CCP112: On January 6 and the Fastest Growing Christian Movement in America

Jun 21, 2024

Join Dr. James Emery White and Alexis Drye as they dive into the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), a rapidly growing Christian movement with ambitions to establish God's Kingdom on Earth. They discuss NAR's infiltration into mainstream Christianity, political aspirations, and the impact of extremists within the group.

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Intro

00:00 • 4min

New Apostolic Reformation: Beliefs and Practices

04:15 • 21min

Interpretations of Bringing about the Kingdom of God and Influence on Society

24:51 • 6min

Exploring NAR Involvement in January 6th Insurrection and Beliefs in Divine Anointment

30:39 • 5min

Understanding the Attraction to the Fastest Growing Christian Movement in America

35:46 • 4min

In this week's conversation between Dr. James Emery White and co-host Alexis Drye, they discuss what is now the fastest growing Christian movement in the U.S. - the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) - and one that many people don't seem to be aware of. This group of leadership networks that include supposed modern-day apostles and prophets believe they have been called by God to take over the world. And their ideologies have begun to infiltrate mainstream Christianity as well.

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Today's conversation was prompted by an article from The Atlantic written by Stephanie McCrummen and titled, “The Woman Who Bought a Mountain for God.” As stated in the article about the NAR: “The movement is seeking political power as a means to achieving a more transcendent goal: to bring under biblical authority every sphere of life, including government, schools, and culture itself, establishing not just a Christian nation, as the traditional religious right has advocated, but an actual, earthly Kingdom of God.”

There was a book written about this movement as well that was mentioned in today's episode. If you'd like to read more about the NAR, be sure to check out The Rise of Network Christianity by Brad Christerson and Richard Flory. Dr. White also referenced another article worth reading written by Matthew D. Taylor and Paul A. Djupe for Religion News Service titled, “How Trumpism has pushed a fringe charismatic theology into the mainstream.”

Finally, the discussion led to aspects of Christian Nationalism and the role of Christians in the political realm. This has been a topic discussed in past episodes of the podcast. We'd encourage you to go back and listen to: CCP83: On Christians and Government, CCP82: On Christians and Politics, and CCP37: On Christian Nationalism.

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