" When the kingdom is manifested, it's rather obvious. It doesn't look like a church building. It doesn't necessarily look like a group of religious people professing certain things - including the profession that they are Christian. It doesn't necessarily look like a gather of people advocating the right political or ethical causes. It doesn't look like a group who are - or who at least believe themselves to be - morally superior to others, telling them how they should live. It doesn't look like a group using swords, however righteous they believe their sword-wielding to be. It rather looks like people individually and collectively mimicking God. It looks like Calvary. It looks Christian, whether it identifies itself as such or not. When people are 'coming under' others to love and serve them, without regard to how much or how little those others deserve it, and without regard for their own interests and reputation, the kingdom of God has come. "

― Gregory A. Boyd , The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church