7 Mountains Mandate: How Christians Intend to Take Over the U.S.

It could be the premise of a terrible airport novel: A group of self-proclaimed “apostles” have a plan rooted in biblical prophecy to “invade” every sphere of life as we know it — and they have the ear of the most powerful man in the world. Unfortunately, the Seven Mountain Mandate is not a work of bad fiction but a manifesto for evangelical Christians to “conquer” what proponents see as the seven critical facets of life: education, religion, family, business, government, entertainment, and media.

And while the Democrats are slugging it out to see who becomes the party’s nominee for the 2024 election, 7M, as it is often called, is coursing through the decrepit veins of the Republican party, offering a vision for total domination at a time when its core constituency is in demographic decline.

The center of evangelical gravity may have shifted from firebrand Southern Baptists to slick Californian megachurches infused with the power of the Holy Spirit. Still, 7M is being used to bring together a newly revised and determined Moral Majority for the 21st century. And while the late televangelist Jerry Falwell and his cohorts might have wanted to save your soul or stop your abortion, this new breed of Prophets, Apostles, and Seven Mountaineers wish to do nothing short of transforming society.