thanks for your reply.
I would have to say that rule 2 and 3 are fairly central to Christs teachings and to the responsibility he put on all christians.
Christian followers were never meant to be 'armchair' followers. Their faith needed to be shared and Christ trained his disciples for the work of preaching:
Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3 Go forth. Look! I am sending YOU forth as lambs in among wolves.
And if you take Jesus parting words as confirmation, his apostles were taught to preach, and Jesus said they should teach others to observe all the things that they themselves had been taught. So the apostles were not the only ones who would be preachers and teachers:
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU
If those taking the lead in your church are not teaching you to be a preacher and teacher, then they are not obeying Christs command to them.
With regard to political neutrality, that is also central to being a member of Christs kingdom. Paul viewed himself as an 'ambassador for Christ'....you can't be an ambassador for two nations. You either align yourself with Gods kingdom, or you align yourself with some other kingdom. Besides that, Christ taught Christians to all 'think in agreement' and be 'united in the same mind'...Politics is a very divisive thing, it would be impossible to maintain unity if some members of a congregation were voting one way, others were voting another way... you cant' be united when politics enters the picture.