New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) / C Peter Wagner network / 7-Mountain Dominionism

The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is an umbrella charismatic-Pentecostal theological-political network that took its current form in the 1990s through C Peter Wagner's (1930-2016) systematisation of trends he had observed in the global Pentecostal scene since the 1970s. Wagner — a former Fuller Theological Seminary professor and Donald McGavran's missiologist successor — argued in his 1998 book The New Apostolic Churches that a 'second apostolic age' was emerging, with self-appointed 'apostles' and 'prophets' restoring offices the church had lacked since the post-apostolic period. Wagner co-founded the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders (ICAL) in 1999 with Cindy Jacobs and others, providing the original organisational infrastructure for what subsequently became NAR.

Four distinctive NAR doctrines justify the dataset entry. (1) Restored apostles and prophets: self-appointed apostles (Wagner himself, Bill Hamon, Chuck Pierce, Cindy Jacobs, Lance Wallnau, Dutch Sheets, and many others) and prophets exercise authority over local congregations and parachurch organisations that nominally federate under their oversight. (2) 7-Mountain Dominionism: developed by Loren Cunningham (Youth With A Mission) and Bill Bright (Campus Crusade) in 1975, systematised by Wagner and Lance Wallnau in the 2000s, the doctrine teaches that Christians are mandated to take over seven 'mountains' of cultural influence — religion, family, education, government, media, arts, business — before Christ's return. (3) Spiritual-warfare territorial mapping: Wagner's Engaging the Enemy (1991) systematised the practice of identifying 'territorial spirits' associated with geographic regions and conducting 'spiritual mapping' and 'prophetic acts' (e.g. anointing-oil applications to government buildings) to displace them. (4) 'Latter Rain' / 'Joel's Army' eschatology: NAR adopts and modifies the 1940s-50s 'Latter Rain' eschatology, framing contemporary believers as the prophesied end-times army that will bring about Christ's return.

Documented coercive-control patterns are network-wide rather than localised to a single congregation. Constituent NAR-affiliated organisations already documented in this dataset include Bethel Church Redding (Bill Johnson), IHOPKC (Mike Bickle), Sean Feucht's Burn 24-7 / Let Us Worship, Bethel-affiliated Jesus Culture, and Lance Wallnau ministries. Each of these is independently evaluated; the NAR umbrella entry covers the theological-political framework that ties them. Patterns include: (a) loaded language (apostolic authority, prophetic decree, spiritual warfare, breakthrough, dominion); (b) thought-replacement through the 7-Mountain worldview; (c) total identity-replacement through 'prophetic destiny' framing; (d) financial extraction via tithing plus 'seed-faith' offerings; (e) severance from non-NAR family in some constituent congregations.

The political-theological influence on the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack is the most consequential 2020s development. Matthew D Taylor's The Violent Take It by Force (Broadleaf Books, 2024) systematically documented the prophet-network (Dutch Sheets's 'Give Him 15' podcast, Lance Wallnau's 'Lion of God Decree', Jenny Donnelly, Sean Feucht's appearances) that promoted the 'stolen election' narrative and the 'Jericho Marches' that culminated in the 6 January attack. The Frederick Clarkson / Political Research Associates and Rachel Tabachnick archives provide additional documentation.

The CLCI 26 (High) reflects the network-wide thought-replacement, the documented political-theological radicalisation, and the loaded-language identity-replacement patterns, while remaining below the Extreme threshold reserved for organisations with severance, total information control, and exit-cost enforcement.