March 2026
Recently, Next 9News reporter Kyle Clark aired a segment about two voter initiatives that will be on Colorado ballots: one initiative is the Transgender Student Athlete Ban, and the other supports a ban on gender-affirming surgery for children. During the segment, a video featuring Lance Wallnau and Protect Kids Colorado Directors, Former State Senator Kevin Lundberg and Erin Lee, was shown.
Who is Lance Wallnau, and why is he supporting the Protect Kids Colorado ballot measures?
Lance Wallnau is an evangelical preacher and televangelist based in Dallas, Texas. Referred to as the “father of American Dominionism,” he is associated with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and the Seven Mountains Mandate. Wallnau also serves as a board member of the Truth & Liberty Coalition, a group founded by Andrew Wommack and based in Woodland Park, Colorado. The Truth & Liberty Coalition established Transform Colorado, which created Church School Board Election Guides for the 2023 and 2025 Colorado school board elections.
For Wallnau, the current struggle for America’s cultural future is centered in the classroom. He has repeatedly argued that teachers’ unions are shaping the narrative, organizing activism, and influencing the next generation, while many Christians stay silent. In his view, this silence cedes cultural ground to those with opposing values. Wallnau has challenged his followers to abandon passivity and actively participate in shaping educational and social norms. His challenge is simple: stop sitting back.
Wallnau has reaffirmed the statements of Protect Kids Colorado leaders, expressing hope that their specific legal and political challenges will serve as a “spear” to shift the political landscape in blue states like Colorado. Wallnau has used his media platforms to promote the organization and its initiatives, featuring Protect Kids Colorado leaders on his show. The stakes, according to Wallnau, are nothing less than the future of American culture and the values imparted to the next generation. With his media reach and doctrinal influence, Wallnau continues to play a pivotal role in mobilizing Christians to engage in the cultural and political battles of the day, making him a central figure in the ongoing debates over gender, education, and religious influence in public life.
What is the Seven Mountains Mandate, and what is the role of the Education Sphere?
Seven Mountains Mandate urges Christians to actively influence seven critical areas of society, including government, education, and media—a mission Wallnau passionately pursues, particularly in the realm of public policy and culture wars. In the Seven Mountains Mandate, the Education sphere is one of seven “mountains” of societal influence that proponents believe Christians must “take dominion” over to transform culture. The movement, which originated in 1975 with leaders Bill Bright (Campus Crusade for Christ) and Loren Cunningham (Youth With A Mission), aims to instill Christian values and leadership at the top of these key pillars.
Seven Mountains Mandate Education Goals
- Missionary Mindset: Followers are encouraged to view a career in education not just as a job, but as a lifelong missionary calling to “disciple” the sphere.
- Curriculum & Values: Adherents often push for integrating biblical principles into school systems and curricula, sometimes advocating vouchers to support private Christian education.
- Countering “Demonic Ideologies”: Leaders like Cindy Jacobs emphasize using “spiritual warfare” in schools to combat topics they view as harmful, such as certain forms of sex education or LGBTQ+ inclusion.
- Leadership: The ultimate goal is to see Christians in key leadership and decision-making roles within educational institutions to establish a “Christian consensus“
- Seven Mountain Mandate | The Long-Fought Battle to Overtake Public Education is at a Crucial Inflection Point
- What is the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ and how is it linked to political extremism in the US?
- Inside the Secret Right-Wing Plan to “Take Down the Education System as We Know It” | ProPublica
Final Thoughts
A vote against the Transgender Student Athlete Ban ballot initiative is a vote in support of Colorado Public Schools. It is apparent that Lance Wallnau and the Severn Mountains Mandate Education sphere support school vouchers and private Christian schools. School vouchers can lead to fraud and the continual under-funding of our already underfunded schools.
In addition, an LGBTQ Nation article explains, “When it comes to sports, a 2023 study in the adolescent health journal JAMA Pediatrics put forth that anti-trans sports bans can harm trans kids’ mental health. Additionally, a recent major analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that, after one to three years of hormone therapy, trans and cis women have comparable levels of athletic fitness – something that is not even relevant until puberty anyway.”
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“Surgical interventions, however, are already almost never performed on minors. Trans minors virtually never receive bottom surgery, though some teenagers ultimately do get top surgery or facial procedures.”
Articles
- As Christian-Right Activists Push Anti-Trans Ballot Measures, Their Extreme Rhetoric is Ramping Up
- Christian Nationalist Andrew Wommack Took Over Woodland Park Schools, Now He Wants To Take Over Colorado’s
- Colorado Anti-Trans Ballot Measures Certified: Evangelicals Who Backed It Call Being Trans A “Plague”
- DAVIS: On Holy Wars & Ballot Initiatives
- Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country
- Inside the Secret Right-Wing Plan to “Take Down the Education System as We Know It”
- 2 right-wing groups score anti-trans ballot measures to “stop the transgender plague”
- Two anti-trans ballot measures will appear on 2026 Colorado ballot
- Truth & Liberty Coalition Expands Culture War to 30 Colorado School Boards
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