This piece by Bruce Wilson first appeared on Talk2Action.org, and is re-posted with permission. Dutch Sheets is a member of Newt Gingrich’s Faith Leaders Coalition — as confirmed in January by researcher Rachel Tabachnick and noted in a February...
Read more →The New Apostolic Reformation has prayer warrior networks in all 50 states under the authority of several apostles including Cindy Jacobs, who heads the U.S. Reformation Prayer Network (RPN). RPN is producing prayer guides for each state as part of the “FastForward” initiative to impact the 2012 election. The California FastForward Prayer Guide is...
Read more →A November Charisma Magazine article is titled the “Rising Tide of Influence: How Pentecostalism is gradually changing the dynamics of American Politics.” But most of the leaders in the article are not traditional Pentecostals – they are apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation. The NAR is one of the current forces behind...
Read more →This piece by Bruce Wilson first appeared at Talk2Action.org, and is re-posted by permission. [Update, March 2, 2012: I have uncovered some additional information concerning the New Apostolic Reformation and the dictatorship of Guatemalan president Efraín Ríos Montt , now on trial, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity carried out by Guatemala's military...
Read more →I have just confirmed with the Newt 2012 headquarters that Apostle Dutch Sheets has endorsed Newt Gingrich and will join the campaign’s national Faith Leaders Coalition. (Link to copy of press release.) Sheets is an internationally known leader of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and one of the apostolic authorities over the 50-state prayer...
Read more →This post originally appeared on Talk2Action.org. The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) was temporarily in the spotlight following the endorsement and participation of leading apostles and prophets in Rick Perry’s Houston prayer event in August. Interest in the NAR dwindled as Perry’s campaign failed, but the movement is still making significant inroads with apostles and...
Read more →This article first appeared on Talk2Action. Although the New Apostolic Reformation has co-opted language of the social gospel, they promote a Tea Party-style anti-statism. Call it prosperity doctrine with a twist. Leading apostles oppose state involvement in social services, but teach that the movement is going to end poverty, “transform” communities, and take dominion...
Read more →C. Peter Wagner was quite forthcoming on many issues in his October 3, 2011 Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross. He talked openly about the New Apostolic Reformation’s agenda for the movement’s apostles to have authority over churches; suggested that Sarah Palin should have been anointed by leadership in private, so that it would...
Read more →This article first appeared on Talk2Action. Peter Wagner has responded to the national press coverage of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) that has introduced many Americans to the NAR for the first time. This includes a page on the International Coalition of Apostles’ website, an article in Charisma Magazine, and an audio interview with...
Read more →This post originally appeared at Al Jazeera English. It’s reposted by permission of the author, Paul Rosenberg. The US media has been downplaying a radical Christian theology that is increasingly influential in the Republican Party. At least three Republican candidates – Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry – have ties to Dominionism ...
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