That means they aren’t just offering a kind of two kingdoms theology, acknowledging citizenship obligations to both an early and heavenly realm. Rather, the congregations symbolically say which kingdom they really follow, and which they find subservient or secondary at best.

While we focus on a few large churches and dynamic national leaders, the church’s overall numbers are shrinking. Its primary fuel—donations—is drying up and disappearing. And its political fervor is dividing the movement from within. In addition to these internal crises, the outside host culture is quietly but quickly turning antagonistic and