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Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "thought to be demons who rule over certain geographical areas in the world". Today it says "national angels". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

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The opening as it read in 2005

A belief held by many Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians and promoted by Kingdom Now theology , Territorial Spirits are thought to be demons who rule over certain geographical areas in the world.¹ Adherents believe that any Christian activity (such as evangelism or Church planting ) requires the direct work of prayer in order to engage these spirits in spiritual warfare . Until these demons are defeated, God 's work in the area cannot continue.² This belief has been promoted by the popularity of the Christian novel This Present Darkness , as well as by the ministry of C Peter Wagner .³ Many Christians, including those from within the Charismatic and Pentecostal movement, argue that such a belief is a pagan concept and is unbiblical. Nevertheless, it is an increasingly popular belief.⁴

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A belief held by some Christians (generally within Charismatic and Pentecostal traditions) and promoted by Kingdom Now theology , Territorial Spirits are thought to be demons who rule over certain geographical areas in the world. This belief has been popularized by the novel This Present Darkness , as well as by the ministry of C.

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Territorial Spirits are national angels , or demons , who rule over certain geographical areas in the world, a concept accepted within the Charismatic movement , Pentecostal traditions, and Kingdom Now theology . The philosophy relates to the Law of Attraction . This belief has been popularized by the novel, This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti , as well as by the ministry of Peter Wagner . The existence of territorial spirits is viewed as significant in spiritual warfare within these Christian groups. Angels and principalities : the background, meaning, and development of the Pauline phrase hai archai kai hai exousiai .

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Angels or demons who rule over certain geographical areas Territorial spirits are national angels , or demons , who rule over certain geographical areas in the world, a concept accepted within the Charismatic movement , Pentecostal traditions, and Kingdom Now theology . This belief has been popularized by the novel, This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti , as well as by the ministry of Peter Wagner . The existence of territorial spirits is viewed as significant in spiritual warfare within these Christian groups. Angels and principalities : the background, meaning, and development of the Pauline phrase hai archai kai hai exousiai .

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Angels or spirits who rule over certain geographical areas Territorial spirits are national angels , or demons who rule over certain geographical areas in the world, a concept accepted within the Charismatic movement , Pentecostalism , and Dominionist Kingdom Now theology . This belief has been popularized by the novel This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti as well as by the ministry of C. The existence of territorial spirits is viewed as significant in spiritual warfare within these Christian groups. Angels and principalities : the background, meaning, and development of the Pauline phrase hai archai kai hai exousiai .

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Angels or spirits who rule over certain geographical areas Territorial spirits are national angels , or demons who rule over certain geographical areas in the world, a concept accepted within the Charismatic movement , Pentecostalism , and Dominionist Kingdom Now theology . This belief has been popularized by the novel This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti as well as by the ministry of C. Peter Wagner and the related New Apostolic Reformation . The existence of territorial spirits is viewed as significant in spiritual warfare within these Christian groups. Related is the belief in spiritual mapping in order to locate these demonically controlled regions. Angels and principalities : the background, meaning, and development of the Pauline phrase hai archai kai hai exousiai . In McDannell, Colleen (ed.). Religions of the United States in Practice .

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