As we have said numerous times, we here at Christ Church do not have a political agenda. By this we mean that we do not intend to embrace the idea that the Christian faith is just another player in the marketplace of ideas, and that we need to agitate in various ways to make our voice heard. Such means include numerous respectable options, but we regard them all as a demeaning of the Church’s calling and station. Such political means, turning the Church into a voting block or a pressure group, are far too weak. And by “Church” here, we of course do not mean just our congregation, or presbytery, or denomination. We are talking about the Church universal.
The Church, the way that Jesus constituted it, makes up a new polis that is set down squarely in the midst of the old polis, the City of Man. This presents a fundamental challenge, of necessity. Simply by being the people of God, we assert the authority of the Lord Jesus over every aspect of human existence. We do not view the Church as a voluntary organization, any more than yeast placed in a loaf of bread is a voluntary organization.
But unfortunately, many parts of the Church universal have taught themselves to see the Church as simply one more voluntary organization, rather than as God’s grace in placing a new humanity in the midst of the old humanity, in order to save the world. Because we have forgotten who we are, we do not worship every Lord’s Day in faith. But it is by faith that we overcome the world.
So we don’t have a political agenda, but we do have an agenda for politics. But the secularists don’t need to worry about us at all. For if Jesus is not Lord (as they claim) our means of extending His rule and reign (through worship) will be impotent in the extreme. But if He is Lord, then worship will transform the world. When the loaf has fully risen, then we will see a fully realized Christendom.