I’ve been listening in on the national prayer/conference call that has been annouced as a Christianist response to the “Jummah on the Hill” event tomorrow.
Near the beginning, Shirley Dobson asked that listeners pray for the “seven centers of power.” This is a reference to a dominant idea in the New Apostolic Reformation, a rapidly growing movement within Christianity that advocates a Christian theocratic takeover of the nations of the world, and that advocates “spiritual warfare” and believes the world is infested with demons that can be fought with prayer. This group received a lot of attention last year when Sarah Palin was chosen vice president since her church is in the movement.
One of the top leaders of the movement, C. Peter Wagner has advocated a form of theocratic imperialism: “God has declared through His prophets that the wealth of the wicked will be released to the Kingdom of God,” and that “the enemies’ camp will be plundered.” The “wicked” would be the “godless,” or those who are not Christians.
Here is a Youtube video explaining the concept of the ’seven centers of power,’ or the “seven mountains mandate,” which are the key sectors of society that this movement targets for Christian hegemony and takeover. Notice the militaristic language throughout.
Here are some other points advocated by movement illuminaries:
• claim police department prayer and fasting cuts murder and crime and are convincing police forces to adopt prophecy and prayer based policing.
• have sent a prayer warfare team to Mount Everest to battle a global demon they claim blocks the prayers of Catholics from reaching Heaven; have boasted the expedition may have helped to Kill Mother Theresa.
• have developed strategic outlines for taking control of society and government in Austin, Texas and other communities.
• are exporting an ideology, that includes fighting “witches” and “spirits of witchcraft” to the developing world – an ideology that may have contributed to the torture and death of thousands of African children.
• have endorsed church-based death squads operating in Central America.
• promotes the idea, to teens in the movement, that they will form a supernaturally equipped end-time army that will cleanse the earth of evil.
