Some people call the NAR a movement. Are you OK with that term?
Movement, is a tendency or trend, more from Webster's:
: a series of organized activities working toward an objective also
: an organized effort to promote or attain an end, the civil rights movement a movement to increase the minimum wage.
From wikipedia:
Religious movement, a coordinated group action focused on a religious ideology
I think Christians said to be in the NAR are left, right and centre. I am humble in my opinion of pro-choice Christians. Almost all of us want a pro-life government. I don't think normal ones want a theocracy. Maybe at most a constitutional theocracy. Some Catholics want papal ruling. But they are on the extreme.
I think the common objective of NAR are salvations, holiness, righteousness, peace, love, healing, managing well in finance, empowerment, if possible popular Christian authority and influence in government, art, business and maybe education. They don't have a pope and are not cohesive or united. They don't all agree. They seem to agree on salvation, power and ministry. That there are the Ephesians ch 4 offices again. Prophets and apostles.
Randy and his guests, Craig Keener and John Ruthven, lecturers, talk about what others say about this movement, that Randy doesn't define, but they defines prophets and apostles apart from the alleged NAR descriptions. They use scripture not extra-biblical revelation. And Randy interviewed 30 odd leaders. Including one from south America, on spiritual warfare, which none teach, according to Randy. He mentions that the church called apostles after the twelve with Jesus, bishops, but who did much of the same things as apostles.
Paul describes his work as complete, but it is better translated ministry not to suggest Paul was saying he completed a set of tasks once for all and was ready to die.
So Randy also mentions fallacies.
If NAR is a movement, no man invented or taught it, except C Peter Wagner after observing the re-igniting of the offices, teacher... in the twentieth century, so that's Derek Prince, a teacher in the 1940s and Billy Graham an evangelist from the 1950s... Wagner taught it and his students teach it. But God invented and powered it, so it has co-operation and is maintained. Like looking at many locusts, who is the leader? I do not see a claim to that or authority but central teaching lectures would come from Wagner Institute. They determine scripture from false teaching and fallacies.
The discussion in the video reminds me of The verse about Andronicus and Junias, who were apostles before Paul.
Romans 16:7 YLT
salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.
Paul defining a true apostle speaks of suffering and being treated badly for our sake.
Best not to rely on fringe groups to find out about NAR.
