To provide a current resolution from the church on selected public policy issues where we have no recent statement or where a new resolution would indicate a present urgent concern. Order and harmonious relations are values cherished throughout the history of the Brethren. Radical obedience, fellowship, simplicity, non-resistance, are part of our story related to order. Even so, we recognize that blind adherence to order can result in demonic use that is unjust coercive and oppressive. True order is an expression of love.
Love creates order within the family, among neighbors, and extends to the world.
We believe that God intends order among and within nations of the world. We affirm obedience to human law, including obedience to the law by government itself, when laws are justly drawn. We are a people whose inclination and commitment are to live with order in our society. For society, such disobedience is disorder that ultimately creates order. The order which we cherish is now threatened by three major interrelated developments.