In a wide-ranging interview, Wilson said he opened a D.C. “church service” because of the number of Christians who adhere to his church’s teachings within the Trump administration. One of the most prominent followers is Hegseth, who attends the newly opened D.C. congregation.

“If Kamala [Harris] had won the presidency, there would have been basically zero evangelicals in the White House administration,” Wilson said. “And although Donald Trump is not an evangelical by any stretch … his administration is full of them.”

That’s why Wilson sees an opportunity for his beliefs to be seriously considered at this moment, including the belief that eventually the U.S. should be a Christian theocracy, whereby Christian principles dictate state authority and religion and politics are tightly intertwined.

  • some_guyEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    For those who don’t follow, 7 mandate means taking over all of culture.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate

      Some choice bits, emphasis mine:

      The movement is believed by its followers to have begun in 1975 with a purported message from God delivered to evangelicals Loren Cunningham, Bill Bright, and Francis Schaeffer ordering them to invade the “seven spheres” of society identified as family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government.

      Hm, sounds almost like they have declared a jihad to wage on our secular way of life here in America.

      The movement was generally supportive of the presidency of Donald Trump, with member Paula White becoming Trump’s spiritual advisor. In 2020, Charlie Kirk said, “finally we have a president that understands the seven mountains of cultural influence” during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.[11]

      Openly tying donnie to this crazy stuff.

      A January 2024 Denison University poll found 41% of American Christians believe in 7MM.[2]

      That is a frightening prospect.