The Church Manual (Church of the Brethren)/Chapter 3
CHAPTER III.
LOYALTY TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
We believe that civil government is ordained of God for the care and protection of the good and for the punishment of those who do evil (Rom. 13:1–7) and that kings and rulers should be prayed for (1 Tim. 2:2) honored and obeyed (Heb. 13:17) so far as their laws and requirements do not conflict with the will of our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 5:29) who is Lord of lords and King of kings, and whose laws are to be obeyed by the inhabitants of both heaven and earth. Rev. 19:16.