Former President Donald Trump has empowered a fringe movement of Christian extremists known as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), according to the Religion News Service. This movement has previously been flagged by scholars as a serious new political force preparing to flex its muscles in the 2024 election. “This NAR movement runs like a golden thread through recent flashpoints of evangelical Christian support for Donald Trump, Christian nationalism and Christian extremism,” said the report. “NAR leaders were central to the mobilization of Christians for the Jan. 6 insurrection, and many apo…