New Apostolic Reformation
A living tradition within Charismatic movement. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
New Apostolic Reformation is a living tradition within Charismatic movement. Also written NAR, apostolic-prophetic movement, neo-charismatic networks.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: C. Peter Wagner (as namer and theorist). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. The term was coined by C. Peter Wagner (1930-2016) to describe a form of independent charismatic Christianity led by apostles and organised in relational networks rather than denominations, with emphasis on the fivefold ministry of Ephesians 4:11 and especially the offices of apostle and prophet. No founding year applies.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “New Apostolic Reformation.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-new-apostolic-reformation.
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}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.