If Jesus were King

What if there was one community somewhere in the world where Jesus was actually King?
What would it look like?
What would its priorities be?
Based on the sermon on the mount and the examples of both the community around Jesus during his ministry and the community that took shape in the early days of the church, these ‘political' characteristics would be in evidence:
- the proclamation in both word and activity of God’s kingdom
- # 1 expenditure: to provide for the poor (Acts 6, Galatians 2:10, Romans 12:13,16, etc.)
- radical worship, a fierce loving of one’s neighbour, especially the most despised and neglected of neighbours as a primary expression of worship to God
- the training of disciples not only for the extension of the gospel, but the extension of the life practices of Jesus into various cultures around the world
- justice - advocating for the widow, the refugee, the outsider
- righteous (as opposed to self-righteous) indignation against obstacles which impede the flow of God's love and grace to the world
- mercy - sacrificial living for the sake of welcoming the unloved (i.e. 'I was a stranger and you took me in')
- faith - living as though the Holy Spirit is our only resource and wisdom
fasting, prayer and reliance on the Holy Spirit for direction
- street ministry
- persistent downward mobility, becoming poor that others become rich

So then the question becomes: if that's what a community where Jesus rules looks like, how close is our church to that, and what would it take for us to get there? And how in the interim do we define our present allegiance to King Jesus? Is it more lip service or real worship?
I think for us to tackle this issue head on, we have to ask ourselves as a Christian community, are we living as though Jesus is King? The question of his being king elsewhere is immaterial. If he is not king among us, then our proclamation to the world outside of his kingship lacks authority and credibility...