The 40/70 Window is a term used in Christian missions to refer to Europe and Russia. Named in analogy with the 10/40 window, it takes in countries between 40 and 70 degrees north of the equator.[1] These are historically Christian, but for a long time have experienced an increase in secularism and nominal Christianity. According to the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, it is the "largest region outside the Arab Muslim block where missions work progresses most slowly."[2]
The 40/70 window is also associated with Christian spiritual warfare. Missionary, spiritual warfare proponent, and New Apostolic Reformation leader C. Peter Wagner held that a territorial spirit known as the "Queen of Heaven", which he associated with fertility goddesses and Catholic veneration of the Virgin Mary, controls the 40/70 window.[3][4] His 2000 book The Queen's Domain: Advancing God's Kingdom in the 40/70 Window focuses on the topic.[5] His Global Harvest Ministries also emphasizes the 40/70 window. In 2001 Wagner and others from the ministry undertook a trip to engage in spiritual battle against the demon controlling the region; organizations opposed included the German Evangelical Alliance, which released a statement denouncing such methods.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "40/70 Window - the Other 10/40 Window". CCM International. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Germany's role in a new reformation" (PDF). Message. 6 (1). Association of Baptists for World Evangelism: 31. 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ de Korte, Hannah; Onnekink, David (2020-05-28). "Maps Matter. The 10/40 Window and Missionary Geography". Exchange. 49 (2): 110–144. doi:10.1163/1572543X-12341558. ISSN 0166-2740.
- ^ Van der Meer, Erwin (November 2008). The Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare Theology of C. Peter Wagner and its Implications for Christian Mission in Malawi (Thesis). University of South Africa. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Wagner, C. Peter (2000). The Queen's Domain: Advancing God's Kingdom in the 40/70 Window. Menlo Park: Wagner Publications. ISBN 9781585020096 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Deutsche Evangelische Allianz steht kritisch zur Gebetsinitiative gegen die 'Königin des Himmels': Gegen territoriale Kampfführung im Gebet". German Evangelical Alliance (in German). September 4, 2001. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Alves, Elizabeth; Femrite, Tommy; Kaufman, Karen (2010). Intercessors. Baker Books. p. 136. Retrieved 3 June 2023 – via Google Books.
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