Rejecting the ‘Arts of War’

In December, registration for a military draft becomes involuntary and automatic. Christian history shows what a faithful response can look like.

Civilian Public Service Camp No. 7 operated from 1941-1944 in Magnolia, Ark. / ©2011 Brethren Historical Library and Archives

DURING WORLD WAR II, my grandmother worked as a nurse and office clerk at Civilian Public Service Camp No. 7 in Magnolia, Ark., the only one of more than 150 CPS work camps across the United States that exclusively held religious conscientious objectors to war.

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