National Day of Prayer Task Force Promotes Dominionist Language, Christian Nationalist Speakers

[Nevilledog]

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/national-day-of-prayer-task-force-promotes-dominionist-language-christian-nationalist-speakers/

The second Thursday in May is designated as the National Day of Prayer by federal law, which requires the U.S. president to issue a proclamation recognizing the day. While the occasion is officially nonsectarian—President Joe Biden’s 2024 declaration recognizes “Americans of every religion and background”—the National Day of Prayer Task Force, which promotes the day and organizes events, has long been dominated by Christian-right leaders.

The “national prayer” being promoted by the Task Force this year deploys the language of Seven Mountains dominionists, who teach that every “mountain” or sphere of influence in society must be taken over by Christians who share their right-wing religious and political worldview: “Lead us forward to dispel the darkness and bring light throughout the Church, Family, Education, Business, Military, Government, and Arts, Entertainment, and Media.” The task force website is even more explicit, encouraging people to pray for America “by praying into seven centers of influence in our nation.”

Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation teach that taking dominion and bringing nations into alignment with their biblical worldview can help speed the return of Jesus Christ and usher in a period when the church will “rule and reign” with him.

As Right Wing Watch has noted, “The rhetoric of the seven mountains has been adopted across the religious right even by leaders who may not share NAR’s theology, but find the concept a convenient lingua franca for encouraging conservative evangelicals to get more involved in politics.”

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[Arne]

1. Some dress up young children in warier garb

with helmet shield and sword. It's scary.

[Girard442]

2. Not to worry. We Satanic Temple people are on it.

It is for everybody, no?

[Igel]

4. Absolutely.

As an example: ?uuid=W0zWVDWCEeK_1eICtte1AQ

Hey. Dominionist nationalists.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Much of Texas politics is funded by Christian Dominionists.

They’re behind the abortion ban and the anti-LGBTQ+ laws, especially targeting trans kids. They have been funding only Republican politicians who swear allegiance to Christian Dominionism and are trying to turn the legislature into an offshoot of the group. Future plans include turning all public schools into Christian academies teaching Dominion beliefs, all at taxpayer expense of course.

We can scoff at people like this, but they have a lot of money behind them. Their efforts to turn the US into a theocracy will not stop.