according to  kimbanguist rules, polygamy, smoking, drugs, alcohol, eating pork, sleeping naked, and trading on sundays are all forbidden. during the sunday services, believers do not wear shoes in the church. green and white are the colors used in kimbanguism. green represents hope and white represents integrity. the churches are painted in these colors, and the believers wear them almost every day. the kimbanguist has its headquarters in n'kamba, the hometown of simon kimbangu, which is considered “the new jerusalem.”