# New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) **Summary.** A post-1990s charismatic movement organized around the claim that the offices of apostle and prophet are restored to the present-day church and that these offices hold governmental authority over local congregations and, in dominionist strains, over cultural and political spheres. Coined and popularized as a label by [[C. Peter Wagner]]. Core network nodes include [[Bethel Church]] (Redding, CA), IHOPKC (historic, pre-collapse), and the Global Spheres / apostolic network. The wiki currently has this entity scaffolded from critique-side sources; primary NAR material is a priority gap. ## Core Distinctives (Critique-Side Framing) 1. **Restored office of apostle.** Not historic bishopric, not Roman Catholic succession. A new governmental office claimed by named individuals. 2. **Restored office of prophet.** Predictive, directive, sometimes politically aligned. See [[Fallible Prophecy]] for the doctrinal escape hatch that protects the office from its failures. 3. **Five-fold ministry as governance model.** Ephesians 4:11 (apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher) read as five standing offices with apostles and prophets at the top. 4. **Dominionism / Seven Mountains.** In some strains, the calling of apostolic-prophetic governance extends to the "seven mountains" of culture (government, media, education, family, religion, business, arts). See [[Dominionism]] (stub — to build). 5. **Spiritual warfare theology.** Territorial spirits, strategic-level spiritual warfare, prayer as geopolitical action. 6. **Personal prophetic words.** Direct, directive prophecy given to individuals, often shaping major life decisions. Harm pattern well documented in deconstruction memoirs. ## Why This Matters Here Courtney is processing a journey out of charismatic/NAR-adjacent contexts. The wiki needs a source-grounded NAR entity so every critique-side claim can be tested against NAR primary material. Right now the entity is scaffolded from one YouTube interview. ## Worship-Theology Extension (2026-04-21) The 2026-04-21 ingest of Aniol's G3 essay and the Modern Reformation "A Movement's Music" essay extends the NAR critique into worship music. See [[NAR Worship Critique Traditions]] for the comparative analysis. Worship-music network nodes documented: - [[Bethel Church]] — Bethel Music, Jesus Culture, BSSM. Signature theology: [[Bill Johnson]] Christology, apostolic-prophetic worship, musical sacramentality. - [[Hillsong]] — Brian Houston founded; prosperity-adjacent; Carl Lentz scandal; Frank Houston Royal Commission case. - [[Elevation Church]] — Furtick-founded; SBC-affiliated but charismatic-adjacent; staged "spontaneous baptism" concerns; modalism allegations. - [[Maverick City Music]] — heterogeneous; some contributors NAR-network-adjacent (Upper Room Dallas), others not; requires per-song evaluation. See [[Praise and Worship Theology]] for the doctrinal framework that unites the catalog and [[Hillsongization]] for the sociological mechanism. ## Source Coverage Gap Still critical. Worship-music critique sources are now present; primary NAR material remains the gap. Priority ingests: 1. A primary NAR text — Wagner, Vallotton, Bill Johnson, or Mike Bickle. 2. `raw/Religious Research/World Harvest Outreach.md` (already in vault, referenced in CLAUDE.md — not yet ingested). 3. Kristin Kobes Du Mez or Matthew D. Taylor — academic outsider treatment (*The Violent Take It by Force*, already present in Readwise/Books, not yet ingested). ## Related - [[Fallible Prophecy]] - [[Kris Vallotton]] - [[Bethel Church]] - [[Hillsong]] - [[Bill Johnson]] - [[Apostolic Authority]] - [[Five-Fold Ministry]] - [[Dominionism]] - [[C. Peter Wagner]] - [[Praise and Worship Theology]] - [[Hillsongization]] - [[NAR Worship Critique Traditions]]