Movement strategy is a bottom-up capture of every level of government

Evidence

In Drollinger’s mind, burrowing into the upper reaches of the federal government is just the first part of God’s plan. Drollinger seeks to institute similar Bible study groups in all fifty state capitols. And he claims to have already established or contributed to satellite ministries in over forty centers of state politics. “A movement for Christ amongst our nation’s political leaders will only occur to the degree we establish strong, fruitful ministries in the federal and state Capitols of our nation and in addition, in the thousands of local city and county government offices throughout our land,” Drollinger writes. “It can be achieved only by healthy Bible-believing churches taking up the cause of founding and building (for starters) weekly Bible studies in these public buildings.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 179

Categorization

• XREF: Directly echoes Bachmann’s account (190s) of infiltrating from school boards upward — the two together form the movement’s full vertical strategy. — connects to: Christian nationalist political theory centers monarchy, not democracy — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 211; Grassroots mobilization coexists with direct elite capture in today’s Christian nationalism — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 142; Prefigurative politics holds that movement structure should mirror desired society — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 82
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Prefigurative politics holds that movement structure should mirror desired society #complicates (0.75) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 82