Understanding the Importance of The Separation of Church and State
Old Testament Israel was a theocracy – a nation in which God’s people and the State were one, but the New Testament is clear that is not the way nations should be today.
Matthew 22:21 is among many Scriptures that support the institutional separation of The Church from Government:
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
The Bible teaches that there should be an institutional separation between Church and State, but not an influential separation.
This important distinction is examined in Understanding the Importance of The Separation of Church and State, the Bible study that Ralph Drollinger will teach this week to members of President Donald Trump’s White House Cabinet, Senators, and Representatives in Washington, D.C.
We invite you to read this study along with the leaders of our nation, and learn what the Bible says is the most important contribution the Church can make to the State that influences the way nations are governed.