Lance Wallnau

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Lance Wallnau is an American preacher associated with the New Apostolic Reformation and the Seven Mountain Mandate. He has been referred to as the "father of American Dominionism". [1]

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Biography

Before turning to religion Wallnau was involved in oil marketing in Texas. [2]

During a meeting between Loren Cunningham and Lance Wallnau in 2000 Cunningham told Wallnau about a message from God delivered to Cunningham, Bill Bright, and Francis Schaeffer in 1975 ordering them to invade the "seven spheres" of society identified as family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government. [3] The Seven Mountain Mandate movement came to prominence after the 2013 publication of Wallnau's and Bill Johnson's book Invading Babylon: The 7 Mountain Mandate. [4]

In 2016 Wallnau released a book called God's Chaos Candidate in which he prophesied that Donald Trump would win the election. [5]

Wallnau is a member of the Eagles’ Vision Apostolic Team, a group of leaders associated with the New Apostolic Reformation. [2] Within the movement Wallnau is considered a prophet. [6]

He is an advisor to and a force behind the nonprofit Christian dominionist organization Ziklag. [7]

In 2024, Wallnau headlined the Courage Tour, featuring prophets and Charismatic preachers promoting the Trump campaign and MAGA ideas. [8]

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Wallnau told followers in 2011:

If you're talking to a secular audience you don't talk about having dominion over them. This whole idea of taking over and that language of takeover, it doesn't actually help. It's good for preaching to the choir and it's shorthand if we interpret it right, but it's very bad for media." [9]

Wallnau, who has asserted Donald Trump was anointed by God to be president, is a major proponent of waging spiritual warfare against perceived demonic spirits; he has referred to Trump's presidency as a "spiritual warfare presidency". [10] [7]

A joint report from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Freedom From Religion Foundation on the role of Christian nationalism in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack argued that Wallnau's "warfare rhetoric" was linked to stochastic terrorism. [1]

Wallnau prophesied in 2010 regarding Norwegian apostolic leader Jan-Aage Torp's divine calling and influence. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Seidel, Andrew L. (February 9, 2022). Christian Nationalism and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection (PDF) (Report). Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Freedom From Religion Foundation. pp. 14–15. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Lehmann, Chris (April 15, 2024). "The Trump Revival". The Nation . Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Silliman, Daniel (October 9, 2023). "Died: Loren Cunningham, Who Launched Millions on Short-Term Missions". Christianity Today . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Hardy, Elle (March 19, 2020). "The 'modern apostles' who want to reshape America ahead of the end times". The Outline .
  5. ↑ Haffner, Josh (November 10, 2016). "Meet the evangelicals who prophesied a Trump win". USA Today . Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  6. ↑ Monacelli, Steven (August 4, 2023). "God's Army Gathers in Fort Worth". The Texas Observer . Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Kroll, Andy; Surgey, Nick (July 13, 2024). "Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country". ProPublica . Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  8. ↑ Herman, Alice (August 2, 2024). "'We have to be voting biblically': the Courage Tour rallies Christians to get Trump in office". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  9. ↑ Rosenberg, Paul (January 2, 2024). "Meet the New Apostolic Reformation, cutting edge of the Christian right". Salon.com .
  10. ↑ Boorstein, Michelle (November 5, 2022). "In existential midterm races, Christian prophets become GOP surrogates". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  11. ↑ Clarkson, Frederick; Gagné, André (November 30, 2022). "Call it 'Christian Globalism': A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III". Religion Dispatches . Retrieved May 1, 2024.
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