Amish communities generally hold their worship services in German, even though many do not speak that language. Reading the Bible independently is often discouraged. Failure to follow the ordnung can result in shunning or exclusion from the community.

Regardless of the Trump administration’s own ideologically driven assault on global harmony, I still know that Christians have a responsibility to give generously.

There is now a widespread perception that a man who exhibits such open disdain for others, and who has already caused enormous damage to the international community, is doing so thanks to crucial support from evangelical Christians.

“This is a time of increased restrictions for the church in China, perhaps the worst in the last 40 years. But it’s also an important time of maturation”, says Brent Fulton, founder of ChinaSource.

The European Evangelical Alliance does politics without the culture wars. “The EEA strongly believes the church must be nonpartisan, although individual Christians may join political parties”, says Julia Doxat-Purser.

How should political and Christian leaders respond as a US president unhinges the world order?

One reader, who teaches at a seminary in Asia, told me that a student enrolled online had to drop out to care for his pregnant wife, who was living in a Thai refugee camp where the hospitals shut down due to the US aid cutoff.

Evangelicals globally are divided over Trump. But whatever our views, we can represent the gospel better by adopting a more servantlike politics.