Check out Thomas Edsall’s column today at The New York Times. I was happy to contribute to it. A taste: In recent weeks, for example, the former president posted a video called “God Made Trump” on Truth Social that was […]
New Apostolic Reformation
Trump prophet reads a fake Jefferson quote and then says “take that and choke”
Hank Kunneman is a New Apostolic Reformation preacher and Seven Mountain Dominionist. He is part of the Dutch Sheets and Lance Wallnau crowd of “prophets” that we covered here. In this video Kunneman expounds on the history of church and […]
The Atlantic tackles Seven Mountain Dominionism
A nice piece of reporting here by Stephanie McCrummen. Here is a taste of “The Woman Who Bought a Mountain For God”: On the day she heard God tell her to buy a mountain, Tami Barthen already sensed that her life […]
Seven Mountain Dominionism used to be a “stealth” operation. No longer.
In November, 2010, Lance Wallnau, the founder and head of an organization called “Lance Learning Group,” visited Modesto. It was his second visit to the California city. Mark S. Vasche, editor of the The Modesto Bee, wrote about Wallnau’s visit. […]
“Prophet” Lance Wallnau: Steve Bannon should speak in tongues and the Trump family should be “Charismatic Pentecostals”
Lance Wallnau has been on a roll of late. Some of you know Wallnau. He’s the guy who: He now wants to win MAGA “thought leaders” to Pentecostalism: Wallnau recently spoke at the “Fire and Glory Live” event. Here is […]
The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival
Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian […]
For MAGA Christians, it doesn’t matter if the founding fathers’ quote they use is true, as long as it rallies the base
Dutch Sheets is a leader in the New Apostolic Reformation, a brand of charismatic evangelicalism that powers the Christian MAGA movement. Sheets leads pro-Trump prayer tours around the country, travels around with Lance Wallnau, Charlie Kirk and others where he […]
Evangelical leaders, including Mark Driscoll, anoint Kari Lake with oil
In case you haven’t heard of Kari Lake, she is running for governor of Arizona. She has the endorsement of Donald Trump. She is also an anti-masker, anti-vaxxer, and 2020 election denier. She believes that the Biden administration is advancing […]
Metaxas: “God has called me to fight to the death for what is true and right”
Back in April 2021, I wrote a piece at Current titled, “The Education of an Evangelical Insurrectionist.” It told the story of Tyler Ethridge, a graduate of Charis Bible College who entered the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 […]
Will Bunch offers a “field guide” to Doug Mastriano’s world
Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer offers a guide to the “rouges’ gallery of religious zealots, election deniers and militia types surrounding Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign. The guide includes short bios of Abby Abildness, Grant Clarkson, Jenna Ellis, James Emery, […]
Doug Mastriano’s connection to the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation movement
Good reporting here from Jennifer Cohn of the Bucks County (PA) Beacon on 7 Mountain Dominionism, the “Watchman’s Decree,” and Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Here is a taste: In Pennsylvania, N[ew] A[Apostolic] R[eformation]. apostle Jacobs’ prayer network is led […]