changes if this next chapter’s conclusion is sound, including changing what we mean by kingdom and what we mean by mission. But before we do that, we should pause to consider a very typical use of “kingdom” versus “church” language. For a century or more a meme in the church is that the church and the kingdom are totally at odds with one another and that we need to get into the kingdom and say our good-byes to the church.8 The whole posture of talking like this had at least a predecessor in the famous