Edited sentence: Furthermore, despite this stated opposition to the armed forces and supposed disdain for becoming involved in secular politics, in practice one of the biggest problems facing the Lutheran Church as of 2012 is its ties to the State and the military, in stark contrast to Christ's teachings.This is exemplified by the fact that the former Executive Officer of the Lutheran Church in Queensland and current member of the Executive of the Lutheran Church in Australia, Trevor Ruthenberg, was once a member of the air force and is now a politician in Campbell Newman's conservative state government