If one takes the time to learn about the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), trump’s ridiculous actions make more sense. His administration is littered with these nut jobs (Hegseth, Johnson, and more…) — and they’re very malevolent nut jobs, too.
1) Meet the Top 24 Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation in the U.S.
While there’s variation among them, NAR apostles share some concerning beliefs and practices. For example, most or all:
Engage in what they call “strategic spiritual warfare,” which consists of organized and targeted prayers that often suggest violence against allegedly demonic opponents with whom they disagree on matters of sexuality and gender, politics and democracy;
Believe the 2020 election was stolen (some were directly involved in the January 6th insurrection and related events);
Are ardent Christian Zionists;
Follow a model of church leadership and governance called the Five-Fold Ministry (based on Ephesians 4:11-13), which comprises the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher. Unlike mainline Protestant and most evangelical churches which have democratic polities, apostolic churches and networks do not, believing that God speaks directly to and through the apostles and prophets. This model can produce apostles with virtually unlimited authority.
Meanwhile, some apostles:
Have extensive international networks;
Forecast an imminent religious war; or
Engage in imprecatory prayer, explicitly calling down a curse or misfortune upon perceived enemies.
2)
Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It.
The devotees she mentioned were leaders in the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic evangelical Christian movement led by a loose network of self-appointed prophets and apostles, who claim that God speaks directly to them, often in dreams. They believe that Christians are called to wage a spiritual battle for control of the United States. In the vanguard of an ascendant Christian nationalist movement, they are seeking an explicitly Christian command of public schools, social policy, and all levels of the government, including the courts. Some scholars claim NAR is the fastest-growing spiritual movement in the United States. Evangelical writer C. Peter Wagner described it as the most significant shake-up in Protestantism since the Reformation. Its laser focus on starting a spiritual war to Christianize America has led the Southern Poverty Law Center to call NAR “the greatest threat to US democracy that you have never heard of.”
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