Fehmarn island was lovely, particularly the NABU Wallnau Wasservogelreservat (Water Bird Reserve). The only bird hide I’ve been in where the birds come in with you! Had swallows swooping in beside us, amazing.

I think this is pretty regular as they’ve put up supports for the nests, and still allow people in. I’d upload a video but it seems to be failing on here?

We also saw a few frogs, and then a water snake chasing one of the frogs!
#wallnau #naturereserve #birdwatching #roadtrip #birdhide

C. Peter Wagner, who died in 2016,
wrote dozens of additional books with titles such as
"Dominion!"
and "Churchquake!"

The movement allowed Christianity to be changed and updated,
embracing the idea that God was raising new apostles and prophets
who could not only interpret ancient scripture
but deliver
“fresh words” and dreams from heaven
on a rolling, even daily basis.

One of Wagner’s most talented acolytes,
a preacher named
#Lance #Wallnau,
repackaged the concept of dominionism into what he popularized as the
👉“7 Mountain Mandate,”
essentially an action plan for how Christians could dominate the seven spheres of life
—government, education, media, and the four others posted on the walls
like targets at Gateway House of Prayer.

What happened next is the story of these ideas spreading far and wide
into an American culture primed to accept them.

Churches interested in growing found that the NAR formula worked,
delivering followers a sense of purpose and value in the Kingdom.

Many started hosting “7M” seminars
and offering coaching and webinars,
which often drew wealthy businesspeople into the fold.

After the 2016 election, a group of the nation’s ultra-wealthy conservative Christians
organized as an invitation-only charity called #Ziklag,
a reference to the biblical city where David found refuge during his war against King Saul.

According to an investigation by ProPublica,
the group stated in internal documents that its purpose was to
“take dominion over the Seven Mountains.”

Wallnau is an adviser.

By last year, 42 percent of American Christians agreed with the statement
“God wants Christians to stand atop the ‘7 Mountains of Society,’ ”
according to Paul Djupe, a Denison University political scientist
who has been developing new surveys to capture what he and others describe as a
“fundamental shift” in American Christianity.

Roughly 61 percent agreed with the statement that
“there are modern-day apostles and prophets.”

Roughly half agreed that
“there are demonic ‘principalities’ and ‘powers’
who control physical territory,”
and that the Church should
“organize campaigns of spiritual warfare and prayer to displace high-level demons.”

Overall, Djupe told me, the nation continues to become more secular.

In 1991, only 6 percent of Americans identified as nonreligious,

a figure that is now about 30 percent.

But the Christians who remain are becoming more radical.

“They are taking on these extreme beliefs that give them a sense of power
—they believe they have the power to change the nature of the Earth,” Djupe said.

“The adoption of these sort of beliefs is happening incredibly fast.”

Trump as divinely ordained

Many NAR leaders and followers support Trump,
viewing him as a divinely appointed figure who would facilitate NAR’s goals for societal reconstruction,
believing he was chosen by God to fulfill a prophetic destiny.

They position Trump as a warrior against a so-called demonically controlled
– and therefore corrupted
– “deep state,”
aligning with NAR’s emphasis on spiritual warfare and cultural dominion as outlined in the “Seven Mountains” mandate.

NAR leaders followed Trump’s understanding of a corrupt government.

The NAR led a
“Million Women” worship rally on Oct. 12, 2024,
to Washington, D.C.,
in which the organizers sought to encourage 1 million women NAR adherents to come to pray, protest and support Trump’s campaign.

The event was promoted as a “last stand moment” to save the nation by helping Trump win the election as a champion against dark, satanic forces.

Several prominent politicians, legislators and members of the judiciary, such as House Speaker #Mike #Johnson and Supreme Court Justice #Samuel #Alito, have flown the NAR-based
“Appeal to Heaven” flag.

For NAR evangelicals, the presidential election is interpreted through a Christian apocalyptic rhetoric.

In this rhetoric one candidate is a force for good, a warrior for God
– Trump
– and the other is led by demonic forces such as Harris.

Trump’s 2024 win is seen as a critical moment of spiritual warfare where the forces of God defeat the forces of evil.

#Lance #Wallnau

Spiritual warfare

Followers of the NAR believe that they must engage in spiritual warfare,
which includes prayers and actions aimed at combating perceived demonic influences in society.

This practice often involves identifying “strongholds” of evil, around cultural issues,
such as gay marriage, transgender rights and LGBTQ+ activism,
and working to dismantle them.

An example of this is a recent series of religious-based political rallies led by NAR leaders known as “The Courage Tour” that advocated directly for Trump’s second election.

The NAR emphasizes that Christians should expect to see miraculous signs,

where extraordinary events, such as Trump’s survival of an assassination attempt, are interpreted to be explained only by divine or spiritual intervention.

The movement’s adherents also believe in faith-based healing and supernatural experiences, such as prophetic utterances and speech

#Lance #Wallnau

Central to NAR is the belief that Christian religious leaders should be the main source of cultural and political authority in America.

NAR proponents argue that select leaders receive direct revelation from God, guiding the direction of churches and fighting spiritual warfare against demonic influences, which they believe corrupt the behavior of individuals and nations.

NAR advocates for a hierarchical structure in which religious leaders and their political allies hold authority in society.

They believe in
“The Seven Mountains Mandate,” a way to represent Christian control of society through a strategy that Christians should infiltrate, influence and eventually control seven key areas in society
– business, government, media, arts and entertainment, education, family and religion
– to bring about cultural transformation.

By doing so, NAR proponents believe they can establish a pure and true form of what they believe is a society ruled by divine guidance and strict adherence to biblical ideas.

#Lance #Wallnau, a prominent Christian author, speaker, social media influencer and consultant associated with NAR, has promoted the idea that such engagement where NAR Christian leaders hold authority through a government tied to divine will is essential for advancing societal transformation.

Wallnau has been a vocal supporter of Trump, viewing him as a significant figure in NAR’s vision.

“I pray for an anointing.
Angels will go with them,
and they’ll expose the hidden works of darkness,”
#Lance #Wallnau said.

“They’ll be led to discover whatever nefarious things are being done by the darkness.”

Wallnau did similar recruiting in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
directing attendees to Lion of Judah.

The organization, which features Trump prominently on its website, offers a free course titled “Fight the Fraud,”
with modules detailing poll workers’ basic duties and helping people find their local elections offices so they can apply
as well as email templates to streamline the process.

It tells students that “election workers matter now more than ever”
because the “threat of election fraud is a serious concern”
and “what happened in 2020 can never happen again!”

At a Wallnau event outside Pittsburgh last month, #Greg #Pontinen of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, said he decided to register as a poll worker after speaking with an activist soliciting support for administering elections by hand-counting paper ballots.

“It just seems like there’s a lot of controversy, and there’s a lot of people that have been in a lot of anguish over the last election,
of improprieties and rigged elections,” he said.

“I think if you have oversight on that, you have less chance of that, and I think that’s a firsthand chance for me to actually watch for that.”