen in the Gnadenhutten massacre