quick hit: fresh air on the New Apostolic Reformation

A recent interview with Rachel Tabachnick on National Public Radio's Fresh Air explored the political activism of the far right evangelical group known as the New Apostolic Reformation -- a group with which Texas Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry has some affiliation.

You can access a full transcript online at the Fresh Air website. From the piece that accompanies the interview:

An emerging Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and the return of Jesus, is becoming more of a presence in American politics. The leaders are considered apostles and prophets, gifted by God for this role.

The international "apostolic and prophetic" movement has been dubbed by its leading American architect, C. Peter Wagner, as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). Although the movement is larger than the network organized by Wagner — and not all members describe themselves as part of Wagner's NAR — the so-called apostles and prophets of the movement have identifiable ideology that separates them from other evangelicals.

Read the rest at NPR.