A retired general leveraged military credentials to lead militarized Christian organizations

Evidence

Even after his retirement, Boykin pressed his agenda. He founded Kingdom Warriors, an organization to promote militarized Christianity, and he accepted a position as executive vice president of the Family Research Council. He also published Never Surrender: A Soldier’s Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom, a book endorsed by kindred spirits Oliver North and Stu Weber. Boykin decided not to submit the book to the Pentagon for advance review and ended up receiving “a scathing reprimand” after a criminal investigation revealed that the book disclosed classified information. Boykin was unrepentant, insisting that the censure was payback for his vocal objections to the Pentagon, particularly his opposition to the integration of women in the military. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 519

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the revolving door between military command and evangelical institutional leadership—an infrastructure data point for the reader’s contestation about whether this strand defines white evangelicalism.