If your first statement is true, then it applies also to conservatives. Take the popes  (by common consent, I think, among the most conservative, at least morally).

They, for the most part, have never liked Jesus' exercise of authority on loving enemies. No; this was too much for these men, since they approved the death penalty and declared it a moral imperative that the lives of enemy soldiers be taken in battle. 

No; the basis of authority in the Church is not 'calling' (what a massive presumption!), but the presence of the Spirit in EVERYONE.

Sadly, the Church works exactly as the world works. That's the problem.