09/16/2025
[1975] It is probably not a coincidence relating to its name, that Francis Schaeffer was in his time in the Swiss Alps at L'Abri one of the founders of what would later be termed the 7-Mountain Mandate.
The concept centers around 'Christians' taking dominion of seven societal spheres of influence: 'Family, religion, education, media, art, economics, and government'.
While this anti-biblical idea of 'Dominion theology' originated within Calvinism (Presbyterians), it is most commonly associated today with the New Apostolic Reformation (Pentecostalism), which is best represented by Bethel Church (Bill Johnson), who further popularized this idea.
[1] The movement is strongly connected to Pentecostalism, which had from its very inception a heavy leaning onto similar concepts. The Catholic Apostolic Church in Albury / London (so-to-say the mother of all Pentecostal churches) installed 12 'apostles' which had dominion over different areas of the world. Their branch near Chicago was built in the centre of a theocratic community named Zion City. Here we saw a total control over society, with every inhabitant of the city being obligated to follow the strict hand of its Pentecostal founder.
[2] Today the 7-Mountain-Mandate seeks also to impose a theocratic agenda by controlling societal spheres, institutions and governments. This is in stark contrast to the Evangelium, which invites believers to be a faithful witness to CHRISTOS and to conduct personal discipleship. The 7MM rather circumvents this personal responsibility and hopes that unbelievers will be pressed into a worldwide church without personal intervention, but by mere power and size. This is not only a theological compromise, it is a fundamentally different Evangelium.
[3] Some adherents of this movement use strategic spiritual warfare, attempting to gain control of the 7 mountains by researching and mapping the geographical strongholds of territorial spirits, using prophecy from the movement's prophets to determine the demons' names and roles, and intercession in which they pray on-site to rid the location or 'mountain' of what they describe as demons.
See also www.fitforfaith.ca/discernment-movements
A Hub For Biblical Discernment. Problematic Movements & Organizations.