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Christian migrant churches have been a part of the borderland of the Danish model of religion for a long time, but the state and the Danish folk church are opening up for migrant churches to become a part of the Danish folk church through valgmenighedsloven (law on free congregations). Some migrant churches thereby move from the borderland to the core of the Danish model of religion. This movement, however, is not without conflict as several migrant churches challenge the conventional and Westphalian way of conceptualising religion. I use Peter Beyer's theory of Post-Westphalian religion to shed light on the possible borders between the migrant churches and the Danish folk church. Kristne migrantkirker har længe været en del af den danske religionsmodels grænseflade, men staten og folkekirken er ved at åbne op for, at de nyere migrantkirker kan blive en del af folkekirken via valgmenighedsloven. Dermed bevæger nogle migrantkirker sig fra religionsmodellens grænseflade til at blive en del af modellens kerne. Denne bevægelse er dog ikke uden konflikter, da flere migrantkirker udfordrer den gængse og westfalske måde at tænke religion på. Artiklen gør brug af Peter Beyers teori om postwestfalsk religion til at belyse de mulige grænser mellem migrantkirkerne og folkekirken

In order to comprehend the nature of the momentous ethical and social change brought about by the representatives of dualistic Christianity, it is necessary to rethink the general process of ethicizing and politicizing of religion and the new understanding of the moral superiority of the Religion of Love (the leading principle of which is that GOD IS LOVE) as opposed to the Church of the wolves, viewed as a Church of dogmatism and coercion. The mercantile attitude and cruelty of the clergy was repulsive and alienated people, especially when compared with the Evangelical love and goodness with which the Perfect Ones won the minds and hears of the ordinary laity from the Balkans to Languedoc and the Urals. The conventional designation of Church of Love , or Church of God , aims to emphasize the ethical, as opposed to institutional, character of this Church. The principle of Sobornost became of fore most importance. The Bogomils and Cathars distinguished between, on one hand, the inexpensive Church of „authentic Christians“, which rejects the institution of a specialized clergy and the building of temples, and, on the other hand, the expensive Orthodox Church with its rituals and dogmas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]