this belief, only God has the right to execute punishments. Nonresistant Christians note that sacrificial love of Jesus resulted in his submission to crucifixion rather than vengeance. Anabaptist theology teaches: The Moravian Church traditionally has taught the principle of nonresistance. In the Gnadenhutten massacre, members of the U.S. Militia murdered pacifist Moravian Christian Lenape at their settlement in Gnadenhutten (meaning "Houses of Grace" in the German language) and they became recognized as Christian martyrs: To illustrate how nonresistance works in practice, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos offers the following Christian anarchist response to terrorism: Author James R. Graham wrote, "The Christian is not a pacifist, he is a non-participationist." A main application of this theology for nonresistant Christians is to practice conscientious objection with respect to military conscription. In addition to conscientious objection, nonresistant practices of Old Order Mennonites, Amish, and Conservative Mennonites include rejection of the following civil practices (cf. ): sue at law, lobby the government, hold government office, use the force of the law to maintain their "rights" . See also Christian anarchism Christian pacifism Christian Peacemaker Teams Civil resistance John Howard Yoder Nonviolence Nonviolent resistance Nonviolent revolution Passive obedience Peace churches Turn the other cheek Tolstoyan Footnotes References NonResistance.org The Doctrine of Nonresistance in Anabaptist Theology - Pilgrim Mennonite Conference The Principle of Nonresistance - written in 1927 by John Horsch, a Mennonite historian and church leader. Nonresistance - article in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Tolstoy on nonresistance Tolstoy's Legacy for Mankind: A Manifesto for Nonviolence, Part 1 Tolstoy's Legacy for Mankind: A Manifesto for Nonviolence, Part 2 Christian ethics Nonviolence