Mennonitterne 

☮ Historisk fredskirke i Canada, USA og Holland. In the first paragraph of Article 22 ("Peace, Justice and Nonresistance") of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, members of Mennonite Church USA make the following commitment: Led by the Holy Spirit, we follow Christ in the way of peace, doing justice, bringing reconciliation, and practicing nonresistance even in the face of violence and warfare. See:
http://www.mennolink.org/doc/cof/art.22.html
Mennonitterne oprettede Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section. Blandt mennonitter kan nævnes Jacob ter Meulen.

Litteratur

the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
http://www.gameo.org/
Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their remote ancestors, from the middle of the dark ages, down to the time of the revolutionary war; an authentic history, from original sources ... with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other nonresistant sects (1917). http://www.archive.org/details/historicbackgrou01eshl

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